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Housing policy constitutes a central field of action for all members of the European Union. Its manifestation in each Member State is the product of an individual historical evolutionary path, local market structures as well as the national regulatory framework and funding policy measures. Against the backdrop of the German EU Council Presidency in 2020, this research project conducted for the BBSR and BMWSB aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges, different programmatic approaches and characteristics of national housing policies. Additionally, the researchers analysed selected housing policy issues in greater depth, based on a number of case studies.
One of the central results of the comprehensive publication is the broad diversity of the different housing provision systems across the European Union in terms of the structure of the housing stock, forms of use and the social care function of the different tenure forms. The five different systems range from diversified systems with balanced quantities between rental tenures and owner-occupation and a heterogeneous composition of non-profit/cooperative and market-based rental housing to less diversified systems with a dominance of owner-occupation and only a marginal, both market-based and social supply of rental housing.
Furthermore, the authors compiled an extensive appendix containing country profiles for each EU Member State in English (file does not meet accessibility standards). If interested, please send an inquiry to Jonathan Franke: jonathan.franke@bbr.bund.de
Additionally, the country profiles are available for download on the project webpage of the research contractor IWU (Download "Anhang Country Reports").
Project management
Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR)
Division WB 13 “Housing and Property Industry, Construction Industry“
Jonathan Franke (
jonathan.franke@bbr.bund.de
)
Management in the Federal Ministry
Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development und Buildung (BMWSB)
Division SW II 1 “Real Estate and Housing Industry, Home Ownership“
Volker Dorn, Barbara Crome
Research contractors and authors
Institute for Housing and the Environment (IWU), Darmstadt
Dr. Max-Christopher Krapp, Martin Vaché
TU Darmstadt, Institute of Political Science, Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Björn Engler, Prof. Dr. Kai Schulze, Samantha Thomas
Summary
Introduction
Government structure
The housing system
Drivers of housing policy and problem conditions
Policy instruments
The Financial Crisis of 2008: impact on housing systems and policy reactions
Tenure relations and tenure dynamics
The EU´s impact on housing
Conclusion
Literature
List of Figures
List of Tables
Annex