After the abolishment of object subsidies for housing construction and renovation in the mid 1990s, Dutch housing associations, the main non-profit housing providers in the country, heavily relied on market activities, such as selling homes to owner occupiers, to generate income for their social activities and to contribute to urban development policies. This worked well, which was one of the main reasons that these housing providers could adopt a wide field of operations, including not only the management and development of affordable housing for low-income groups, but also housing in other market segments, plus activities regarding care, welfare, local economy, employment and education. Recent economic and political developments, however, have caused housing associations to return on this path. Central in this paper is a research among Dutch housing associations about their values, strategic positioning and strategies. The research was executed in two waves (conducted in 2010/2011 and in 2013/2014, respectively), each consisting of a panel survey and interviews with selected panellists. This paper presents the results of the second wave. It is expected that after the first wave of the research, new regulations, such as the national implementation of European rules on state support and the introduction of a new property tax, have resulted in a further retreat from non-social housing activities. The analysis shows that this is indeed the case, but that the main shifts in priorities have not taken place directly after the credit crunch, but in later years.

中文翻译：

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荷兰非营利性住房提供商的持续撤退。


20世纪90年代中期取消住房建设和装修的对象补贴后，荷兰住房协会作为该国主要的非营利性住房提供者，严重依赖市场活动（例如向自住业主出售房屋）来为自己的住房创造收入。社会活动并为城市发展政策做出贡献。这种做法效果很好，这也是这些住房提供者可以采取广泛业务领域的主要原因之一，不仅包括为低收入群体管理和开发经济适用房，还包括其他细分市场的住房，以及以下活动：护理、福利、当地经济、就业和教育。然而，最近的经济和政治发展已导致住房协会重回这条道路。本文的核心内容是对荷兰住房协会的价值观、战略定位和战略进行的研究。该研究分两轮进行（分别于 2010/2011 年和 2013/2014 年进行），每轮均包括小组调查和对选定小组成员的访谈。本文介绍了第二波的结果。预计在第一波研究之后，新的法规，例如欧洲国家支持规则的全国实施和新财产税的引入，将导致非社会住房活动的进一步撤退。分析表明，情况确实如此，但优先事项的主要转变并不是在信贷紧缩之后直接发生的，而是在后来的几年中发生的。