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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>

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