Housing occupies a unique place in public policy, neither fully part of the welfare state, nor fully part of the free … market…Nevertheless, housing has been subject to sustained, pervasive and fundamental forms of intervention by the state for … well over a hundred years. Today's housing markets and housing outcomes have been decisively shaped by public policy …

The housing market becomes more essential in monetary policy. This paper attempts to analyse the role of the housing … the Hungarian housing and mortgage markets in the last years, as well as the expected developments and changes attendant … monetary policy on housing investment and consumption. Apart from the standard transmission channels, we identified two other …

the positive economic development into better housing for their citizens (including the access to mortgage credit). The …

indications of the future demand for rental housing. The results indicate that future rental demand will come from an increasing … believed that the structural traits found in the Danish housing market and the technique employed is of interest to housing …

. Losses of inhabitants normally have a negative effect on the housing market. Prices of owner-occupied dwellings decrease and … good living conditions and a strong housing market, also have a net inmigration of middle-aged or elderly households. The … analysis also shows that a net outmigration is not always in conflict with a dynamic housing market. If there is a reasonably …

This paper discusses recent changes in the role of the German state in relation to welfare and housing and, to a lesser … traditionally been less important as a direct provider of services and housing. While we can confirm a roll back of the state in the … area of housing, recent changes in regard to welfare provision for unemployed and poor people are illustrative of …

of life, such as employment, education, housing and health. Starting from the operationalization of poverty as a 'network … of social exclusions', we estimate the relative importance of housing problems as a dimension of poverty for four … mainstream welfare state typologies and housing system typologies. We conclude that housing problems occupy a large part of …

The emphasis placed on the issue of housing for vulnerable groups in both policy discourses and the analyses carried … policy papers and commissioned reports as a result of the growing level of housing insecurity and, more recently, the … 'Housing policy and vulnerable groups' (2008) commissioned by the Council of Europe is one emblematic example. This paper …

Formally, the European Union (EU) should not, and does not, formulate housing policy, this being a function lodged with … paper argues that the EU has actually appeared to promote a housing strategy for the member states based on increasing home … ownership rates. Drawing on a range of evidence, the paper examines what might be referred to as a stealth housing policy. It …

significance of housing construction for residential mobility and addresses the vital question: who will gain from new construction … supports lower income households. It also examines the possibility that changes in the way in which the housing market operates … with market-driven construction, geared at a post-modern housing lifestyle, have changed the situation for less well …