Housing affordability is a hotly debated issue on global scale. A lack of affordable housing of decent quality is a chronic problem in urban areas. Governments try to alleviate it by stimulating homeownership among middle-income households and providing social housing for the low-income...

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...