23. April 2018
Does owing their own home make people happy? Fredy Hasenmaile: Well, happiness is a fleeting emotion. I would rather talk about feelings of great satisfaction. Studies show clearly that homeowners feel more secure and more independent and find it easier to realize their own potential. These empirical results are very robust and do not just apply to Switzerland. So, would it actually be desirable to have more homeowners? Switzerland is one of the few countries to have a rental housing market and...