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5th International workshop on rent control – Tarragona (Spain), June 19–20, 2025

5th International Workshop on Rent Control

The aim of the workshop is to bring together experts from different countries and different disciplines (economics, history, law, sociology, urbanism, etc.) who are interested in rent control and other housing policies.

The annual workshop, taking place for the fifth time, aims to be a forum for discussing housing policies around the world and exchange ideas. Furthermore, it also aims to encourage joint research cooperation in the field.

June 19, 2025

9:00 Arrival and registration
9:30 Welcome to participants
9:50 Sergio Nasarre−Aznar, Héctor Simón−Moreno, Santiago Ariste CastañoThe calculation of rent control of the Spanish Act 12/2023 breaches theconstitutional rights to private property and equality
10:15 Luisa CarrerThe perverse effects of rent control: evidence from a large−scale stringent regulation in Catalonia
10:40 María GoñiPrice control measures under scrutiny: their ineffectiveness and interference with property rights
11:05 Cristina Argelich−ComellesRent control in Spain. Constitutional and useless return to the past
11:30 Tea/coffee break
11:50 Sue−Mari ViljoenRegulation and incentivization in transformative housing frameworks
12:15 Marife BallesterosDemographic trends and housing patterns in the Philippines
12:40 Macarena Díaz de Valdés HaaseLegal regulations applicable to multifamily buildings in Chile
13:05 Mª Zulema Calderón CorredorTax−incentivized affordable housing: successful experiences in comparativelaw
13:30 Lunch break
14:30 Rachel SlaymakerThe impact of landlord size on rent pricing behaviour in the presence of rent controls: Evidence from Ireland
14:55 Felicitas SommerSurvey on the (in)effectiveness of the rent brake in Munich
15:20 Herman DonnerThe impact of rent controls on housing consumption
15:45 Tea/coffee break
16:05 Fredrik KopschRent regulation and re−distribution of value Evidence from Sweden’s first rent regulation, 1917 to 1923
16:30 Francesco OlivaThe housing policies of the Portuguese Estado Novo (1933−1945)
16:55 Break
17:20 Guided tour of the historic center of Tarragona
20:00 Dinner
22:00 End of the first day

June 20, 2025

9:30 Sofie WaltlHow do monetary policy decisions relate to price changes in housing markets? An assessment of public perceptions across 5 European countries
9:55 Matthijs KorevaarAn alpha in affordable housing?
10:20 Guillaume ToussaintDoes rent control increase rental returns? The case of the metropolitan housing market of Lille, France
Tea/coffee break
11:05 Júlia Furtado de BarrosYoung renters under pressure: The unequal economics of wellbeing in Europe
11:30 Katherine HostalPoverty as public nuisance
11:55 Catalina Llaneza HesseUnveiling the rental puzzle: analyzing the rise of medium−term rentals across short− and long−term platforms
12:20 Bence Kováts‘Each child is a new outpost’: the long−term development of Europeanhousing policies targeting families with children
12:45 Konstantin KholodilinNarrowing the housing affordability gap through public policy
13:00 End of workshop

 

All times are expressed in theCentral European Summer Time.

You can also download the full program from here.

Call for papers is now closed.

If you still want to attend the workshop, please send an e-mail to kkholodilin@diw.de

Please, note that the capacity of the room is limited. Seats will be allocated on first requested first served based.

Centre Tarraconense El Seminari, Carrer Sant Pau 4, 43003 Tarragona, Spain.

The workshop will take place in June 19–20, 2025, in Tarragona, Spain. It will be hosted by the UNESCO Housing Chair at Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

By bus. Direct bus from BCN airport to TGN city centre. Here are the times.

By train. From BCN airport take Rodalies train (R2N) and you need to head to Sants Station in central BCN. Then take the Regional Express train to TGN city centre. See times here and here.

Hotels

Some hotels at walking distance of the Conference venue are the following:

Hotel H10 Imperial Tarraco – https://www.h10hotels.com/es/hoteles-tarragona/h10-imperial-tarraco

Hotel SB Ciutat de Tarragona – https://www.hotelciutatdetarragona.com/es/

Hotel AC Tarragona – https://www.marriott.com/es/hotels/reuta-ac-hotel-tarragona/overview/

Hotel Astari – https://www.hotelastari.com/es/

Hotel Lauria – https://www.hotel-lauria.com/

Hotel Plaça de la Font – http://hotelpdelafont.com/

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate in contacting us at: housing@urv.cat

Konstantin A. Kholodilin (DIW Berlin)

Sergio Nasarre Aznar (UNESCO Housing Chair, Universitat Rovira i Virgili)

Aurora Iannello (Associazione culturale Vera Nocentini, Turin)

Welcome to Tarragona!

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