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Housing policy

Government and institutional decisions about housing supply, affordability, subsidy and eligibility rules.

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investOne report1 publisher

Seoul lets owners in seven low-rise districts build up to 1.2 times the ordinance floor area

Seoul will let owners in seven low-rise districts covering 253,874 square meters rebuild with up to 1.2 times the ordinance floor area. On a lot of about 165 square meters in a Class 2 area, the top score adds 66 square meters, about 40% of the lot's size.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap
Not scored
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence70
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Bloomberg Philanthropies will pay up to 30 cities to copy three housing fixes that worked elsewhere

Bloomberg Philanthropies will fund up to 30 cities with $450,000 to $750,000 each to copy housing fixes from San Diego, Austin and Atlanta. Vox describes the bet as one on capacity: cities have workable ideas and lack the know-how to carry them out.

Publishers:vox.com

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption25
Hype gap+15
Incentives45
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Seoul designated more redevelopment zones in five years than in the ten before

Mayor Oh Se-hoon put Seoul's five-year average at 35 newly designated redevelopment zones a year against 17 for the previous decade, and he is asking the land ministry for a fifth more floor area on private sites.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption58
Hype gap+22
Incentives78
Confidence46
investOne report1 publisher

Korea's ruling party lists housing policy among three causes of its Seoul mayoral loss

A Democratic Party panel has finished reviewing the June 3 local elections and put housing policy beside the candidate and the campaign in explaining Seoul. Officials are still weighing whether to publish it.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence36
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+14
Incentives74
Confidence44
scienceOne report1 publisher

A study of 1,500 Detroit women puts half the region's evictions outside the court system

Detroit logged 20,370 eviction filings in 2025, and the SECURE Study's lead researcher estimates that informal removals double the real total. The eviction-health studies with the cleanest designs read court records.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence44
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+22
Incentives66
Confidence43
scienceOne report1 publisher

Twenty-nine journey maps in Multnomah County trace where housing progress stalls

Portland State and OHSU-PSU asked 29 people to lay out their routes through homeless services, building on an earlier survey of 541 in which 98% said they wanted permanent housing. The interviews name the bottlenecks and leave them uncounted.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption22
Hype gap+12
Incentives58
Confidence55