Literature
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By the UN ECE, 2009
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Квартиросъемщики — наше «жилищное меньшинство»: российский и зарубежный опыт развития арендного жилья -
A Better Lease on Life, Improving
Australian Tenancy Law. A National Shelter Report
2010
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RICS, European Housing Review 2010
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New Eurostat Report: The social
situation in the EU 2009.
(Chapter 3: Housing in the EU)
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Housing statistics from Eurostat
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- Europe in Figures Eurostat yearbook 2009.
(6. Living conditions and welfare, incl. housing)
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- L’Europe en chiffres, L’annuaire d’Eurostat 2009
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- Europa in Zahlen, Eurostat Jahrbuch 2009
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Where the other half lives - Lower Income Housing
Edited by; Sarah Glynn
Published by Pluto Books, 2009, 340 pages
ISBN: 978 0 7453 2857 7, paperback
order from pluto@plutobooks.com
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London Housing Strategy, City of London May 2009
Download in pdf
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Social Housing in Europe (II) A Review of
Policies and Outcomes
Edited by K. Scanlon & C. Whitehead
Published by: London School of Economics and Political Science, December 2008
ISBN: 978-0-85328-313-3
Download in pdf
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Managment of Privatised Housing
304 pages.
Edited by: Vincent Gruis, Sasha Tsenkova, and
N. Nieboer.
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8188-4,
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International trends in housing and policy responses, 2007, from AHURI, Australia.
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Russia: "В защиту прав нанимателей жилья" or "Defending tenants rights". New book on rental housing in Russia. (only in Russian
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Social dimensions of housing - First European Quality of Life Survey, 2006
Produced by: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
This report explores quality of life in the context of housing conditions. It reveals important differences in housing conditions across European countries, in particular, the basic divide running between the ‘old’ EU15 Member States and the 10 new Member States, along with Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. It finds that, in addition to living space and standard of accommodation, quality of life is largely dependent on factors such as personal safety, proximity to local infrastructure and the quality of the environment such as clear water, clean air and green areas.
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Housing and Property Rights - Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro
ISBN: 92-1-131784-3
Published by UN Habitat, 2005
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Trends and Progress in Housing Reforms in South Eastern Europe, by Sasha Tsenkova
Published by the Council of Europe Development Bank, 2005
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Visions for social housing - international perspectives
Edited by Julie Cowans and Prof. Duncan Maclennan
Published by: The Smith Institute
ISBN: 1 905370 40 7
Covers countries: England, Australia, US, N-Z, Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands
Download in pdf - An Introduction to Social Housing (in
England)
2nd Edition 2005, 270 pages
Author: Paul Reeves
ISBN: 0 7506 63936 - Balance between landlord and tenant?
A comparison of the rent regulation in the private
rental sector in five countries, 2007; France, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and England
Authors: Marietta Haffner, Marja Elsinga, Joris Hoekstra
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Housing policy and vulnerable
social groups, 2008
This report, 100 pages, and the corresponding guidelines are the outcome of a two-year project carried out by a group of specialists, whose objective was to take stock of existing work in the field of social housing for vulnerable groups. It complements the report on access to social rights in Europe (2002) and is an integral part of the Council of Europe's Social Cohesion Strategy.
Addressed to policy makers at national and local levels, service organisations and users, this work provides examples and guidelines on designing and implementing effective housing policies for vulnerable social groups.
Published by: Council of Europe Publishing, E-mail : publishing@coe.int
ISBN : 978-92-871-6301-1
Visit our site: http://book.coe.int
Price : 8 EUR in Europe / 16 US$ outside Europe
- CECODHAS:
Housing Europe 2007
Review of social, co-operative and public housing in the 27 European states. in pdf
ENG
FR
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"Housing allowances in comparative perspective",
July 2007
"Although there is a growing literature examining housing allowances in individual countries, this is one of very few comparative studies. This book facilitates important understanding of the developments and features of housing allowances in different contexts, while Professor Kemp's own introductory and concluding chapters usefully organise this understanding and identify policy lessons."
/John Doling, University of Birmingham
- The impact of housing market institutions on labour mobility; a
European cross-country comparison
Authors: Thomas de Graaff, Michiel van Leuvensteijn
Published by: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, 2007. www.cpb.nl
Download from: http://ideas.repec.org/p/cpb/discus/82.html
- Housing tenure and labour mobility: A comparison across European
cities
Author: Cristina Barceló
Published by: Banco de España, 2006
Download from: www.bde.es/informes/be/docs/dt0603e.pdf
- Human Settlements in Switzerland, 2006
Published by the Swiss Federal Office for Housing
Tel +41 32 654 91 11, Fax: +41 32 654 91 10,
E-mail: info@bwo.admin.ch
FDO website: www.bwo.admin.ch/
- Incentives for Housing Production
15 European cities compared
Published by: City of Amsterdam, July 2006
Available as pdf-file, click here
- Four Strategic Themes for the Housing Policy in Serbia. pdf-file
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UN-HABITAT SIRP contribution to the National Housing Conference: Towards a New National Housing Policy for Serbia, 6-7 July 2006 Belgrade Sava Center.
