The report presents data on a country by country basis. The data include some basic facts about income, family size and number of households. Furthermore, the report provides for an inclusive housing profile. This profile is made up by characteristics such as the number of dwellings per 1000 inhabitants, the percentage of multi-family dwellings, the percentage of high-rise dwellings and the age of the housing stock. Data describing the tenant structure, and the households’ and state’s expenditure on housing for every country are also included in the research.

At the 3rd European Housing Ministers conference on sustainable housing it was decided that an analysis of the problems concerning high-rise residential buildings was needed. Problems in this section of the housing market affect a large proportion of the European population. This analysis will be used to make an inventory of measures needed in order to make the existing high rise housing stock meet norms of quality and sustainability.

The research project focused on three different perspectives of the issue of residential high-rise buildings: first, a construction perspective, second, a social and economic perspective, and, last, an eco-efficiency perspective. The data are presented in three groups: the EU15 (the ‘old’ member states), the EU10 (the new member states) and the AS3 (the three accession states).

The major problems in the EU28 in general are income segregation, unemployment segregation and housing affordability. The major problem in the EU15, but not in the EU10 and the AS3, is ethnic and cultural segregation. The energy consumption per household in multi-family dwellings in the EU15 is approximately 50% higher compared to the EU10 and the AS3. The potential energy saving resulting from refurbishment in the EU15 is estimated at approximately 20-40%; in the EU10 and the AS3 at approximately 30-50%.

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01/10/2004

PRC Bouwcentrum International, commissioned by the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

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Urban Policy > Urban environment > Urban renewal

Housing estate redevelopment