A comparative evaluation of housing supply concepts in two larger medium-sized cities in a similar cases design.

This paper presents a comparative evaluation of the municipal housing supply concepts for the university towns of Giessen and Marburg. The very high degree of similarity between the two cities in terms of the framework conditions allows for the assessment of the differences in the design of these concepts. The influence of the extent of stakeholder participation on the implementation and effects of the concepts cannot be determined. However, there are indications with regard to the stringency of the formulation of the concepts.