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Section 3 Policies Policies Section 3 Table 3.6.1 Expected Medium-Term Developments in Housing in European Countries Country Building Regulations Measures and Changes plans are to be agreed by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in materials and to improve the legislative environment (investment process, consumer protection etc.). Slovenia A review of the National Housing Programme will be conducted in the medium-term; the Housing Fund of Austria Pre-parliamentary discussions are under way regarding the creation of a housing administration law, which will enable the development of synergies in the administration of stock and the uniform implementation of EU-provisions (energy certificate). 2004 and each Action Plan will comprise two parts – firstly, an overview providing background analysis of the nature of housing need in the county/city and the strategic responses to this need and secondly, a detailed plan for delivering measures comprising realistic targets and timeframes for delivery; the Portugal Bearing in mind the development of a policy of sustainable housing, the Government is preparing to launch a set of measures in the short term, whose objective is to promote the effective rehabilitation of the housing stock and to encourage the rental the Republic of Slovenia, established in order to finance and implement the National Housing Programme, will focus on increasing the level of construction of rental housing and finalising the project for providing market housing for the savers that participated in the National Housing Savings Bulgaria After the adoption of the National Housing Strategy, the programmes anchored will be implemented and several secondary Acts related to the strategy will be adopted. action plans will allow for the effective allocation of resources by the Department over the next five years and, most importantly, will ensure that resources are used to best effect in the long term by tackling real need, building sustainable communities and breaking market, thereby seeking to solve a problem which has been dragging on for decades and which is of crucial importance in solving the housing needs which still affect Portugal. Spain Scheme. In the medium-term housing demand will remain high due to the rising number of cross-border immigrant households and re-upsurges of tourist Cyprus A new scheme to assist low-income households will be established and will be implemented by the Cyprus Land Development Corporation. The government will promote the development of residential land in the buffer zone. cycles of disadvantage and dependency. Latvia In the medium-term, the priorities of the Government are to define the State strategy on social housing, increase the number of social houses and social apartments in order to meet demand, Romania The implementation of the Residential Construction Strategy by the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Tourism will result in 38,000 new housing units under the auspices of the programme for building rental housing for young people, the creation of approximately 120,000 new jobs and the flows and social prospects; measures adopted and planned in the field of housing are expected to have a favourable impact on the social housing sector, by means of increasing the output of social rented dwellings and dwellings intended for low-income home buyers; in particular, the increase in the supply Finland The housing market is expected to be driven by migration flows inside Finland. There are a number of growth centres, but there are many regions and municipalities which stand to lose population. The housing demand in the growth regions is further increased by the natural increase in the number of households, so the housing demand is expected to remain strong in the medium-term. Conversely, in the regions of population decline, there will be vacancies, decreasing property values and financial problems for owners. There is also a trend towards owneroccupancy fuelled by low interest rates; this trend is dependent on developments in the interest rate level, economic growth and the magnitude of internal migration; additionally, households are more and more interested in low-rise housing and there are several initiatives aimed at increasing the number of detached houses and terraced houses. Lithuania Luxembourg introduce financial instruments for housing construction (various subsidies for social housing, guarantees for housing construction or improvement thereof, target loans and support programmes) and implement assistance programmes for households unable to make payments for apartment rental and utilities charges will be devised and established. By 2010, new residential construction will be increased from 4,500 dwellings per year to 7,000 dwellings per year; the social rented tenure will be increased from 2.5% to 3.5% of the total housing stock; the heating systems in apartment blocks will be modernised and there will be a 10% reduction in energy consumption by the housing sector. Given the population growth, the socio-demographic changes and the enormous increase in the price of building land during the past decade, it is very Slovakia development of the domestic building materials manufacturing industry. As a result of increasing purchasing power among the Slovak population, demand for housing will increase in the medium-term and supply should increase as a consequence. Recent policy measures which provide for the application of a liberalised rent regime in the rented sector will be implemented with the result that rents for social rented dwellings reflect the costs of management and maintenance of the housing stock; this should in turn enable social housing managers to provide a better service; privatisation of large sections of public housing has created a large group of apartment owner-occupiers, to whom all obligations ensuing from the ownership of property have been passed. A legislative framework to regulate societies of dwelling owners will gradually be completed; the creation of suitable of social housing will not only facilitate access to housing but will also help to moderate the constant price inflation in the residential sector. Sweden Increased construction of new dwellings, especially rental and student housing is the main development. Turkey Credit and finance opportunities for low-cost housing will be established by commercial financial institutions. A housing database will be established for the purpose of instantly monitoring housing statistics and urban indicators. In addition, the priorities of public institutions are expected to be directed more towards the rehabilitation of the existing housing stock and urban design projects than new housing construction. United Kingdom The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is preparing bids to submit to the finance ministry for the Greece A number of major issues will need to be addressed in the medium term. These have to do with the reorganisation of housing benefits to create a more targeted and just system, the housing of groups in special need, the promotion of urban renewal projects in deprived or degraded areas and the housing of Gypsies currently living in unsanitary camps of shacks and tents. probable that the imbalance between the supply and demand of affordable housing will be accentuated. Poland At present, the housing policy action plan for 2005- 2006 is being considered by the Government and envisages several modifications in the current housing policy tools including the introduction of new legislative solutions in respect to housing; according to the draft proposals, the most substantial conditions for ensuring the efficient management in the owner-occupied as well as rental sector is a component of the broader framework of conditions for refurbishment of the housing stock. The issue of the modernisation and refurbishment of the housing stock, as well as the surrounding residential environment, will probably be one of the dominant themes in solving housing issues and in creating support instruments; following the enlargement of Spending Review for 2004, which will determine the available government funding for housing in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The Government has established a review of housing supply which has recently published an interim report. The report provides an analysis of the current supply/demand issues and emphasises that this is not just a matter of increasing housing construction. The report emphasises the importance of developing sustainable communities in Ireland Local authorities have been asked to develop fiveyear Action Plans to deliver across the full range of social and affordable housing programmes and supporting measures for the period 2004 to 2008; modifications are to introduce systemic solutions to housing for the less affluent, to support a long-term saving-for-housing, assist private and public affordable rental housing, prevent negative results from the increase of VAT rates for construction the EU, a priority will also be the creation of conditions for implementing EU directives and thus ensuring efficient functioning in the conditions of EU membership. addition to housing construction. The final report containing policy recommendations will be published during 2004. Note: Information regarding Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands is not available. 130 European Union Report Regular National Report on Housing Developments in European Countries 131
Section 3 Policies 3.7.2 Expected Medium-Term Developments TABLE 3.6.1 provides details of expected medium-term developments in the housing field in a large number of the European countries. It reveals wide diversity in the developments expected by governments before the end of the decade. The governments of a number of European countries, including Finland, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Spain expect housing demand to increase in coming years. At the same time a number of governments expect that output of will increase in coming years as a result of the implementation of various government programmes to increase supply. For instance, the Lithuanian Government envisages that by 2010 new residential construction will be increased from 4,500 to 7,000 dwellings per annum and that the social rented tenure will be increased from 2.5% to 3.5% of all dwellings. 132 European Union Report
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