Click for pdf-file, 1 MB
- in English
- In Serbian
- The State of the Nation´s Housing, 2006
The annual descriptive report on the housing development in the USA
Full text (5MB), click here
The state of the Nation´s (USA) Housing, 2006. Summary, click here
- chapter on rental housing, click here
From the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
More info: www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/markets/son2006/index.htm
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UN-ECE Guidelines on Social Housing, 2006
Principles and examples. The Guidelines address the institutional, legal and economic frameworks for social housing and experiences with social housing design, in the ECE region. The guidelines gives the history of social housing in Western Europe and the development of social housing in countries in transition, and the privatisation processes. The guidelines further describe the role of social housing in social cohesion. Each chapter contains conclusions and recommendations.
United Nations Publications 2006, ECE/HBP/137
Can be downloaded from..click here!
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Housing Policies in Central Eastern Europe
Czech Republic / Hungary / Poland / Slovenia / Slovakia
Gives reasoning answers on 326 pages to how has housing policy in CEE countries developed before transformation, how did socialist housing policy affect housing provision during transition and which were the benefits and drawbacks of post-1990 housing policy instruments? Also, what is the current level of housing consumption in these countries and what is special about CEE housing markets?
Author: Christian Donner. ISBN: ISBN: 3-9500-4176-1 - Africa: Influence and Invisibility,
Tenants in Housing Provision,
in Tanzania
214 pages, 2006
Published by the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University
Author: Dr Jenny Cadstedt
ISBN: 91-854445-35-5, ISSN: 0349-7003
A high proportion of urban residents in Tanzanian cities are tenants who rent rooms in privately owned houses in unplanned settlements. However, in housing policy and in urban planning rental tenure gets very little attention. This study focuses for and consequences of this discrepancy between policy and practise
More info: Jenny.Cadstedt@humangeo.su.se
- Rental Choice and Housing Policy Realignement in Transition:
Post-Privatization Challenges in the Europa and Central Asia,
December 2005
Published by: Infrastructure Department, Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA). The World Bank.
Washington D.C.
Available as pdf-file, click here!
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USA: The
state of the Nation´s Housing;
Issued by: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
• 2004
• 2005
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America's Rental Housing: Homes for a Diverse Nation,
2005
- fact sheet, click here.
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UN-ECE Guidelines on Social Housing, 2005, chapter 1-9
The UNECE Guidelines on Social Housing aim at providing policy makers with such guidance. They are designed to constitute a tool for policy makers to assess the different policy options that are currently available for the provision of social housing. They address the institutional, legal and economic frameworks for social housing, and experience with social housing design. They analyse the role of social housing policies for society at large. In particular, they aim at extending encompassing and well-researched information on the different instruments available for the financing and provision of social housing.
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UN ECE Country Profile on the Housing Sector; Russian Federation, pdf
- Tenants and Landlords in South Africa. A guide to rights, duties
and responsibilities of tenants and landlords of residential buildings.
2004
ISBN: 0-9584610-1-5. 106 pages
The Organisation of Civic Rights has for the past 19 years been working with tenants and it is indeed fitting that it should publish a handbook on the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords.
This handbook serves as a an excellent "self-help" tool for both tenants and landlords and has already a great impact on its target audiance.
This handbook gives easy-to-understand answers to common questions, and easy-to-understand answers are given through reference to the Rental Housing Act of 1999.
Also, included in the book is a standard lease agreement and useful contact details, and more.
Book costs 70 Rands, or 12 US$ / 9 Euro, excluding postage.
More information through civicrights@ocr.org.za or click here
OCR´s website: www.ocr.org.za
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National Housing Reports
from European Countries 2004.
- housing quality
- charecteristics of the housing stock
- demographic and economic trends
etc.
Published by the Housing nit, Dublin, Ireland. November 2004
ISBN 0 7557 1999 9
Dept. of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. www.environ.ie
- Housing and housing policy in the Nordic Countries, 2004, 328
pages
Published by the Nordic Council of Ministers: www.norden.org
Edited by Mr Martti Lujanen
ISBN: 92-893-1027-8
This book takes an in-depth look at housing and housing policies in the five Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden. The chapters describe, analyse and compare the following areas, in a thematic way:
- housing markets
- the roles of housing policy actors
- housing tenures and rent legislation
- housing consumption, expenditures and user costs
- Housing support policies, housing finance, taxation
- Physical planning, urban policy
- sustainable development of cities and housing areas.
