Title page -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- The relationship between social and market housing -- The definitions of social and market rented housing -- The choice of countries examined -- Demographic and economic indicators -- Social and market renting in six countries -- An outline of this book -- Perspectives on the gap between social and market renting -- Introduction -- Differences in who provides and what is provided -- Differences in whom the sectors are aimed at and government policies towards the sectors -- Differences in the degree of competition: a theoretical framework -- Bridging the gap between social and market renting? -- Returning to the gap -- England -- Introduction -- England within the UK -- Political and administrative responsibilities in England -- Housing stock -- Definition of the components of the rented sector -- Description of the housing stock -- Housing quality -- Characteristics of tenants -- Housing policy -- Tenure-specific policies -- Social renting -- Market renting -- Policy objectives -- Rent control, tenant security and other property rights -- Rent determination in the social sector -- Rent controls in the market sector -- Security of tenure -- Allocation procedures and criteria -- Regulation and supervision -- Social-sector regulation -- Market sector regulation -- Subsidisation and finance -- Capital finance -- Tax concessions for landlords -- Housing allowances -- Bridging the gap between social and market renting? -- Country expert -- Flanders, Belgium -- The federal system -- Housing stock -- Definition of rented sector -- Description of housing stock -- Quality of the housing stock -- Characteristics of tenants -- Housing policy -- Belgian history -- Flemish history -- Recent housing policy.

Rent control, tenant security and other property rights -- Social rented sector: differential rents -- Social rented sector: other property rights -- Market rented sector: rent control and security of tenure -- Allocation procedures and criteria -- Allocation of social rented dwellings -- Social Rental Agencies: allocation of market rented dwellings with a social purpose -- Regulation and supervision -- Supervising and accrediting social rental housing -- Regulating market rental housing -- Subsidies and finance -- Support for social rental sector investment -- Taxation for market rental investment -- Housing allowances -- Bridging the gap between social and market renting? -- Country experts -- France -- Introduction -- Housing stock -- Definition of the social rental and the market rental sector -- A large array of landlords -- Development of the French housing stock -- Quality of the housing stock -- Characteristics of tenants and rent levels -- Housing policy -- The history of housing policy -- Recent housing policy developments -- Rent control, tenant security and other property rights -- Social rental sector -- Market rental sector -- Allocation procedures and criteria -- Social rental sector -- Market rental dwellings -- Regulation and supervision -- Regulating social rental housing -- Regulating market rental housing -- Subsidies and finance -- Support for social rental sector investment -- Support for intermediate sector investment -- Subsidies for renovation -- Taxation of the different types of landlords -- Tax concessions for market rental landlords -- The 1% logement scheme -- Housing allowances -- Bridging the gap between social and market renting? -- Country experts -- Germany -- The federal system -- Housing stock -- Definition of the subsidised and unsubsidised rented sector -- Housing stock according to type of landlord.

Quality of housing stock -- Characteristics of tenants -- Housing policy -- History -- Recent social and housing policy -- Rent control, tenant security and other property rights -- Rent control: not-subsidised dwellings -- Rent control: subsidised dwellings -- Security of tenure -- Rent surcharge -- Allocation procedures and criteria -- Regulation and supervision -- Subsidies and finance -- Bricks-and-mortar subsidies -- Tax concessions for landlords -- Housing allowances -- Bridging the gap between social and market renting? -- Country experts -- Ireland -- Introduction -- National responsibilities and local provision -- Housing stock -- Definition and size of the rented sector -- Description of the housing stock -- Quality of the housing stock -- Characteristics of tenants -- Housing policy -- Home ownership -- Social renting -- The Plan for Social Housing -- Market rented policy -- Current policy objectives -- Rent control, tenant security and other property rights -- Differential rents -- Housing association rents -- Market sector rents -- Rent levels -- Security of tenure in the social rented sector -- Security of tenure in the market rented sector -- Right to buy -- Allocation procedures and criteria -- Local authority allocation -- The target group of the social rented sector -- Priority criteria -- Housing association allocation -- Market rental allocation -- Regulation and supervision -- Regulating social housing -- Regulating market sector rental housing -- Subsidies and finance -- Support for social-sector investment -- Support for market rental investment -- Tax relief on market rents -- Rent supplements -- Rental Accommodation Scheme -- Bridging the gap between social and market renting? -- Country experts -- The Netherlands -- Introduction -- Housing stock -- Definition of the social rented and the market rented sector.

Description of the housing stock -- Quality of the housing stock -- Movements between tenures -- Characteristics of tenants -- Housing policy -- History -- Recent housing policy -- Rent control and security of tenure -- Rent-setting and rent control -- Security of tenure -- Allocation procedures and criteria -- Regulation and supervision -- Subsidies and finance -- Subsidies -- Taxation -- Housing allowances -- Bridging the gap between social and market renting? -- Country experts -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- A comparison of the gap in who provides what between social and market renting in six countries -- A comparison of the gap in policy between social and market renting in six countries -- Similarities and differences in six countries summarised -- Competitive gap between sectors -- Bridging the gap between social and market renting? -- Promoting greater competition between sectors -- Building an intermediate sector -- Evaluation of framework -- References -- Index.