Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Topic: Social Policy, grade: 1,3, language: English, abstract: Affordable housing is a hot topic in today's realm of public policy debates. Public unwillingness to accept ever increasing rent burdens is growing, especially in the metropolitan centers, giving rise to new social movements demanding and claiming their 'right to the city'. The analysis at hand is aimed at comparing the German housing policy with policy alternatives from Austria and Denmark with regards to their effectiveness and efficiency in promoting the goal of affordable housing.