Policy Review

Energy-efficiency levels in housing vary considerably across Europe. Poor energy efficiency results in a number of social problems, including fuel poverty and ill health, as well as excess energy consumption which leads to high levels of energy-related environmental emissions; the policy context for these air pollutants is now well established. In light of these policy-drivers, this paper presents a cross-country analysis of housing conditions, energy-efficiency levels, affordability and satisfaction with housing in 14 European countries using longitudinal datasets from the European Community Household Panel for the years 1994-97. Very little empirical analysis of European housing conditions has been undertaken previously. The results indicate the existence of three main typologies in Europe as regards housing conditions, with serious housing deprivation in southern Europe, in terms of poor thermal efficiency, high fuel poverty, burdensome housing costs and low housing-satisfaction rates. In northern Europe, problems of damp and overcrowding are found, especially in the UK, Ireland, France and Belgium. The policy implications of these findings are outlined

Consumption (sociology · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Efficient energy use · Energy consumption · Energy policy · Energy poverty · European community · Fuel poverty · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Overcrowding · Poverty · Public economics · Renewable energy · Sociology · Engineering · Housing Market and Economics

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• Housing cost burden and life satisfaction

  Open Access•Arthur Acolin, Vincent J Reina•Journal of Housing and the Built…•2022

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• Sustainable community development

  Open Access•Nessa Winston•Sustainable Development•2021

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• Defining housing quality and environment

  Malcolm Harrison•Housing Studies•2004

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• Low Carbon Housing

  Louise Reid, Louise Anne Reid et al.•Housing Studies•2013

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• The spatial comfort of social housing units in the post-socialist period in Serbia in relation to the applicable architectural norms

  Open Access•Nataša Petković-Grozdanović, Nataša Petković et al.•Cities•2017

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• How housing welfare policies impact housing cost burdens

  Open Access•Saehim Kim, Saebae Ryu et al.•Habitat International•2023

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• Moving beyond ‘ageing in place’

  Open Access•Sarah Hillcoat-Nallétamby, Sarah Hillcoat‐Nalletamby et al.•Ageing and Society•2014

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• Two Types of Rental System? An Exploratory Empirical Test of Kemeny's Rental System Typology

  Open Access•Jarich Hoekstra, Joris Hoekstra•Urban Studies•2009

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