Kathleen Scanlon & Christine Whitehead 
Social Housing in Europe 

All countries aim to improve housing conditions for their
citizens but many have been forced by the financial crisis to
reduce government expenditure. Social housing is at the crux
of this tension. Policy-makers, practitioners and academics
want to know how other systems work and are looking for something
written in clear English, where there is a depth of understanding
of the literature in other languages and direct contributions from
country experts across the continent.

Social Housing in Europe combines a comparative overview
of European social housing written by scholars with in-depth
chapters written by international housing experts. The countries
covered include Austria, Denmark, England, France, Germany,
Hungary, Ireland, The Netherlands and Sweden, with a further
chapter devoted to CEE countries other than Hungary.

The book provides an up-to-date international comparison of
social housing policy and practice. It offers an analysis of
how the social housing system currently works in each country,
supported by relevant statistics. It identifies European
trends in the sector, and opportunities for innovation and
improvement.

These country-specific chapters are accompanied by topical
thematic chapters dealing with subjects such as the role of social
housing in urban regeneration, the privatisation of social housing,
financing models, and the impact of European Union state aid
regulations on the definitions and financing of social housing.

About the author

Kathleen Scanlon

Research Fellow

LSE London

London School of Economics

Christine Whitehead

Professor of Housing

Department of Economics

London School of Economics

Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia

Research Officer

LSE London

London School of Economics

Contributors

The contributors are among the leading international experts in
social housing, and include:

* József Hegedüs, a principal of the
Metropolitan Research Institute in Budapest

* Marja Elsinga of the OTB Research Institute of Housing
at Delft University

* Frank Wassenberg of the NICIS Institute in The
Hague

* Christoph Reinprecht, Professor of Sociology at the
University of Vienna

* Hedvig Vestergaard of the Danish Building Research
Institute

* Claire Levy-Vroelant, Professor of Sociology at the
University of Paris 8 Saint-Denis

* Christian Tutin, Professor of Economics at the
University of Paris 12 Créteil

* Christiane Droste, partner in Berlin-based Urban Plus
Droste&Partner

* Thomas Knorr-Siedow, one of the foremost German scholars
on social housing and urban regeneration

* Declan Redmond and Michelle Norris of University
College, Dublin