# Is a refugee crisis a housing crisis? Only if housing supply is unresponsive (Sept 2020) * **Is a refugee crisis a housing crisis? Only if housing supply is unresponsive** * By Sandra V. Rozoa and Micaela Sviatschib. Published online on 25 September 2020 in the Journal of Development Economics * * **Abstract**: * **What are the impacts of large inflows of refugees on refugee-hosting housing markets?** We examine the effects of the arrival of 1.3 million Syrian refugees on the housing expenditures and income of Jordanian nationals. For this purpose, we exploit that refugees disproportionately locate around the three largest refugee camps after the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011. **Larger refugee inflows are reflected in two main trends: higher housing expenditures of all Jordanians and increments in rental income of individuals that own real estate property. The effects are explained by the large spike in rental prices that resulted from the higher demand for housing units and the unresponsive housing supply in refugee-hosting areas.** * **Keywords**: Jordan, Syria, refugees, asylum, camps, rental prices, supply, demand --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/access-to-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/is-a-refugee-crisis-a-housing-crisis-only-if-housing-supply-is-unresponsive-sept-2020.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.