In France, a lot of cities propose "accessible housing" which can be brought with a zero interest, or nearly zero interest, loan. The condition usually is, if y

In France, a lot of cities propose "accessible housing" which can be brought with a zero interest, or nearly zero interest, loan. The condition usually is, if you buy it, you cannot rent it for 5 to 10 years. It does allow for more housing that are owned and not rented and avoid excessive investment. One of the drawbacks though is, since it only apply to building that have been build with help from the city (has far as I know), it can sometimes, if done poorly, create slum with huge bloc of social housing. Nowadays, they usually try to spread the construction more through out the city and make more diverse building to avoid this.