# Envy-Freeness in House Allocation Problems

Source: [Envy-Freeness in House Allocation Problems](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa663d1e209131cea0f182>)

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Data updated: 2025-10-25T21:45:30.461Z

Authors: Jiarui Gan, Warut Suksompong, Alexandros A. Voudouris

Published: 2019-05-01T19:45:40.000Z

## Abstract

We consider the house allocation problem, where $m$ houses are to be assigned to $n$ agents so that each agent gets exactly one house. We present a polynomial-time algorithm that determines whether an envy-free assignment exists, and if so, computes one such assignment. We also show that an envy-free assignment exists with high probability if the number of houses exceeds the number of agents by a logarithmic factor.

## Recorded benchmark results

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- [Envy-Free House Allocation on House Allocation 0/1 preferences](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/envy-free-house-allocation-on-house-allocation-0-1-preferences.md>): Envy-Free House Allocation; House Allocation 0/1 preferences; Sum Score: 20.

- [Envy-Free House Allocation on House Allocation Identical preferences](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/envy-free-house-allocation-on-house-allocation-identical-preferences.md>): Envy-Free House Allocation; House Allocation Identical preferences; Sum: 20.

- [Envy-Free House Allocation on House Allocation Additive Monotonic preferences](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/envy-free-house-allocation-on-house-allocation-additive-monotonic-preferences.md>): Envy-Free House Allocation; House Allocation Additive Monotonic preferences; Sum Utility: 20.

## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.00468>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.00468.pdf>)
