1920年代ドイツの住宅建設における「公益性」 : 建設業者バウヒュッテの活動

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While existing studies focus on orders for buildings and regard the 1920s as a prosperous time for housing policy in Germany, this article conccerns housing constructors. The article asks if the building industry shared a common understanding of 'public welfare' and focusses on the Bauhutten, a group who called themselves 'public welfare' constructors. 'Bauhutte Solongen' is given as an example of a successful Bauhutte company. Since their statutes stressed the element of 'public welfare', the Bauhutten often received aid from public organizations. However, other private sector construction companies questioned the 'public welfare' nature of their activities and forced them to eliminate the articles mentioning this from their statutes. One factor in this situation was the lack of a settled definition for 'public welfare', as is clear from the fact that it was not mentioned in any nationwide regulations at that time. Even so, the Bauhutten continued to construct houses in order to remove the housing shortage. In conclusion, the example of Germany in the 1920s is significant because private sector building companies were able to participate in public welfare house construction even though there was no clear definition of 'public welfare'.
社会経済史学会の論文
2004-09-25