Watch again as Kristin Aarland and Jardar Sørvoll of HOUSINGWEL, centre for housing and welfare research (Oslo Metropolitan University), present some of the core areas of research at the centre, which is funded by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. The talk covers key findings and theoretical perspectives from HOUSINGWEL’s study of the very residual Norwegian social rented sector, as well as the centre’s comprehensive registry-based database, and quantitative research on the relationship between housing and welfare at the individual level. The presentation also highlights results from an ongoing investigation into differential treatment (“discrimination”) of ethnic minority applicants in the public starter mortgage program in Norway, a programme that caters to prospective homeowners that are unable to secure (sufficient) mortgage financing in the regular market.   

You may also be interested in reading recent articles from Kirstin and Jardar Full article: The great social housing trade-off. ‘Insiders’ and ‘outsiders’ in urban social rental housing in Norway and Childhood Housing Tenure and Young Adult Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sibling Comparisons in Norway – ScienceDirect