IMPULS Dorothee Bohle, Lina Ehrlich Housing in the ideology and policy of the radical right An European perspective Abstract: Are radical right parties pursuing ideologically con­sistent or merely erratic socio-economic policies? Are they promoting economically left- or right-wing ide­as? We address these questions through the lens of housing. Based on party manifestos of five Europe­an radical right parties, and housing policies under Hungarian and Austrian radical right(coalition) governments, we show that there is an ultraconser­vative housing ideology that is specific to these par­ties. These parties are redefining housing not as a social right, but as a question of national identity, family values, stability, and private ownership. Their housing policies target middle classes and select de­serving poor, the nuclear family, and often the rural population. Introduction European countries are facing a severe shortage of afforda­ble housing. In the last decades, the share of public or social housing has decreased, housing construction has stalled, and house prices have massively increased. The crisis has dire consequences for labor markets, as it impedes people´s mobility, and for family formation, with young people being priced out of housing markets. It also fuels inequalities be­tween renters and homeowners, among generations and across territories. Addressing the housing crisis calls for poli­cies associated with the political left, centered on principles of social justice, affordability and public responsibility. Yet, more recently, the populist radical right has begun to appro­priate the topic. The policy brief asks whether the radical right pursues a coherent ideological approach to the ques­tion of housing, both in their programs and when in power. We analyze the question of ideology through the literature on housing policy paradigms – the dominant ideas that shape housing policies. Housing paradigms are a powerful lens, as they combine a focus on the core ideas that shape Housing in the ideology and policy of the radical right 1