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

‘This book provides a helpful comparative database of alternative housing models from across much of Europe that could be potentially picked up as candidates for jurisdictional transfer. Because each chapter follows a very similar structure, it is easy to read and to compare the experiences in different nations, and one gets the sense of a relatively comprehensive review of different possible models.’

• Contents:Preface xviTenure reform as a means to address the European housing crisis 1Christoph U. Schmid1 Spain 7Sergio Nasarre-Aznar and Héctor Simón Moreno2 Portugal 37Maria Olinda Garcia and Dulce Lopes3 Italy 54Elena Bargelli and Alessandro Dinisi4 France 79Patrick Posocco5 Belgium 95Vincent Sagaert and Benjamin Verheye6 The Netherlands 119Michel Vols7 England 139Mark Jordan8 Ireland 161Padraic Kenna9 Germany 183Tobias Pinkel, Annika Schulenberg, Valerie Müller andChristoph U. Schmid10 Austria 219Helmut Ofner11 Poland 238Magdalena Habdas12 Croatia 266Tatjana Josipović13 Sweden 301Ola Jingryd, Martin Grander and Peter Palm14 Finland 321Tommi Ralli15 Comparative report: best practices in the European acquisof housing tenures 355Christoph 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

‘This book provides a helpful comparative database of alternative housing models from across much of Europe that could be potentially picked up as candidates for jurisdictional transfer. Because each chapter follows a very similar structure, it is easy to read and to compare the experiences in different nations, and one gets the sense of a relatively comprehensive review of different possible models.’

• Contents:Preface xviTenure reform as a means to address the European housing crisis 1Christoph U. Schmid1 Spain 7Sergio Nasarre-Aznar and Héctor Simón Moreno2 Portugal 37Maria Olinda Garcia and Dulce Lopes3 Italy 54Elena Bargelli and Alessandro Dinisi4 France 79Patrick Posocco5 Belgium 95Vincent Sagaert and Benjamin Verheye6 The Netherlands 119Michel Vols7 England 139Mark Jordan8 Ireland 161Padraic Kenna9 Germany 183Tobias Pinkel, Annika Schulenberg, Valerie Müller andChristoph U. Schmid10 Austria 219Helmut Ofner11 Poland 238Magdalena Habdas12 Croatia 266Tatjana Josipović13 Sweden 301Ola Jingryd, Martin Grander and Peter Palm14 Finland 321Tommi Ralli15 Comparative report: best practices in the European acquisof housing tenures 355Christoph U. SchmidIndex