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  2. List of countries by home ownership rate - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries, territories and regions by home ownership rate, which is the ratio of owner-occupied units to total residential units in a specified area, based on available data. [1] [better source needed]

  3. Social situation in the French suburbs - Wikipedia

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    An example is the city of Paris: when old buildings were destroyed, only office and high-rent apartment buildings were constructed in their place, preventing the poor from settling in those neighborhoods. Most were forced to live in the northern suburbs (chiefly in the Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d'oise departments).

  4. Public housing - Wikipedia

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    The rent payment for a danchi is much cheaper than that of an apartment or a mortgage, but for a public danchi the prospective tenant must usually participate in a lottery to be assigned an open apartment. Residents in UR danchi do not have to pay key money or contract renewal fees, making the residences cheaper than comparable housing even if ...

  5. Public housing in France - Wikipedia

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    France has a long tradition of social and state intervention in the provision of housing. In 1775, the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans was built with a part dedicated to house workers. [ 1 ] In the 19th century the cités ouvrières (company towns) appeared, inspired by the Phalanstère of Charles Fourier . [ 2 ]

  6. Banlieue - Wikipedia

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    For instance, 80 percent of the inhabitants of the Paris metropolitan area live outside the city of Paris. [ 2 ] Beginning in the 1970s, the term banlieue has taken on a particular connotation, becoming a popular word for economically-deprived suburbs featuring low-income housing projects ( HLMs ) that are home to large immigrant populations.

  7. Barcelona ending apartment rentals by foreign tourists - AOL

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    The boom in short-term rentals in Barcelona, Spain’s most visited city by foreign tourists, means some residents cannot afford an apartment after rents rose 68% in the past 10 years and the cost ...

  8. HLM - Wikipedia

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    In France, 72% of HLM (95% since 2000) are houses or small buildings of 20 apartments. [1] An habitation à loyer modéré (HLM, pronounced [aʃ ɛl ɛm], lit. ' housing at moderate rent '), is a form of low-income housing in France, Algeria, Senegal, and Quebec. It may be public or private, with rent subsidies.

  9. US homes find fewer foreign buyers as rising costs and a ...

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    Sales of U.S. homes to Chinese, Canadian and other foreign buyers have fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade, hampered by a strong dollar and more hurdles that have kept the housing ...