Inquires and order from: Nordic Council of Ministers: Fax: ++45 3396 0202
- The Importance of Housing Systems in Safeguarding Social Cohesion
in Europe. 2004.
200 pages, ISBN 3-85271-002-2
Editor: Karl Czasny (SRZ Stadt und Regionforschung GmbH, Germany;
http://srz-gmbh.com/coop/
By SOCOHO project, whose intention it was to answer these, and other, questions;
- To what extent do the various housing systems alleviate or aggrevate the increasing risks of poverty faced by households?
- To what extent do the housing systems take into account the current transformation of family and demographic structures?
- To what extent do housing systems alleviate or aggrevate the dangers in many urban areas arising from increasing social and ethnic diversity?
- What housing provisions measures could lead to a reduction of the problems resulting from increasing risks of poverty, the transformation of family and demographic structures.
More information: Ms Heidrun Feigefeld, hf@srz-gmbh.com
- Too poor to Move, too poor to Stay
A report on Housing in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Serbia.
Housing is no longer a fundamental right but a political and economic liability in Central and Eastern Europe. Funding and construction of housing has decreased severely. The result of this dramatic turn has been the creation of a class of "housing poor"- people unable to rent or buy market rate housing or maintain housing on their own.
Housing poor may be homeless, living in overcrowded conditions, living in il le gal or
substandard housing, paying too large a per centage of income for rent, or unable to pay for utilities or rent. Almost 50 per cent of households in the region fall into one of these categories.
Published 2004 by the Local Government and Public Service Reform Inititive -
Open Society Institute in Budapest.
Editor: James Fearn
Available through the Institute´s website:
http://lgi.osi.hu/publications_datasheet.php?id=260
E-mail: lgprog@osi.hu
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Country Profiles on the Housing Sector
The Country Profiles on the Housing Sector are intended to assist the Governments of countries with economies in transition in improving the performance of their housing sector while promoting sustainable development. They analyse trends and policy developments, and make an overall assessment of the political, economic and social framework of the sector in the process of reform. This work was initiated by the UN / ECE Committee on Human Settlements in the early 1990s in response to requests from its member States.
2000: Lithuania, 2001: Romania, 2002: Rep. of Moldova and Albania, 2003: Armenia, 2004: Russia. Published by the UN: Available at: http://www.unece.org/env/hs/cph/mail.htm
- Housing in South Eastern Europe,
solving the puzzle of challenges
Published by the Council of Europe and the World Bank. 81 pages.
South Eastern Europe is home to some 60 million people. This region of Europe comprises of Albania, Bulgaria, B & H, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro.
Available at: www.coebank.org/pdf/gb/Housing_in_SEE.pdf
- Housing Policy: an End or a new Beginning, by Martin Lux 2003
Published by the Open Society Institute in Budapest, Hungary.
E-mail: lgprog@osi.hu Website: http://lgi.osi.hu
460 pages
About practises and lessons learned of local social housing policies in CEE countries.
Part 1: Public Housing Policies and Economic and Social Perspectives.
Part II: County Profiles a. Rental Model (Czech Rep. and Poland), b. Homeownership Model (Estonia, Romania, Slovakia) c. Bulgaria
Part III: State and Local gov. How to improve partnership.
ISBN: 963 9419 46X
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Rental Housing - an essential option for the urban poor in developing
countries,
by UN-Habitat, Nairobi 2003
Abstract: Demonstrates that most arguments leading to the current bias against rental housing are highly flawed. Argues for more tenure-neutral housing policies, and urges governments to modify regulatory frameworks, develop credit programmes and other forms of assistance to support housing production, with a view to creating more rental housing and to improve the existing stock.
ISBN 92-1-131687-1 (printed)
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Report:
Structural Factors in the EU Housing Market, from the
European Central Bank, March 2003. 55 pages in pdf-format.
- RICS European Housing Review 2003
A review and description of the EU Housing market.
115 pages
Available free in paper or electronic format through
e-mail: jmacdonnell@rics.org.uk
Or view on-line at: http://www.rics.org/resources/research/ehr_2003/
- Country Profiles on the Housing Sector, Albania
94 pages, UN Economic Commission for Europe, issued February 2003
Headlines: General information, economy, Gov. housing policy, recent develop-
ment in housing policy, existing housing stock and new construction, institutio- nal, financial and legal framework.
