@article{ART003167605},
author={Shin Jeongwan},
title={The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing},
journal={Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea},
issn={1229-8646},
year={2024},
number={34},
pages={1-41}
TY - JOUR
AU - Shin Jeongwan
TI - The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing
JO - Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea
PY - 2024
VL - null
IS - 34
PB - The Scandinavian Society of Korea
SP - 1
EP - 41
SN - 1229-8646
AB - Sweden's housing policy is a model case of the universal housing policy. While many advanced countries have implemented selective housing support policies, commonly referred to as ‘social housing,’ targeted at low-income groups, Sweden has pursued a universal housing policy that also includes middle-class and higher-income groups. A significant portion of the supply and management of rental housing has been handled by non-profit municipal housing companies (allmännyttiga bostadsföretag) owned by local municipalities. This housing policy approach was proposed in the final report of the ‘the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing; Bostadssociala utredningen’, a national inquiry committee active from 1933 to 1947. This paper explains the origins of ‘the Swedish exceptionalism’ in housing policy by describing the background and activities of the Inquiry Committee and analyzing the content of its final report. It shows that progressive economists and architects who shared similar views on housing policy played a leading role in the committee's establishment and activities, laying the foundation for Sweden's post-World War II housing policies. Furthermore, it shows that this housing policy direction was institutionalized through legislation in the late 1940s and physically realized during the ‘Million Homes Program’ implemented between 1965 and 1974.
KW - the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing;universal housing policy;housing allowance;non-profit municipal housing company
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Shin Jeongwan. (2024). The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, 34, 1-41.
Shin Jeongwan. 2024, "The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing", Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, no.34, pp.1-41.
Shin Jeongwan "The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea 34 pp.1-41 (2024) : 1.
Shin Jeongwan. The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing. 2024; 34 : 1-41.
Shin Jeongwan. "The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea no.34(2024) : 1-41.
Shin Jeongwan. The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, 34, 1-41.
Shin Jeongwan. The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea. 2024; 34 1-41.
Shin Jeongwan. The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing. 2024; 34 : 1-41.
Shin Jeongwan. "The Formation of the Basic Direction of the Swedish Housing Policy in the 1930s and 1940s: Focusing on the Activities of the Inquiry Committee on the Social Conditions of Housing" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea no.34(2024) : 1-41.
