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HOUSING POLICY
& EQUALITY
HOUSING POLICY
& EQUALITY
A Comparative Study of
Tenure Conversions and their
Effects
LENNART J. LUNDQVIST
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HOUSING POLICY
& EQUALITY
A Comparative Study of Tenure
Conversions and their Effects
Lennart J. Lundqvist
CROOM HELM
London • Sydney • Dover, New Hampshire
©1986 Lennart J. Lundqvist
Groom Helm Ltd, Provident House, Burrell Row,
Beckenham, Kent BR3 1 AT
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Lundqvist, Lennart J.
Housing policy and equality: a comparative
study of tenure conversions and their effects.
1. Home ownership 2. Rental housing
I. Title
333.33'8 HD7287.8
ISBN 0-7099-1676-0
Groom Helm, 51 Washington Street, Dover,
New Hampshire 03820, USA
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Lundqvist, Lennart, 1939-
Housing policy and equality: a comparative study of tenure
conversions and their effects.
Bibliography: p.222
Includes index.
1. Condominiums-United States-conversion-case
studies. 2. Condominiums-Great Britain-conversion-
case studies. 3. Condominiums-Germany (West)-
conversion—case studies. I. Title.
HD7287.66.L86 1986 363.5*1 85-30856
ISBN 0-7099-167 6-0
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham Ltd, Kent
CONTENTS
List of Figures viii
List of Tables ix
Preface and Acknowledgements xv
1. The Conversion Controversy:
Housing Policy and Tenure Conversions
The Conversion Debate:
Opportunity or Outcome? 2
Housing and the Role of Government:
Supplementary or Comprehensive? 11
Housing Policy and Tenure:
Neutrality or Bias? 16
Evaluating Conversion Effects:
The Case for Comparison 20
Comparing Conversion Consequences:
The Research Outline 25
Notes 26
2. The United States:
Condominium Conversions and Their Effects
US Housing Policy: Main Characteristics
and Tenure Aspects 31
Condominium Conversions: The Political,
Legal and Economic Framework 34
Processes and Procedures of
Condominium Conversions 39
The Volume of Condominium
Conversions 42
Consequences for the Level and
Distribution of Housing Quality 47
Effects on the Level and Distribution
of Housing Costs 57
Conversions, Housing Markets, and the
Availability of Rental Housing 69
Condominium Conversions and Residential
Influence 72
Conversions and the Public Purse 73
Conclusion ^ 76
Notes 79
3. Great Britain: Council House Sales
and Their Effects
British Housing Policy: Main
Characteristics and Tenure Aspects ... 84
Council House Sales: The Political,
Legal, and Economic Framework 87
Processes and Procedures of Council
House Sales 90
The Volume of Council House Sales 92
Consequences for the Level and
Distribution of Housing Quality 97
Effects on the Level and Distribution
of Housing Costs 108
Sales, Housing Markets and the
Availability of Rental Housing 117
Council House Sales and Residential
Influence 120
Sales and the Public Purse 122
Conclusion 125
Notes 128
4. West Germany: Umwandlungen in
Eigentumswohnungen and Their Effects
West German Housing Policy: Main
Characteristics and Tenure Aspects ... 134
Umwandlung in Eigentumswohnungen;
the Political, Legal, and Economic
Framework 139
Processes and Procedures of
Umwandlungen 145
The Volume of Umwandlung in
Eigentumswohnungen 149
Consequences for the Level and
Distribution of Housing Costs 155
Effects on the Level and
Distribution of Housing Quality 166
Umwandlungen, Housing Markets and the
Availability of Rental Housing 173
vi
Umwandlung in Eigentumswohnungen and
Residential Influence 177
Umwandlung and the Public Purse 178
Conclusion 180
Notes 182
5. The Effects of Tenure Conversions:
A Comparative Evaluation
Conversion Volumes and Rates and the
Availability of Rental Housing 189
Tenure Conversions and the Distribution
of Housing Quality 193
Tenure Conversions and the Distribution
of Housing Costs 200
Tenure Conversions and the Economy
of the Public Sector 204
Conclusion 208
Notes 209
6. From Tenancy to Home Ownership:
Government Housing, and the Distribution
r
of Welfare
Tenure Conversions and Government's
Role in Housing 211
Tenure Conversions and Equal
Opportunity 213
Tenure Conversions and Equality
of Outcome 216
Tenure Conversions and Comparative
Housing Policy: Are There Lessons
to Drive Home? 218
Notes 220
Bibliography 222
Index
vii