UN Publications; sales No E.03.II.E.18, ISBN: 92-1-116832-5
More information on: http://www.unece.org/env/hs/cph/albania/welcome.html
- Guidelines on Condominium Ownership of Housing for
countries in transition.
84 pages, UN Economic Commission for Europe, issued January 2003
Headlines: Basic definitions, national and municipal framework conditions for condominiums, owners´s associations (How to write statutes and form an organisation), management and operation, modell
UN Publications; sales No E.03.II.E.20, ISBN: 92-1-116834-1
UN Economic Commission for Europe, Environment and Human Settlements Div.
Palais des Nations
8-14, avenue de la Paix - 1211 Geneva 10
fax: 00 41 22 917 01 07
- Apartment Ownership and
Mortgage Finance in Lithuania
(Busto nuosavybe ir busto kreditavimas Lietuvoje), 2002
135 pages, Tema Nord 2002:579
Issued by the Nordic Council of Ministers, Building and Housing
ISBN: 92-893-0844-3, ISSN: 0908-6692
Nordic Council: Tel ++45 33.96 0400, Fax: ++45 33.11 1878
www.norden.prg
- Enforcing Housing Rights in the Americas
Pursuing Housing Rights claims within the Inter-American System of Human Rights. A resource guide for practitioners.
Issued by: Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, COHRE, January 2002
143 pages
Copies are available from:
COHRE, 83 Rue de Montbillant
1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel/Fax: +41.22.7341028. e-mail: cohre@cohre.org
Available in PDF format through www.cohre.org
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Housing, Theory and Society
Edited by Jim Kemeny, Uppsala University, Sweden
Four issues per annum. ISSN: 1403-6096
Contents Include: Lead articles by leading researchers, focus articles, review articles reviewing specific topics and research fields, conference reports, book reviews.
Visit the homepage for a full list of contents www.tandf.no/hts
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RICS, European Housing Review 2002 -
State of housing market in Europe
Read about the review on www.rics.org
The Tenant Movement in New York City, 1904-1984
Edited by Ronald Lawson. 1986
ISBN 0-8135-1158-5
ISBN 0-8135-1203-4 (pbk.)
About the book.
Table of Contents
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CECODHAS, The European Liaison Committee for Social Housing. Report of Activities 2000+2001
October 2001, 126 pages
Contents, inter alia:
- Recent trends in European policy
- Habitat II +5
- Reports from CECODHAS member countries in all EU countries+ some in eastern European countries.
Available from the Exectutive Secretariat in the Netherlands:
Tel ++31 35 6268 333, Fax: ++31 35 6268 433.
E-mail: ir@aedeswcp.nl. Internet: www.cecodhas.org
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Social Housing, Tenure and Housing allowance, an International Review - in house report 83, 2001
A study carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions.
By John Ditch, Alan Lewis and Steve Wilcox. Department of Social Policy, University of York. England. 160 pages
Contents:
- Overview of tenures, rents and housing allowances
- Household incomes and housing support
- countries described are: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and USA
ISBN 185197 925 5
ISSN 1368 244X
Available on: http://www.dss.gov.uk/asd/asd5/IH83.pdf
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On housing in the Baltic Countries
"Legal Framework of User-Owned Dwellings in the Baltic Countries" June 2001, 45 pages.
Published by the Nordic Council of Ministers - Building and Housing
TemaNord 2001:544, ISBN 92-893-0641-6
About legal regulations for condominiums and co-operatives, a disappearing rental market, current housing policies, etc.
Nordic Council of Ministers, in Denmark: Tel: ++45 3396 0200,
Fax: ++45 3396 0202. Internet: www.norden.org
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European Journal of Housing Policy
Vol 1, No 1, April 2001, 140 pages
Published by Routledge, United Kingdom
Articles: - The restructering of social rented housing in Britain
- Jammed between housing and property rights, in Belgium
- Rent regulation: a conceptual and comparative analysis
- Supported housing and homelessness in the EU
- The housing system and the Celtic Tiger - Ireland
- Changing social housing in Great Britain - a comparative
persepctive
Ordering:
- USA/Canada: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Inc, Journals Dept, 325 Chestnut St., 8th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA. Fax: (215) 625 2240, Tel: (215) 625 8900
- Europe and rest of the world: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Rankine Rd, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8PR, UK.
More Information: www.tandf.co.uk/journals
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RICS review of European Housing Markets 2001
This 100-page publication is published by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Chapter 1: European housing markets on Holm
Chapter 2: Developments in European mortgage markets
Chapter 3: Country Reports with an overview, rental and owner occupied market, and more. With statistics.
Read more from the summary.
