Thoughts on Housing Policy
Among the people surveyed on this issue, by far the largest group are of the opinion that the state should first and foremost make it easier for people to buy or build homes that they will own. Much smaller, similarly-sized groups of respondents think that, above all, the state should be providing social housing for people who are less well-off or prioritising affordable housing for people to rent either individually or through housing co-ops. In almost all the socio-demographic groups analysed the top answer was that buying homes to own should be made easier. An exception were pensioners and people aged 65 and over, who were a little more likely to indicate that the state should primarily support social housing.
