Home ownership: Getting in, getting from, getting out. Part III

This book provides an overview of the effects of home ownership, a housing sector that has grown rapidly in recent years in many countries, not least because this is normally encouraged by governments. The first part of the subtitle, ‘Getting in’, refers to processes in the development of the homeownership stock including problems of access,...

Bridging the gap between social and market rented housing in six European countries?

The once clear demarcation of funding and roles of the social and market rental sectors seems to have become blurred in a number of European countries. Social renting is no longer provided only by non-profit organisations. The extent to which a gap can be identified between the social and market rental sectors in six countries in north-west...

Home ownership Beyond asset and security. Perceptions of housing related security and insecurity in eight European countries

This book is the conclusion of a body of research that started with a workshop held at the University of York in October 2000, and which resulted in the book Globalisation and home ownership. Experiences in eight member states of the European Union (Doling & Ford, 2003). The collated information lifted thinking beyond politics, linking...

Home ownership beyond asset and security: Perceptions of housing related security and insecurity in eight European countries

Home ownership: Getting in, getting from, getting out. Part II

Home ownership: Getting in, getting from, getting out

Sustainable housing in Europe

There is considerable variation in the extent to which environmental measures are adopted in housing construction in various European countries. Whereas sustainable housing is dearly part of day-to-day building practice in some countries, in others the topic seldom receives serious attention. None of the environmental measures which are...