eprintid: 4306
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datestamp: 2023-07-26 14:42:40
lastmod: 2023-07-26 14:42:40
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Offringa, Ruben
creators_id: S3198332
creators_email: offringaruben@gmail.com
title: Student Housing Policy, Investor Behavior, and Subtle Shifts in the Composition of Student Housing Supply
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This paper discusses the effects of rental licensing and student zoning policies on the shift of the student housing market from shared housing towards a larger proportion of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). A qualitative case study design is used, rooted in desk research on the rationale and intended effects of student housing policy. Importantly, in-depth interviews with established investors in student housing are conducted to better understand the influence of student housing policy on the investment decisions of private real estate investors. Resultant insights indicate that zoning policies enable PBSA investment and that rental licensing strongly limits, and in some cases even eliminates, investment opportunities in shared student housing. Both factors are found to influence the choice of what type of student housing is invested in. This more in depth finding supports the, in previous research stated, expectation that student housing policy, in addition to the financialization of the student housing market, contributes to the shift in the student housing market from shared housing to PBSA. Newly documented in this study is the finding that student housing conversion policy may unintendingly lead to the creation of a new market.
date: 2023
pages: 40
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: VG
tutors_name: Daams, M.N.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: M.N.Daams@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: student housing
keywords_local: studentification
keywords_local: student housing policy
keywords_local: purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA)
keywords_local: shared housing
keywords_local: houses of multiple occupation (HMO)
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2023-07-26
citation:   Offringa, Ruben  (2023) Student Housing Policy, Investor Behavior, and Subtle Shifts in the Composition of Student Housing Supply.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4306/1/MT%20final%20-%20July%2016%2C%202023%20-%20Ruben%20Offringa%20S3198332%20.pdf