The Future of Public Housing: Ongoing Trends in the East and the West

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Transferability of Public Housing Policy Within Asia: Reflections from the Hong Kong-Mainland China Case Study....Pages 3-12
Public Housing in Mainland China: History, Ongoing Trends, and Future Perspectives....Pages 13-35
Public Housing Programs and the Challenge of Household Affordability in Beijing....Pages 37-48
Public Housing in Shanghai: A Tool with Multiple Purposes....Pages 49-64
Challenges to Public Housing in Post-colonial Hong Kong....Pages 65-83
Public Housing Policy in Taiwan....Pages 85-101
The Story of Singapore’s Public Housing: From a Nation of Home-Seekers to a Nation of Homeowners....Pages 103-121
New Experiments in Public Housing Supply in Seoul, South Korea: The Possibilities and Limits....Pages 123-142
Public Housing and Neoliberal Policy in Japan....Pages 143-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Public Housing in Europe and North America....Pages 165-180
From Public Housing to Joint Ventures: Lessons from the U.S. Housing Policy Development....Pages 181-197
Social Housing in the United Kingdom....Pages 199-213
“Everyone Should Be Housed”: The French Generalist Model of Social Housing at Stake....Pages 215-237
Maturation of the Dutch Social Housing Model and Perspectives for the Future....Pages 239-257
Understanding Variation in the Size of the Public Housing Sector Across Swedish Municipalities: The Role of Politics....Pages 259-278
“Unorthodox” Housing Policy in Hungary: Is There a Way Back to Public Housing?....Pages 279-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Reflections....Pages 303-310