BPIE: Europe's buildings under the microscope - PU Europe
BPIE: Europe's buildings under the microscope - PU Europe
BPIE: Europe's buildings under the microscope - PU Europe
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Figure 1B3 – Tenure of residential <strong>buildings</strong> by number of dwellings in <strong>Europe</strong><br />
(except for France which is in m 2 )<br />
Source: <strong>BPIE</strong> survey<br />
South<br />
ES<br />
MT<br />
GR<br />
IT<br />
CY<br />
Owner-occupied<br />
Private rented<br />
Public rented<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r<br />
North & West<br />
NO<br />
BE<br />
IE<br />
UK<br />
FR<br />
AT<br />
NL<br />
CH<br />
Central & East<br />
RO<br />
HU<br />
SK<br />
CZ<br />
NOTES<br />
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%<br />
AT: Data up to 2001.<br />
CH: ‘O<strong>the</strong>r’ consists of members of a building cooperative and o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
CY: Data up to 2001. ‘O<strong>the</strong>r’ consists of 13,9% of rented (mixed<br />
ownership) and 17,9 of o<strong>the</strong>r arrangements<br />
CZ: Based on estimations.<br />
HU: Data up to 2005. ‘O<strong>the</strong>r’ includes public and private empty<br />
dwellings and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
IT: Data up to 2001<br />
MT: O<strong>the</strong>r consists of dwellings held by emphyteusis (notarial contract)<br />
and o<strong>the</strong>r used free of charge<br />
NL: ‘O<strong>the</strong>r’ consists of social housing associations owned by private<br />
bodies for which conditions (e.g. rental prices) are heavily<br />
regulated by <strong>the</strong> government.<br />
RO: Data up to 2002<br />
SK: Based on 2001 data<br />
ES: Social housing is mainly delivered through <strong>the</strong> private sector and is<br />
controlled through subsidies, subsidized loans and grants for both<br />
developers and buyers<br />
UK: ‘O<strong>the</strong>r’ consists of Registered Social Landlords (often referred to<br />
as housing associations) which are government-funded not-forprofit<br />
organisations that provide affordable housing.<br />
Ano<strong>the</strong>r key factor which undoubtedly influences <strong>the</strong> willingness and ability to take action on renovation<br />
measures to improve energy performance in <strong>the</strong> residential building stock is <strong>the</strong> question of tenure. Data<br />
was available from 17 countries on <strong>the</strong> division between owner occupied properties and those rented<br />
from private landlords, public landlords or a mixture of <strong>the</strong> two.<br />
Figure 1B3 shows that at least 50% of residential <strong>buildings</strong> are occupied by <strong>the</strong> owner in all countries.<br />
Among <strong>the</strong> countries with <strong>the</strong> biggest share of private tenants were Greece and Czech Republic while<br />
countries with significant portions of public rented dwellings (in most cases <strong>the</strong>se are occupied by social<br />
tenants) are Austria, <strong>the</strong> UK, Czech Republic, The Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands and France. It should be noted that <strong>the</strong><br />
division between private landlords and public landlords was not always clear and several countries<br />
reported <strong>the</strong> rented portion of <strong>the</strong> stock as having ‘mixed landlords’.<br />
40 | <strong>Europe</strong>’s <strong>buildings</strong> <strong>under</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>microscope</strong>