The once clear demarcation of funding and roles of the social and market rental sectors seems to have become blurred in a number of European countries. Social renting is no longer provided only by non-profit organizations. The central issue in Bridging the Gap between Social and Market Rented Housing in Six European Countries? is the extent to which the divide between the social and market rental sectors in North-West Europe (England, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands) can be identified. From an empirical viewpoint it conveys who provides what in rental housing, relevant government policies and outcomes achieved. From a theoretical point of view the gap is about the extent to which accommodation in the two sectors can be considered as substitutes by consumers and whether landlords are rivals in attracting tenants. IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences
Author(s): M. Haffner, J. Hoekstra, M. Oxley, H. Van Der Heijden
Publisher: IOS Press
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 332
Title page......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
List of tables......Page 12
List of figures......Page 18
List of abbreviations......Page 20
Preface......Page 24
The relationship between social and market housing......Page 26
The definitions of social and market rented housing......Page 27
The choice of countries examined......Page 28
Demographic and economic indicators......Page 29
Social and market renting in six countries......Page 30
An outline of this book......Page 33
Differences in who provides and what is provided......Page 36
Differences in whom the sectors are aimed at and government policies towards the sectors......Page 39
Differences in the degree of competition: a theoretical framework......Page 44
Bridging the gap between social and market renting?......Page 52
Returning to the gap......Page 54
Political and administrative responsibilities in England......Page 56
Definition of the components of the rented sector......Page 58
Description of the housing stock......Page 60
Housing quality......Page 61
Characteristics of tenants......Page 62
Tenure-specific policies......Page 64
Social renting......Page 65
Market renting......Page 66
Policy objectives......Page 68
Rent determination in the social sector......Page 70
Security of tenure......Page 71
Allocation procedures and criteria......Page 73
Social-sector regulation......Page 74
Capital finance......Page 76
Tax concessions for landlords......Page 78
Housing allowances......Page 79
Bridging the gap between social and market renting?......Page 80
Country expert......Page 85
The federal system......Page 86
Description of housing stock......Page 87
Quality of the housing stock......Page 91
Characteristics of tenants......Page 93
Belgian history......Page 97
Flemish history......Page 98
Recent housing policy......Page 100
Rent control, tenant security and other property rights......Page 102
Social rented sector: differential rents......Page 103
Social rented sector: other property rights......Page 104
Market rented sector: rent control and security of tenure......Page 105
Allocation of social rented dwellings......Page 107
Social Rental Agencies: allocation of market rented dwellings with a social purpose......Page 109
Regulation and supervision......Page 110
Supervising and accrediting social rental housing......Page 111
Regulating market rental housing......Page 113
Subsidies and finance......Page 114
Support for social rental sector investment......Page 115
Taxation for market rental investment......Page 116
Housing allowances......Page 117
Bridging the gap between social and market renting?......Page 118
Country experts......Page 125
Introduction......Page 126
A large array of landlords......Page 127
Development of the French housing stock......Page 130
Quality of the housing stock......Page 131
Characteristics of tenants and rent levels......Page 132
The history of housing policy......Page 135
Recent housing policy developments......Page 137
Social rental sector......Page 141
Market rental sector......Page 144
Social rental sector......Page 145
Regulating social rental housing......Page 147
Support for social rental sector investment......Page 150
Support for intermediate sector investment......Page 152
Subsidies for renovation......Page 153
Taxation of the different types of landlords......Page 155
Tax concessions for market rental landlords......Page 156
Housing allowances......Page 159
Bridging the gap between social and market renting?......Page 161
Country experts......Page 165
Definition of the subsidised and unsubsidised rented sector......Page 166
Housing stock according to type of landlord......Page 167
Quality of housing stock......Page 172
Characteristics of tenants......Page 174
History......Page 176
Recent social and housing policy......Page 179
Rent control, tenant security and other property rights......Page 181
Rent control: not-subsidised dwellings......Page 182
Rent control: subsidised dwellings......Page 183
Rent surcharge......Page 185
Allocation procedures and criteria......Page 186
Regulation and supervision......Page 188
Bricks-and-mortar subsidies......Page 189
Tax concessions for landlords......Page 191
Housing allowances......Page 193
Bridging the gap between social and market renting?......Page 194
Country experts......Page 198
Description of the housing stock......Page 200
Quality of the housing stock......Page 202
Characteristics of tenants......Page 203
Home ownership......Page 204
The Plan for Social Housing......Page 205
Market rented policy......Page 207
Current policy objectives......Page 208
Differential rents......Page 209
Rent levels......Page 211
Security of tenure in the market rented sector......Page 212
Right to buy......Page 213
The target group of the social rented sector......Page 214
Priority criteria......Page 215
Regulating social housing......Page 216
Regulating market sector rental housing......Page 217
Support for market rental investment......Page 218
Rent supplements......Page 219
Rental Accommodation Scheme......Page 221
Bridging the gap between social and market renting?......Page 223
Country experts......Page 227
Definition of the social rented and the market rented sector......Page 228
Description of the housing stock......Page 229
Quality of the housing stock......Page 232
Movements between tenures......Page 234
Characteristics of tenants......Page 235
History......Page 237
Recent housing policy......Page 240
Rent-setting and rent control......Page 242
Security of tenure......Page 243
Allocation procedures and criteria......Page 244
Regulation and supervision......Page 246
Subsidies......Page 247
Taxation......Page 249
Housing allowances......Page 250
Bridging the gap between social and market renting?......Page 251
Country experts......Page 256
A comparison of the gap in who provides what between social and market renting in six countries......Page 258
A comparison of the gap in policy between social and market renting in six countries......Page 265
Similarities and differences in six countries summarised......Page 276
Competitive gap between sectors......Page 278
Bridging the gap between social and market renting?......Page 289
Promoting greater competition between sectors......Page 290
Building an intermediate sector......Page 293
Evaluation of framework......Page 296
References......Page 302
Index......Page 326
