This paper reviews the mechanisms by which the British government has introduced private finance into the provision of housing for lower-income households. It clarifies the range of measures that have allowed transfers from social to private ownership, both into owner-occupation and to...

This paper explores some implications for the housing market of the operation of the land use planning system in the United Kingdom, drawing out the relevance of the methodology for other forms of land use regulation. In contrast to the American zoning system, the U.K. system ensures enough land...

Swedish housing policy was dramatically changed during the 1990s. A traditional formally tenure-neutral and generous subsidy system has been replaced by much lower levels of assistance, more directed at lower-income households and depressed areas. This paper sets the Swedish policy in an...

On [so many] aspects of the intermediate housing debate, this report sheds important light. I conclude with congratulations to the authors: their book will raise the quality of discussion on this hugely important topic at exactly the moment when...politicians and practitioners need the evidence...