Richard Turkington & Christopher Watson 
Renewing Europe’s Housing 

Many European cities have a shortage of good quality, affordable housing, but this problem has become less prominent in policy than it should be. This timely book aims to redress that balance. After an introductory chapter, expert contributors provide contemporary comparative accounts of housing renewal policy and practice in nine European countries in its physical, economic, social, community and cultural aspects. Shared concerns over energy conservation, social protection and inclusion, and the roles and responsibilities of the public and private sectors form the basis of a proposed policy agenda for housing renewal across Europe. The concluding chapters draw conclusions from a pan-European perspective and consider the future prospects for renewing older housing. Academics, practitioners, policy-makers and students of housing, urban studies, planning, regeneration, environmental health and sustainability will all want to read this book.

About the author

Richard Turkington is Executive Director of Housing Vision; Honorary Research Associate at the Centre for Comparative Housing Research, De Montfort University, Leicester; and a member of the Coordination Committee of the European Network for Housing Research. Christopher Watson is a former Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies and a member of the Housing and Communities Group, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham.