Social Housing in Europe

Herausgegeben von Scanlon, Kathleen; Whitehead, Christine; Fernández Arrigoitia, Melissa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

All countries aim to improve housing conditions for theircitizens but many have been forced by the financial crisis toreduce government expenditure. Social housing is at the cruxof this tension. Policy-makers, practitioners and academicswant to know how other systems work and are looking for somethingwritten in clear English, where there is a depth of understandingof the literature in other languages and direct contributions fromcountry experts across the continent.

Social Housing in Europe combines a comparative overviewof European social housing written by scholars with in-depthchapters written by international housing experts. The countriescovered include Austria, Denmark, England, France, Germany,Hungary, Ireland, The Netherlands and Sweden, with a furtherchapter devoted to CEE countries other than Hungary.

The book provides an up-to-date international comparison ofsocial housing policy and practice. It offers an analysis ofhow the social housing system currently works in each country,supported by relevant statistics. It identifies Europeantrends in the sector, and opportunities for innovation andimprovement.

These country-specific chapters are accompanied by topicalthematic chapters dealing with subjects such as the role of socialhousing in urban regeneration, the privatisation of social housing,financing models, and the impact of European Union state aidregulations on the definitions and financing of social housing.

Produktdetails

• Real Estate Issues
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 172mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 994g
• ISBN-13: 9781118412343
• ISBN-10: 1118412346
• Artikelnr.: 40782644

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Scanlon Research Fellow LSE London London School of Economics Christine Whitehead Professor of Housing Department of Economics London School of Economics Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia Research Officer LSE London London School of Economics Contributors The contributors are among the leading international experts in social housing, and include: * József Hegedüs, a principal of the Metropolitan Research Institute in Budapest * Marja Elsinga of the OTB Research Institute of Housing at Delft University * Frank Wassenberg of the NICIS Institute in The Hague * Christoph Reinprecht, Professor of Sociology at the University of Vienna * Hedvig Vestergaard of the Danish Building Research Institute * Claire Levy-Vroelant, Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris 8 Saint-Denis * Christian Tutin, Professor of Economics at the University of Paris 12 Créteil * Christiane Droste, partner in Berlin-based UrbanPlus Droste&Partner * Thomas Knorr-Siedow, one of the foremost German scholars on social housing and urban regeneration * Declan Redmond and Michelle Norris of University College, Dublin

