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Title Social housing in Europe / edited by Kathleen Scanlon, Christine Whitehead, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia
Published Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley Blackwell, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Real estate issues
Real estate issues (Oxford, England)
Contents Series pages -- Real Estate Issues -- Books in the series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- National stocks of social housing -- Ownership -- Rents -- Access -- Housing allowance -- Demographics of social tenants -- References -- Section One: Social Housing in 12 European Countries -- Part I: Large Social Housing Sectors -- Chapter 2: Social Housing in the Netherlands -- Position of social housing -- Historical development -- The provision of social housing -- Finance
RentsAccess and allocation -- Social housing-tenants -- Governance and regulation -- Current debates -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Social Housing in Scotland -- Introduction -- Historical development of social housing in Scotland -- Tenure profile and trends -- Insecure accommodation -- Housing allocations -- Financing of social housing -- Governance and regulation -- Capital investment in housing -- Right to Buy -- Housing finance -- New house-building trends -- Financial innovations -- Conclusion: Present-day policy environment -- Notes
Access to social housing/eligibilityDemographics of social housing -- Rent levels -- Other forms of affordable provision -- The political debate -- Recent initiatives -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Social Housing in Sweden -- The concept of social housing in the Swedish context -- Tenure forms and rent setting in Sweden -- MHCs in Sweden -- Housing allowances and other economic support -- How the social authorities work with housing issues -- Some recent trends -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Social Housing in England
The housing stock and the changing importance of tenure structureStructure and ownership in the social sector -- Investment in new social housing -- Rent determination -- Who lives in the social sector? -- Looking to the future -- References -- Chapter 8: Social Housing in France -- Introduction: the current position of social housing in France -- Historical development of social housing -- Organisation of the social housing sector -- Financing social housing -- Rents -- Access and allocation -- Tenant demographics -- Current issues and political debates
Summary All countries aim to improve housing conditions for their citizens but many have been forced by the financial crisis to reduce government expenditure. Social housing is at the crux of this tension. Policy-makers, practitioners and academics want to know how other systems work and are looking for something written in clear English, where there is a depth of understanding of the literature in other languages and direct contributions from country experts across the continent. Social Housing in Europe combines a comparative overview of European social housing written by scholars with in-depth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Public housing -- Europe
Housing policy -- Europe
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Housing policy
Public housing
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Scanlon, Kathleen
Whitehead, Christine M. E
Fernández Arrigoitia, Melissa, 1980-
LC no. 2014000676
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