The assertion made by Kaufman (2003); ‘Safe, affordable housing is a basic necessity for every family. Without a decent place to live, people cannot be productive members of society, children cannot learn and families cannot thrive'. This assertion motivated the researcher to make a clear cut...

1 Housing Markets and Housing Institutions in a Comparative Context -- Housing Is Peculiar -- Housing Policies Are Special -- The Rationale of this Book -- Metropolitan Markets in National Economies -- A Taxonomy of Housing Policies -- Conclusion -- 2 The Swedish Housing Market: Development and...

Introduction / Tony Crook and Peter A. Kemp -- Germany / Peter A. Kemp and Stefan Kofner -- The Netherlands / Marietta E.A. Haffner -- Spain / Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and María Teresa Sánchez-Martínez -- Denmark / Hans Skifter Andersen -- Norway / Mary-Ann Stamsø -- Australia / Kath Hulse...

This book offers a cross-national perspective on contemporary urban renewal in relation to social rental housing. Social housing estates - as developed either by governments (public housing) or not-for-profit agencies (housing associations) - emerged out of post-war urban renewal programmes and...