The aim of this paper is to assess whether the conceptual distinction made byPeck and Tickell (2002), between a roll-back (dismantlement) of the welfare state and a roll-out (restyling) of State intervention is relevant when applied to French housing policies. Looking at the post-Second World...

In Belgium, housing policy is one of the responsibilities of the regional governments. According to the Belgian Constitution, every citizen has the right to decent and affordable housing. However, the violation of this right for many families is increasingly contested. In particular, the...

The proportion of social rental housing has fallen very strongly in the former West Germany since the middle of the 1960s. In comparison with other European countries, Germany has only a small social housing quota but a high percentage of private rental housing. For the future, a further decline...

In this paper it is argued that the discourse of globalization has dominated housing policy in Britain in the last decade. This proposition is supported by a description of recent housing policy concerns and a tracing of their roots in the globalization discourse. It is argued that the housing...

By 2008, ownership transfers of former council housing had been proceeding for 20 years. Since 1997, the process has encompassed many larger urban local authorities, with housing departments which could have been fairly characterised as monolithic, producer-oriented bureaucracies. Drawing on new...

The housing market in Spain has been subject to substantial upheavals over the past two decades. House prices have risen sharply, making it extremely difficult for large sectors of the population to have access to housing. This study has been carried out from the standpoint of the objective of...

This paper is framed within a broad discourse on the withdrawal of the state from involvement with welfare issues. There is no doubt that in Belgium welfare state arrangements have undergone significant changes (for example, cuts in unemployment benefit). However, despite these changes, the...