Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The housing situation in Europe -- The demographic background -- Relative standards of living -- The housing stock -- Tenure -- Conclusion -- 3 Housing policy in France -- Tenure -- Owner occupation -- The private rented sector -- The social rented sector -- Housing allowances -- The costs of the policy -- Conclusion -- 4 Housing policy in Germany -- Tenure -- Subsidies to investment -- The owner occupied sector -- The private rented sector -- The social rented sector -- Housing allowances -- The costs of the policy -- Conclusion -- 5 Housing policy in the Netherlands -- Tenure -- The owner occupied sector -- The private rented sector -- The social rented sector -- Housing allowances -- The costs of the policy -- Conclusion -- 6 Housing policy in Spain -- Owner occupation -- The rented sectors -- The costs of housing policy -- Conclusion -- 7 Housing policy in Sweden -- Owner occupation -- Co-operative housing -- The private rented sector -- The public rented sector -- Housing allowances -- The costs of the policy -- Conclusion -- 8 Housing policy in Britain -- Tenure -- The owner occupied sector -- The private rented sector -- The social rented sector -- Housing allowances -- The costs of the policy -- Conclusion -- 9 The Single Market and European integration -- A European housing policy? -- European funds -- Conclusion -- 10 A single market in mortgage finance? -- The economics of the Single Market -- Implementing the Single Market -- The Single Market in operation -- Conclusions -- 11 Housing and labour mobility -- The British housing market and population movement -- Housing, planning and regional policy -- The European Union and population movement -- Conclusion -- 12 The economics of European integration