This historical publication was commissioned by HUD for the Economic Commission for Europe to outline an analysis of the country monographs on housing finance. The analysis’s goal was to identify and analyze the relationships that exist between various financial characteristics of housing and housing production. The housing objectives covered include 1) the objective of maintaining a high level of housing production, 2) the desire to avoid large cyclical swings in housing, and 3) the desire to increase the rate of housing production over time. The authors further divide their approach into demand and supply-related factors and the government’s roles in each, as well as complicating factors.

This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.