Hungary ; Local population ; Manorhouse ; Rural settlement ; Traditional dwelling ; Vas County
The AA. try to analyze the manors of Vas county (W-Hungary) with characterizing and categorizing them by using statistical and empirical methods. Using these processes the following categories were generated: types of manors by physicality, present
The globalization of urban housing markets : immigration and changing housing demand in Vancouver
British Columbia ; Canada ; Globalization ; Housing ; Housing market ; Local labour market ; Residential choice ; Residential location ; Skilled labour ; Urban geography ; Urban immigration ; Vancouver
Geografía urbana ; Inmigración urbana ; Localización residencial ; Mano de obra especializada ; Mercado de la vivienda ; Mercado local de trabajo ; Mundialización ; Selección de la vivienda ; Vivienda
A neglected aspect of housing market : the caretakers of peri-urban Accra, Ghana
Ghana ; House building ; Housing ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Informal sector ; Living conditions ; Manpower ; Outer conurbation area ; Town
Ciudad ; Condiciones de vida ; Construcción de viviendas ; Ghana ; Mano de obra ; Mercado de la vivienda ; Política de la vivienda ; Sector informal ; Vivienda ; Zona periurbana
Angers ; Architectural legacy ; Castle ; France ; Leisure ; Lodging ; Manorhouse ; Pays de la Loire ; Restructuring process ; Site preservation ; Tourism ; Urbanization
The housing standard and satisfying communal needs| housing needs| the distribution of socially owned housing| the economic position of working people and citizens subject to the manner of solving of their housing problem| the organization
of housing construction, the maintenance and management of housing and public utility facilities.
The A. examines the institutional and political characteristics of the urban housing sector. He then discusses recent efforts toward housing reform and housing commercialization. Finally, he employs a quantitative analysis to evaluate two
alternative urban housing policies that have implications for current housing reform.
Bulgarian housing reform and forms of housing provision
Bulgaria ; Cooperative ; Financing ; Housing ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Privatisation ; State control
This paper explores the extent to which state intervention and market forces affect the housing provision system. Bulgarian housing policy reform is analysed with emphasis on the dynamics of change, the formation of a new market-oriented system
and its impact on innovation in the structures of housing provision.
The housing market, housing finance and housing policy in West Germany : prospects for the 1990s in Housing finance and policy.
The interaction of private decisions and government interventions is evaluated against the background of a liberal economic policy, which influenced economic conditions and the pattern of housing finance and housing policy.
The sales of this stock has been promulgated by the Housing Act in 1991. The large differences between municipalities in the percentage of sold social housing are due primarily to economic factors. It has accentuated regional disparities
and will seriously limit the options for housing tenure reform in the future.
Self-provided housing: the first world's hidden housing arm
Capitalist states ; Construction industry ; Detached house ; Economic behaviour ; Household consumption ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Housing occupance ; Real estate development ; Urban construction
Self-provided housing is often a major element in the expansion of European metropoles and it is not associated with backwardness, peripherality, or lack of market development. It lowers the money cost of housing and ensures higher quality
, and it enlarges the choices of middle-income nuclear families. It can have important effects on the housebuilding industry. There are various models for a successful self-provides housing sector.
The evolving housing market in Moscow: indicators of housing reform
Economic reform ; European part of Russia ; Finance ; Habitability ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Legislation ; Moscow ; Privatisation ; Residential mobility ; Urban construction
The paper examines the results of the housing policy reforms in terms of their effects on private ownership, residential mobility, housing conditions and housing affordability. Longitudinal data on these four characteristics of the Moscow housing
Social housing and planning gain : is this an appropriate way of providing affordable housing ?
Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Land rent ; Social housing ; United Kingdom ; Urban development ; Urban planning
On the development of the policy, the AA. look at how the need for affordable housing is assessed, how the policy evolves, and how it is currently operated. On the principles and potential outputs of the policy they look at how the approach fits
into the principles of betterment taxation. They examine what the evidence is so far on the impact of planning obligations on affordable housing provision. They develop a typology of likely outcomes, particularly regarding who pays for affordable housing.
Inclusion or exclusion ? The role of housing subsidies and benefits
Habitability ; Housing ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Investment ; Rent ; Social housing ; United Kingdom
The paper explores the reasons why the UK has ended up with such an extensive system of intervention in the housing market, through providing subsidised council and housing association, and through Housing Benefit. An important justification
is to enable those who would not be able to do so to afford to live in housing of acceptable quality, and to do so while avoiding the area polarisation which would result from the operation of the free market. The paper explores what could be done to reinvent
Differentiation of residents according to housing supply type : a case study of Fukuoka City
City;Town ; Housing ; Japan ; Kyushu
This paper aims to examine the differentiation of the residents in the context of mixed housing supplies, and to clarify the characteristics of each resident in housing estates, condominiums, publicly owned houses, privately owned houses
and in company's houses for employees in Fukuoka city. - (KA)
Characteristics and transformation of public housing dwellers in Hiroshima
Honshu ; Housing ; Housing occupance ; Japan ; Public sector
This paper aims to examine the transformation of dwellers' characteristics in public housing from 1970 to 1990 in Hiroshima City and to clarify the transformation mechanism. To examine the transformation in characteristics of dwellers in public
housing, the A. used data for age, family size, and occupation. - (KA)
Various new policies have been introduced from as early as 1979, designed to commercialise and reform the public-sector-dominated housing system. The AA. provide a review of housing reforms and an account of the key features of the commercialisation
process. The focus is on the attempts to privatise public-sector housing in urban areas in the context of the characteristics and problems of the urban housing system, the development of reform policies and legislation and current reform practice.
Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Investment ; Local government ; Rented market ; Scotland ; Social housing ; United Kingdom
One of the striking aspects of housing in Scotland is the extent to which it differs from England and the other constituent countries of the UK. The differences between Scottish housing and housing in other European countries, particularly
Land-use planning ang the housing market in Britain: the impact on housebuilding and house prices
Great Britain ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Land use ; Model ; Supply ; United Kingdom ; Urban planning
The impact of the British style of land-use planning upon the outcomes of private housing development and the housing market is examined. A unique cross-sectional database is constructed, and the medium-term elasticity of new housebuilding supply