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors xv Foreword by Claude Taffin xxiii Acknowledgments
xxv 1 Introduction 1 Kathleen Scanlon, Christine Whitehead and Melissa
Fernández Arrigoitia National stocks of social housing 3 Ownership 6 Rents
6 Access 10 Housing allowance 12 Demographics of social tenants 12 SECTION
ONE: SOCIAL HOUSING IN 12 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 21 Part I Large Social Housing
Sectors 23 2 Social Housing in the Netherlands 25 Marja Elsinga and Frank
Wassenberg Position of social housing 25 Historical development 27 The
provision of social housing 29 Finance 30 Rents 32 Access and allocation 33
Social housing-tenants 34 Governance and regulation 35 Current debates 37 3
Social Housing in Scotland 43 Douglas Robertson and Regina Serpa
Introduction 43 Historical development of social housing in Scotland 44
Tenure profile and trends 46 Insecure accommodation 47 Housing allocations
47 Financing of social housing 49 Governance and regulation 49 Capital
investment in housing 50 Right to Buy 51 Housing finance 52 New
house-building trends 54 Financial innovations 55 Conclusion: Present-day
policy environment 56 4 Social Housing in Austria 61 Christoph Reinprecht
Introduction: the current position of social housing 61 Historical
development of the sector up to the present 63 Provision of social housing
65 Financing 66 Rents 68 Access 69 Demographics 70 Governance and
regulation 71 Current policy environment 72 Part II Medium Social Housing
Sectors 75 5 Social Housing in Denmark 77 Hedvig Vestergaard and Kathleen
Scanlon Introduction 77 The current position of social housing 78 Provision
of social housing 79 Landsbyggefonden/The National Building Fund 80 Access
to social housing/eligibility 81 Demographics of social housing 83 Rent
levels 85 Other forms of affordable provision 85 The political debate 86
Recent initiatives 87 Conclusion 88 6 Social Housing in Sweden 91 Hans Lind
The concept of social housing in the Swedish context 91 Tenure forms and
rent setting in Sweden 93 MHCs in Sweden 96 Housing allowances and other
economic support 97 How the social authorities work with housing issues 99
Some recent trends 99 Conclusion 101 7 Social Housing in England 105
Christine Whitehead The housing stock and the changing importance of tenure
structure 105 Structure and ownership in the social sector 107 Investment
in new social housing 108 Financing the social sector 110 Rent
determination 113 Who lives in the social sector? 115 Looking to the future
117 8 Social Housing in France 123 Claire Lévy-Vroelant, Jean-Pierre
Schaefer and Christian Tutin Introduction: the current position of social
housing in France 123 Historical development of social housing 127
Organisation of the social housing sector 130 Financing social housing 131
Rents 133 Access and allocation 135 Tenant demographics 139 Current issues
and political debates 140 Part III Small Social Housing Sectors 143 9
Social Housing in the Republic of Ireland 145 Declan Redmond and Michelle
Norris Introduction 145 The development of the social housing sector 146
Housing need and social housing tenants 148 The local authority sector 151
The housing association sector 153 Planning gain and social housing 155
Social housing support: rent supplement and social housing leasing 156
Future trends and policy 159 10 Social Housing in the Czech Republic 165
Martin Lux Introduction 165 The current position of social housing 166
Historical development of the sector to the present day 168 Provision of
social housing 170 New municipal construction: policy and financing 173
Rents, access and allocation 176 Conclusion 178 Acknowledgement 179 11
Social Housing in Germany 183 Christiane Droste and Thomas Knorr-Siedow
Introduction 183 Development of the sector up to the present 184 Provision
of social housing 194 Current developments in social housing policy and
practice 196 Conclusion 199 12 Social Housing in Hungary 205 József Hegedüs
Introduction 205 Historical development of the sector up to the present 207
Provision of social housing 210 Financing social housing 211 Rents 213
Access and allocation 215 Housing allowances and 'low-cost housing' 216
Homeownership opportunities 218 Effects of the global financial crisis on
social housing 219 Conclusion 220 13 Social Housing in Spain 223 Baralides
Alberdi Introduction 223 Historical development of the sector 226 Structure
of social housing 228 Funding VPO social housing 229 VPO prices and rents
231 Access and allocation 232 Demographics of social housing 233 Current
policy environment 233 14 Social Housing in Post-Socialist Countries 239
József Hegedüs, Martin Lux, Petr Sunega and Nóra Teller Introduction: the
East European Housing Model and changes to the housing system during
transition 239 Rent regulation 241 Housing allowances 243 Social housing
management 244 New social housing investment 244 Trends in housing
affordability and housing inequality 246 The sustainability and
effectiveness of new social housing subsidies 248 Conclusions: prospects
for a new social housing regime 250 Acknowledgement 251 SECTION
TWO:CROSS-CUTTING THEMES 255 Part IV History 257 15 Histories of Social
Housing: A Comparative Approach 259 Peter Malpass Introduction 259
Perspectives on the history of social housing 260 Comparative housing
histories: a new approach 266 Conclusion 272 16 Learning from History: Path
Dependency and Change in the Social Housing Sectors of Austria, France, the
Netherlands and Scotland, 1889-2013 277 Claire Lévy-Vroelant, Christoph
Reinprecht, Douglas Robertson and Frank Wassenberg Introduction 277 Main
historical sequences 279 The metamorphosis of social housing 285 Conclusion
291 17 Housing the Poor in Paris and Vienna: The Changing Understanding of
the 'Social' 297 Claire Lévy-Vroelant and Christoph Reinprecht Introduction
297 Social and 'very social': shifts in contexts, concepts and provision
298 Conditions in and provision of social housing, then and now 300 From
social to very social 302 Historical shifts in meaning of 'very social' 306
Conclusion: the paradox of integration 311 Part V Finance and Law 315 18
Financing Social Rented Housing in Europe 317 Christine Whitehead
Introduction 317 Rent determination 318 An increasing role for private debt
finance 321 Equity finance for social housing 324 Subsidies to social
housing provision 326 Conclusion 328 19 Social Housing and European
Community Competition Law 333 Darinka Czischke Introduction 333 A typology
of approaches to social housing provision in the European Union 334
Services of general interest, state aid and social housing 336 Conclusion
344 20 Property, Altruism and Welfare: What Social Housing Allocation Tells
Us About English and French Legal Differences 349 Jane Ball Introduction
349 Social housing allocation in the European context 350 A holistic view
351 Property and altruism in England 352 Property law and altruism in
France 355 Changes and Europeanisation 360 Conclusion 362 Part VI The
Social and Private Sectors 367 21 Urban Regeneration in Dutch, French and
German Social Housing Areas 369 Christiane Droste, Christine Lelévrier and
Frank Wassenberg Social housing and urban regeneration in the three
countries: a comparative perspective 369 The main periods of urban
regeneration in social housing 372 Key features of current social housing
renewal 380 Conclusion: the playing field is changing 384 22 The
Privatisation of Social Housing: Three Different Pathways 389 Marja
Elsinga, Mark Stephens and Thomas Knorr-Siedow Introduction 389
Privatisation in the UK 390 Privatisation in the Netherlands 396
Privatisation in Germany 401 Conclusion 409 23 Housing and Neighbourhoods:
What Happened After the Sale of State Housing to Sitting Tenants in
England? 415 Alan Murie Introduction 415 Privatising public housing in
Europe 417 The Right to Buy in England 418 Social and spatial differences
419 Estate-level analysis 422 Conclusion 428 24 Conclusion 433 Kathleen
Scanlonn and Christine Whitehead Country comparisons 435 Cross-cutting
themes 442 A final conclusion 443 Glossary of Terms 445 Index 449