Gruis / Tsenkova / Nieboer Management of Privatised Social Housing

International Policies and Practice
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-2262-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
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Reihe: Real Estate Issues

The sale of public and social housing has been a major aspect ofhousing policies in recent decades. Privatisation and a generalretreat by governments from the housing arena have pushed up sales;this has been particularly evident within Eastern Europeancountries and China but is also taking place in many WesternEuropean countries and Australia.
Wherever it occurs, such privatisation has lead to newchallenges for housing management. Many estates are now a mix ofpublic and private, raising questions about the division ofresponsibilities between different owners. Legislation toaddress this is not adequate and public managers are still hamperedby the bureaucratic mechanisms within their organisations, whilethe new owners are not used to their responsibilities formaintenance. Added to this are the limited financialresources for renewal and maintenance among both public and privateowners at a time when the need for investments is urgent,especially within the massive housing estates dating from thecommunist era.
Experts from Australia, France, the Netherlands, UK,Switzerland, China, the Czech Republic, Moldavia, Russia, Serbiaand Slovenia present their county's context and the policiesand practice for managing privatised housing, together with casestudies illustrating the issues described.
How privatised public housing is managed is of internationalconcern, which will benefit from an international exchange ofknowledge and best practice. The comparative analysis offered inManagement of Privatised Housing: International Policies &Practice makes a significant contribution to the literature onthis important topic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gruis, Vincent

Tsenkova, Sasha

Nieboer, N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION: Conceptual Framework.
Part I - CASE STUDIES FROM WESTERN EUROPE ANDAUSTRALIA.
England, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Australia.
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Part II - CASE STUDIES FROM EASTERN EUROPE AND CHINA.
Serbia, The Czech Republic, Slovenia, Russia, Moldova,China.
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POST-PRIVATISATION IN HOUSING: POLICY AND RESEACH AGENDA.
In order to facilitate cross-national analyses, all chapters arewritten according to the same general format. This format consistsof four sections:.
Section 1: Description of national housing context in countryX.
- a description of the national composition of the housing stockaccording to tenure, size, and dwelling type, supported bystatistics;.
- a general description of the housing system: whichorganisations develop and manage the housing stock; what aregovernment regulations for housing development and managementconcerning rent setting, allocations, sales, maintenance andrenewal, and tenant involvement; how are the landlords supervised(by whom and on what basis); what financial support exists forhousing management, renewal and development (exploitation grants,subsidies for renewals, government loans, government guarantees,housing grants)?.
- a general description of the situation on the housing market:shortages and surpluses according region, dwelling type, tenure andprice.
- a reflection on the occurrence of housing problems,problematic neighbourhoods, vacancies, etc..
Section 2: Privatisation in country X.
- a reflection on the privatisation policies in the pastdecades;.
- description on the occurrence of privatisation, supported bystatistics of the pace of privatisation (quantities);.
- a description of the conditions under which dwellings weresold: price and the division of management responsibilities betweenlandlords and homeowner;.
- an analysis of the challenges for maintenance and renewal ofthe partly-privatised estates;.
- an analysis of the institutional, organisational, cultural,social and financial problems of management;.
- policies and (innovative) practices that have been or arebeing implemented to deal with these problems..
Section 3: Case study.
Describes one or more case studies of partly privatised estates.These cases may be selected on the basis of their representation ofcommon problems and/or solutions in country X and/or on the basisof the innovative 'best practice' approach that hasbeen undertaken to deal with the problems. The section about thecase study will consist of:.
- a description the estate (quality, division according totenure, price, position on the housing market);.
- a reflection on the privatisation process (pace, background,conditions);.
- a description of social, functional and technical problemsthat occur in the estate and the problems of management,maintenance and renewal;.
- a reflection on to what extent the above problems are causedor increased by the privatisation;.
- a reflection on the initiatives that have been and will beundertaken to cope with the problems and their (expected)success..
Section 4: Conclusion.
Contains a brief summary of the chapter plus an outlook for thefuture problems/challenges.

Über Autor(innen)

Editors:
Vincent Gruis is assistant professor of housing at DelftUniversity of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Department ofReal Estate & Housing. He has a PhD in Housing and conductsresearch and is a consultant in the area of housing management andurban renewal. Dr. Gruis has published extensively in well-knowninternational and national journals on housing and his teachingincludes MSc courses on Urban Development, Housing Management,Housing Policy and Urban Management.
Sasha Tsenkova is professor of international development at theUniversity of Calgary, Canada. She has a PhDs in Architecture andin Planning. Her research and consultancy experience in housingpolicy and urban development in more than 30 countries in NorthAmerica, Western and Eastern Europe and South-east Asia. She is aconsultant to the World Bank, the United Nations in New York andGeneva, the Canadian International Development Agency and theCouncil of Europe.
Contributors:
Frederic Bougrain - Centre Scientifique et Technique duBâtiment, France
Limei Chen - City University of Hong Kong, China
Patrick Dogge - Trudo housing association, The Netherlands
Martin Lux - Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, CzechRepublic
Vivienne Milligan - Australian Housing & Urban ResearchInstitute, University of Sydney, Australia
Alan Murie - University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Djordje Mojovic - UN Habitat, Serbia
David Ousby - Prospect Row LLP, United Kingdom
Maria Plotnikova - Centre for Public Policy for Regions,University of Strathclyde & University of Glasgow, UnitedKingdom
Bill Randolph - City Futures Research Centre, University of NewSouth Wales, Australia
Richard Sendi - Urban Planning Institute of the Republic ofSlovenia, Slovenia
Jos Smeets - University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Rob Soeterbroek - University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Joris E. van Wezemael - University of Zurich, Switzerland