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Housing Policy
Guidelines on Social Housing. Principles and Examples (2006)
Economic Commission for Europe, UN
Language: English
Available from: http://www.unece.org/hlm/prgm/hmm/welcome.htm
Abstract:
The UNECE Guidelines on Social Housing are designed to enable policymakers to assess the various policy options that are currently available for the provision of social housing. The Guidelines address the institutional, legal and economic frameworks for social housing and experience with social housing design. They analyse the role of social housing policies for society at large. In particular, they include relevant and well-researched information on instruments available for the financing and provision of social housing.
Der soziale Wohnbau in Europa. Osterreich als Vorbild. (2006)
Klaus Lugger, Wolfgang Amann (Hrsg.)
Language: German
Available from: IBW - Institut fur Immobilien, Bauen und Wohnen GmbH, Wien
Abstract:
Austria, which was 50 years ago a poor country, could be now an example for the whole of the EU for its successful model of social housing: there are secure subsidies for construction and the tax exemptions for housing cooperatives is together with the law on the housing cooperatives a well functioning social balancing instrument for different generations. The reslut is that the Austrians pay now for years a low housing cost tax. The book sets this Austrian social housing model in an European perspective.
Hosing & the Welfare State. The development of Housing policy in Britain. (2005)
Peter Malpass
Language: English
Available from: Palgrave macmillan
Abstract: Sometimes regarded as the 'wobby pillar' under the welfare state, housing looks more like the pathfinder for 'modernized' public services where markets are dominant. Drawing on many years of original research, Peter Malpass provides a new, historically grounded, account of British housing policy. Challenging many conventional notions, he presents a bold reinterpretation of the relationship between housing and the welfare state, and highlights the dangers of increased inequality implicit in privatized market-based approaches.
Housing & Social Policy: Contemporary themes and critical perspectives (2005)
Somerville P., Sprigings N.
Language: English
Available from: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415283671/203-4249613-4901519
Abstract: This engaging collection sets out to locate housing and social policy beyond its welfare provision context and to apply social theory to contemporary policy and practice. It broadens the scope of analysis to place housing policy and its impacts in its wider economical and political contexts, demonstrates the synthesis of theory with contemporary critiques of policy interventions and uses a range of radical perspectives to challange wider normative assumptions underpinning the framing of housing 'problems' as they apply to a range of social groups.
European Housing Review 2005 (2005)
Ball M, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Language: English
Available from: www.rics.org/ehr
Abstract:
This years edition of the annual publication was published on the 3rd of March 2005. The review, written by Professor Michael Ball, provides an overview of trends and issues in 17 European Housing Markets. The author highlights the market trends within the housing sector in Europe and supply the readers with overviews of the housing market in each of the countries included.
New ideas for neighbourhoods in Europe. Handbook (2004)
Edited by Arild Holt-Jensen et Al
Language: English
Available from: NEHOM Project, Dept. of Geography, University of Bergen, Breiviksveien 40, N-5045 Bergen, Norway.
Abstract:
The NEHOM project aimed at identifying housing-based initiatives which improve the quality of life in deprived urban areas and assessing their transferability across Europe. Initiatives were chosen for their innovative aspects and/or because they were good examples of national housing policies against social exclusion. The NEHOM research project is part of Key Action 4 "City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage" from the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the 5th Framework Programme of the EU. The project was carried out in Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Housing developments in European Countries (2004)
Norris M, Shiels P. Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Language: English
Available from: http://www.environ.ie
Abstract:
This report, published in November 2004 and prepared by the Irish government, provides a detailed statistical review of housing developments in 28 European countries, including Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Following an outline of the principal aims concerning current housing policy in each country, recent policy developments are presented, policy outcomes analysed and trends identified.
Housing and Welfare in Southern Europe (2004)
Allen J, Barlow J et al., Blackwell Publishing.
Language: English
Order from: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
Abstract:
This is an important contribution to the comparative analysis of housing policies, since most publications available in English focus on the Northern European countries. The study presents the research field of the ENHR Working Group on Housing Practices in South Europe and focuses on analysing housing systems in each of the four southern countries (Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal) in order to identify their similarities and differences.
Housing and Housing Policy in the Nordic Countries (2004)
Martti Lujanen (ed.), Nordic Council of Ministers
Language: English
Order from: http://www.norden.org/pub/velfaerd/bygg/sk/N2004007.asp
Abstract:
Even experts often group the Nordic countries together in terms of housing policy and outside the region it is often assumed that the housing policies of the Nordic countries are very similar. However, in the field of housing and housing policies the five Nordic countries have distinctive national differences. This comparative study analyses the differences and similarities between the countries through a thematic approach. The authors’ analyse instruments and policies such as housing finance, housing allowances and taxes but also goals of the housing policy and links to other policy field such as social and urban policy are included in the analysis.
Finding Room: Options for a Canadian Rental Housing Strategy (2004)
More information: http://www.urbancentre.utoronto.ca/
Abstract:
David Hulchanski, a leading housing policy expert, and Michael Shapcott, who has worked with community-based housing groups for more than two decades, have co-edited this important new book, which brings together a variety of experts tackling the problem of Canada's nation-wide affordable housing crisis. They intend to provide some of the tools needed for a better understanding of both the scale of the problem and the range of policy and program options.
British social rented housing in a European context (2002)
Mark Stephens, Nicky Burns and Lisa Mackay, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Language: English
More information: http://www.jrf.org.uk/
This is a comparative study of seven European countries. The study examined the social rented sector in Britain, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Dutch housing associations: A model for social housing (2002)
André Ouwehand and Gelske van Daalen, OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies (Delft University of Technology)
Language: English
More information: http://www.otb.tudelft.nl/
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