Available in English, from RICS: mailorder@rics.org.uk ,
fax +44-20 7334 3851.
Price: £ 15.00 plus p&p
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Housing Policy Debate, USA
Published by Fannie Mae Foundation, Washington, DC.
Volyme 12, Issue 3. ISSN 1051-1482, autumn 2001
Contents: - The Potential and Limitations of Mortgage Innovation in
Fostering Homeownership in the US.
- Redev. and Affordable Housing. A case study of New
Jersey.
- The role of neighborhood Social Networks in
Scattered-Site Public Housing Residents´ Search for jobs.
Order from: Fannie Mae Foundation, 4000 Wisconsin Ave., NW, North Tower, suite one. Washington, DC 20016-2804.
Fax: ++1 + 202 274 8121,
E-mail: fmfpubs@fanniemaefoundation.org
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A Home for Everyone
Special Housing Projects in the EU
Produced by : CECODHAS, 2000
The described project descriptions in this booklet demonstrate the versatility of social housing initiativet being Carrie out for the weaker groups in the EU.
Available in English, French and in German.
More information through CECODHAS
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Housing Policies in the European Union - Theory and Practice
December 2000, 600 pages
Author: Dr Christian Donner
- Housing policy in theory
- 15 country monographs 1945-1999
- Condensed country reviews
- Proposals and summary
- Available in German and English
ISBN: 3-9500417-3-7
Order from: Dr Christian Donner, tel/fax +43-1 889 85 71
E-mail: christian@donner.at, Internet: www.donner.at/christian
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The Private Rented Sector in the 21st Century
Ireland Dublin, 2000
Author: Anthony McCashin
The report includes international comparisons with private rented sectors in the UK, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands.
Available through: Threshhold/St Pancras Housing Association
Price: IR£ 15
ISBN: 0 946 135 04 5
E-mail: dublinthreshold@hotmail.com Tel. +353-1 872 6311
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Housing and Building Statistics, for Europe and N America, 2000
Issued by: UN Economic Commission for Europe, July 2000
in English, French and in Russian
ISBN: 92-1-016345-1
UN sales No: E/F/R.00.II.E.14
How to order...
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Housing and Building Statistics, for Europe and N America, 1998
Issued by: UN ECE, Economic Commission for Europe, in Geneva.
More information on the ECE website
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Hard Budgets, Soft States
Social Policy Choices in Central and Eastern Europe.
Issued by the IPPR, Institute for Public Policy Research, London, 2000.
ISBN 1 86030 1061
Authors from the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
The contents include a chapter about Housing-and social policy, "what has happened, mosa urgent problems, state intervention, choice of policies and about re-orienting housing policy.
IPPR: Fax: 20. 7470 6111
www.ippr.org.uk
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Rent regulation: A conceptional and comparative analysis
by Hans Lind, October 1999
Division of Building and Real Estate Economics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
About rent regulations, five main types. Examples from France, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and from North America.
Read the full analysis.
Mr Hans Lind, fax: +46 8 790 73 65
E-mail: hanslind@recm.kth.se
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Housing Privatisation in the Baltic States
by Mr Janis Kursis, Architect SAR, 1999 (ISSN 1404-2827)
Housing Development & Management - HDM
University of Lund, Sweden
E-mail: janis.kursis@hdm.lth.se
Fax: 46 +46 222 81 81
A 100 page report which considers the process during the 1990s that are transforming the legal framework, institutions and procedures affecting the privatisation of Housing in the Baltic States; Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Housing Rights in Latvia
issues by the COHRE; Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, January 2000.
A 24 page study on the housing situation in Latvia, about eviction problems. COHORE´s findings and recommendations for the improvement
of the housing rights situation in Latvia.
More Information: sleckie@attglobal.net
www.cohre.org
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Housing Statistics in the European Union, 1998
issued by the European Commission - Dept. of Employment & Social Affairs
(Social Security and Social Integration)
Contains general information, statistics on housing quality, availability and affordability of housing.
Check with your local European Commission office, or fax: ++32.2. 296 23 93
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Rent Control - Regulation and the Rental Housing Market in the USA
by Keating, Teitz and Skaburskis, 245 pages
Published by the Center for Urban Policy Research, 1998, Rutgers University, New Jersey. E-mail: hardie@rci.rutgers.edu
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Municipal
Housing Companies Experience in Sweden
- a housing policy 1996, from the Swedish
Association of Municipal Housing Companies
en français:
Sociétés communales de logement - expérieces suédoises, 1996
Politique du logement
im Deutsch
Gemeinnützige Wohnungsunternehmen Erfahrungen in Schweden, 1996
Wohnungspolitik
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