A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SCANDINAVIAN AND ETHIOPIAN APPROACHES TO HOUSING WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HOUSING TENURE AND HOUSING FINANCE

Abstract

Housing constilutes the major part of all cities. Irs
development or lack of it affects all urban
dwellers. In jact, housing condition i\' the measure
of the success antiIailure of mrJsl urban policies.
Two of the" most important is.l"ues in housiflg are
housing tenure Qnd housing finance. The mode of
production. owning and disposal of houses
involves the making a/policies regarding property
rights and the establishment of institutions that
faCilitate Implementation..
This paper deals with a comparative ana~).isis of
the policies and their rsesults in Scandinavian
countries and In Ethiopia. The study shows that
there are sign!ficanr dUJerences in policy
formulation and implementatIOn In [he case of
Ethiopia anomalTes are observed between
objectives of poliCies and the instruments used to
effect them In some cases innovative approaches
are initiated but are not followed through. It is
hoped the issues raised in this paper will
contribute to the debate on housing Furthermore,
it will show the merits of comparative analysis.
which are very much neglected in housing studies,