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Path Dependence and Critical Junctures in Irish Rental Policy: From Dualist to Unitary Rental Markets?

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Ireland is categorised as an example of the dualist rental system in From Public Housing to the Social Market -Kemeny's (1995) landmark comparative study of rented housing. This article, which examines the historical development of public subsidisation of housing and regulation of tenants' occupancy rights in Ireland, argues that contrary to Kemeny's (1996) assumption, the dualist model has recently unravelled in this country and been replaced by an embryonic unitary rental model. This is evidenced by increasing tenure neutrality of government housing subsidies; equalisation of the secure occupancy rights and minimum standards regulations across most of the rented sector and the recent decline of home ownership and expansion of renting for the first time since records began. Using 'path dependence' and other concepts from the historical institutionalist literature, the reasons for these developments are explored as are their implications for Kemeny's (1995) thesis.

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  • Michelle Norris, 2014. "Path Dependence and Critical Junctures in Irish Rental Policy: From Dualist to Unitary Rental Markets?," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(5), pages 616-637, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:29:y:2014:i:5:p:616-637
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2013.873114
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    1. Kennedy, Finola, 1975. "Public Social Expenditure in Ireland," Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number BS11.
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    1. Michelle Norris & Michael Byrne, 2017. "Housing Market Volatility,Stability and Social Rented Housing: comparing Austria and Ireland during the global financial crisis," Working Papers 201705, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
    2. Michelle Norris & Michael Byrne, 2016. "Social housing's role in the Irish property boom and bust," Working Papers 201615, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
    3. Umfreville Paul & Sirr Lorcan, 2020. "Reform and policymaking: Theory and practice in the Irish housing context," Administration, Sciendo, vol. 68(4), pages 215-236, December.
    4. Khalid Abdullah Mulhim Al Mulhim & Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan & Shahed Khan, 2022. "Critical Junctures in Sustainable Social Housing Policy Development in Saudi Arabia: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-19, March.

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