Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Europe

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

Contents:

Preface

Introduction
Christoph U. Schmid

1. The role of private renting in France and the Netherlands compared
Marietta E.A. Haffner

2. Central and East European housing regimes in the light of private rental sector development
József Hegedüs and Vera Horváth

3. Tenancies as an alternative to homeownership in Spain, Portugal and Malta? The legal drivers in a European context
Sergio Nasarre Aznar, Maria Olinda Garcia, Héctor Simón Moreno, Kurt Xerri and Elga Molina Roig

4. Black market and residential tenancy contracts in southern Europe: new trends in private law measures
Elena Bargelli and Ranieri Bianchi

5. The (in)effectiveness of tenancy regulation in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia – is law part of the problem or the solution?
Špelca Mežnar and Maša Drofenik

6. Elements of stability of tenancy relations in Baltic states
Irene Kull and Ave Hussar

7. Balancing the rights of tenants and landlords in the context of rent regulation – Polish experiences in the light of ECtHR case-law
Magdalena Habdas and Grzegorz Panek

8. The British assured shorthold tenancy in a European context: extremity of tenancy law on the fringes of Europe
Mark Jordan

9. 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-Sandberg

10. 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. Schmid

Epilogue: towards a European role in tenancy law and housing policy
Christoph U. Schmid

Index