Many European cities are faced with a considerable gap between the demand for housing and the actual production of houses. This research examines the different ways in which eighteen European cities tackle the issue of housing production. It aims to inspire urban policy makers, promote the sharing of their knowledge and initiate further collaboration between cities in this area.

The research report first provides a brief overview of the housing context in each of the eighteen cities, in terms of their housing stock, housing policy and land ownership. It then describes and analyses the results from the survey, grouped into four categories:

This report is an elaboration of a previous study of the Amsterdam Development Corporation on housing production in Stockholm, Helsinki and Amsterdam.

Monitoring housing production is deemed important in each of the eighteen cities. The main priorities in the cities’ housing production policy are:

The cities have developed a diverse range of tools to stimulate housing production in different contexts, e.g. law, communication, management and finance.

Amsterdam Development Corporation
Jeroen den Uyl (European Affairs officer), tel. +31 6 5537 5457

01/07/2006

Perrine Dubois and Jeroen den Uyl

research

Urban Policy > Housing > Housing policy

Housing market, Housing need