Dr. Stuart Lowe is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York, UK. Dr. Sasha Tsenkova is Associate Professor in International Development & Planning at the University of Calgary, Canada.

’...this volume provides sobering lessons in what to do and not do in transforming any state-directed housing system into a market-based system. The volume should be on the shelf of all housing analysts and policy-makers in both the developed and developing worlds and in international agencies dealing with housing programmes.’ Professor Larry S. Bourne, University of Toronto, Canada

• Contents: Introduction: housing in post-Communist Europe - issues and agendas. Comparative Perspectives on Housing Reforms: Housing reforms and market performance, Robert M. Buckley and Sasha Tsenkova; Housing in South-Eastern Europe, Iván Tosics and József Hegedüs; Privatization and rent deregulation in Eastern Europe, Andrew Roberts; The private rented sector - evidence from Budapest and Sofia, Stuart Lowe; Comparative perspectives on urban housing conditions, Iván Tosics. The Social Housing Sector: 'Social' rental housing in the Czech Republic now and tomorrow, Martin Lux; The prospects for social housing in Slovakia, Elena Szolgayová; The impact of property restitution on housing development in East Germany, Birgit Glock and Carsten Keller; Housing a 'Nation of Home Owners' - reforms in Bulgaria, Alle Elbers and Sasha Tsenkova; Housing markets and empowerment of tenants in Slovenia, Srna Mandic. Housing Market Responses - Case Studies: Housing challenges and policy responses: the case of Riga, Sasha Tsenkova; An emerging private rental market in Ljubljana, Richard Sendi; The new housing market in Tirana, Luan Deda; Housing markets and family incomes, Judit Székely; Housing policy matters: the reform path in Central and Eastern Europe, Sasha Tsenkova; Bibliography; Index.

Dr. Stuart Lowe is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York, UK. Dr. Sasha Tsenkova is Associate Professor in International Development & Planning at the University of Calgary, Canada.

’...this volume provides sobering lessons in what to do and not do in transforming any state-directed housing system into a market-based system. The volume should be on the shelf of all housing analysts and policy-makers in both the developed and developing worlds and in international agencies dealing with housing programmes.’ Professor Larry S. Bourne, University of Toronto, Canada

• Contents: Introduction: housing in post-Communist Europe - issues and agendas. Comparative Perspectives on Housing Reforms: Housing reforms and market performance, Robert M. Buckley and Sasha Tsenkova; Housing in South-Eastern Europe, Iván Tosics and József Hegedüs; Privatization and rent deregulation in Eastern Europe, Andrew Roberts; The private rented sector - evidence from Budapest and Sofia, Stuart Lowe; Comparative perspectives on urban housing conditions, Iván Tosics. The Social Housing Sector: 'Social' rental housing in the Czech Republic now and tomorrow, Martin Lux; The prospects for social housing in Slovakia, Elena Szolgayová; The impact of property restitution on housing development in East Germany, Birgit Glock and Carsten Keller; Housing a 'Nation of Home Owners' - reforms in Bulgaria, Alle Elbers and Sasha Tsenkova; Housing markets and empowerment of tenants in Slovenia, Srna Mandic. Housing Market Responses - Case Studies: Housing challenges and policy responses: the case of Riga, Sasha Tsenkova; An emerging private rental market in Ljubljana, Richard Sendi; The new housing market in Tirana, Luan Deda; Housing markets and family incomes, Judit Székely; Housing policy matters: the reform path in Central and Eastern Europe, Sasha Tsenkova; Bibliography; Index.