Comparing housing co-operatives in Sweden and condominiums in Hong Kong
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Summary, in English
Whilst the universal growth of home ownership in most advanced industrial countries attracts
much attention in housing studies, owner occupation in multi-family housing, which is a
dominant form of home ownership in many large cities particularly in Asia, is largely underresearched.
In fact, such tenure form is arguably more complicated in terms of the social
relation in housing as well as having a significant impact on how management in housing is
organized viz-a-viz its counterparts in single family housing. This paper attempts to compare
the tenant co-operative housing in Sweden and the condominiums in Hong Kong, both of
which are popular tenure for multi-family owner occupation housing in the two places. The
paper argues that whilst ideological hegemony is the driving force for the monopoly of tenant
ownership in Sweden, it is sheer market force and the monopolistic power of real property
developers in Hong Kong which construct the dominance of condominium in Hong Kong. On
the other hand, housing co-operative and condominium as different organizational
arrangements of housing management is also revealing. It indicates that whilst tenant
ownership comes closer to condominium in terms of property right, condominium has
something to learn from co-operatives in the area of housing management.
much attention in housing studies, owner occupation in multi-family housing, which is a
dominant form of home ownership in many large cities particularly in Asia, is largely underresearched.
In fact, such tenure form is arguably more complicated in terms of the social
relation in housing as well as having a significant impact on how management in housing is
organized viz-a-viz its counterparts in single family housing. This paper attempts to compare
the tenant co-operative housing in Sweden and the condominiums in Hong Kong, both of
which are popular tenure for multi-family owner occupation housing in the two places. The
paper argues that whilst ideological hegemony is the driving force for the monopoly of tenant
ownership in Sweden, it is sheer market force and the monopolistic power of real property
developers in Hong Kong which construct the dominance of condominium in Hong Kong. On
the other hand, housing co-operative and condominium as different organizational
arrangements of housing management is also revealing. It indicates that whilst tenant
ownership comes closer to condominium in terms of property right, condominium has
something to learn from co-operatives in the area of housing management.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2006
Språk
Engelska
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag
Ämne
- Civil Engineering
Nyckelord
- housing management
- condominium
- tenant ownership
- housing
Conference name
ENHR Conferences 2006: Housing in an expanding Europe: theory, policy, implementation
Conference date
2006-07-02 - 2006-07-05
Conference place
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Status
Published