Edited by Christoph U. Schmid, Professor of European Private and Economic Law and Director, Centre of European Law and Politics (ZERP), University of Bremen, Germany

'Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Europe makes a significant contribution to the understanding of issues in tenancy and housing that can be beneficial to the academics and students of law, public services and public administration across Europe. Practitioners might find useful hints and recommendations on housing regulations, as well.'

• Contents:PrefaceIntroductionChristoph U. Schmid1. The role of private renting in France and the Netherlands comparedMarietta E.A. Haffner2. Central and East European housing regimes in the light of private rental sector developmentJózsef Hegedüs and Vera Horváth3. Tenancies as an alternative to homeownership in Spain, Portugal and Malta? The legal drivers in a European contextSergio Nasarre Aznar, Maria Olinda Garcia, Héctor Simón Moreno, Kurt Xerri and Elga Molina Roig4. Black market and residential tenancy contracts in southern Europe: new trends in private law measuresElena Bargelli and Ranieri Bianchi5. The (in)effectiveness of tenancy regulation in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia – is law part of the problem or the solution?Špelca Mežnar and Maša Drofenik6. Elements of stability of tenancy relations in Baltic statesIrene Kull and Ave Hussar7. Balancing the rights of tenants and landlords in the context of rent regulation – Polish experiences in the light of ECtHR case-lawMagdalena Habdas and Grzegorz Panek8. The British assured shorthold tenancy in a European context: extremity of tenancy law on the fringes of Europe Mark Jordan9. Rent control and other aspects of tenancy law in Sweden, Denmark and Finland – how can a balance be struck between protection of tenants’ rights and landlords’ ownership rights in welfare states?Per Norberg and Jakob Juul-Sandberg10. The role of tenancy law in the tenant countries Switzerland, Austria and Germany – Macroeconomic benefits through a balanced legal infrastructure?Annika Klopp and Christoph U. SchmidEpilogue: towards a European role in tenancy law and housing policyChristoph U. SchmidIndex

Edited by Christoph U. Schmid, Professor of European Private and Economic Law and Director, Centre of European Law and Politics (ZERP), University of Bremen, Germany

'Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Europe makes a significant contribution to the understanding of issues in tenancy and housing that can be beneficial to the academics and students of law, public services and public administration across Europe. Practitioners might find useful hints and recommendations on housing regulations, as well.'

• Contents:PrefaceIntroductionChristoph U. Schmid1. The role of private renting in France and the Netherlands comparedMarietta E.A. Haffner2. Central and East European housing regimes in the light of private rental sector developmentJózsef Hegedüs and Vera Horváth3. Tenancies as an alternative to homeownership in Spain, Portugal and Malta? The legal drivers in a European contextSergio Nasarre Aznar, Maria Olinda Garcia, Héctor Simón Moreno, Kurt Xerri and Elga Molina Roig4. Black market and residential tenancy contracts in southern Europe: new trends in private law measuresElena Bargelli and Ranieri Bianchi5. The (in)effectiveness of tenancy regulation in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia – is law part of the problem or the solution?Špelca Mežnar and Maša Drofenik6. Elements of stability of tenancy relations in Baltic statesIrene Kull and Ave Hussar7. Balancing the rights of tenants and landlords in the context of rent regulation – Polish experiences in the light of ECtHR case-lawMagdalena Habdas and Grzegorz Panek8. The British assured shorthold tenancy in a European context: extremity of tenancy law on the fringes of Europe Mark Jordan9. Rent control and other aspects of tenancy law in Sweden, Denmark and Finland – how can a balance be struck between protection of tenants’ rights and landlords’ ownership rights in welfare states?Per Norberg and Jakob Juul-Sandberg10. The role of tenancy law in the tenant countries Switzerland, Austria and Germany – Macroeconomic benefits through a balanced legal infrastructure?Annika Klopp and Christoph U. SchmidEpilogue: towards a European role in tenancy law and housing policyChristoph U. SchmidIndex

Edited by Christoph U. Schmid, Professor of European Private and Economic Law and Director, Centre of European Law and Politics (ZERP), University of Bremen, Germany

'Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Europe makes a significant contribution to the understanding of issues in tenancy and housing that can be beneficial to the academics and students of law, public services and public administration across Europe. Practitioners might find useful hints and recommendations on housing regulations, as well.'

• Contents:PrefaceIntroductionChristoph U. Schmid1. The role of private renting in France and the Netherlands comparedMarietta E.A. Haffner2. Central and East European housing regimes in the light of private rental sector developmentJózsef Hegedüs and Vera Horváth3. Tenancies as an alternative to homeownership in Spain, Portugal and Malta? The legal drivers in a European contextSergio Nasarre Aznar, Maria Olinda Garcia, Héctor Simón Moreno, Kurt Xerri and Elga Molina Roig4. Black market and residential tenancy contracts in southern Europe: new trends in private law measuresElena Bargelli and Ranieri Bianchi5. The (in)effectiveness of tenancy regulation in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia – is law part of the problem or the solution?Špelca Mežnar and Maša Drofenik6. Elements of stability of tenancy relations in Baltic statesIrene Kull and Ave Hussar7. Balancing the rights of tenants and landlords in the context of rent regulation – Polish experiences in the light of ECtHR case-lawMagdalena Habdas and Grzegorz Panek8. The British assured shorthold tenancy in a European context: extremity of tenancy law on the fringes of Europe Mark Jordan9. Rent control and other aspects of tenancy law in Sweden, Denmark and Finland – how can a balance be struck between protection of tenants’ rights and landlords’ ownership rights in welfare states?Per Norberg and Jakob Juul-Sandberg10. The role of tenancy law in the tenant countries Switzerland, Austria and Germany – Macroeconomic benefits through a balanced legal infrastructure?Annika Klopp and Christoph U. SchmidEpilogue: towards a European role in tenancy law and housing policyChristoph U. SchmidIndex