Joint UNECE-Eurostat Work Session on Housing Censuses Geneva, 26 November 2004 COMMENTS ON THE 2000 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOUSING CENSUSES AND PROPOSALS FOR THE 2010 RECOMMENDATIONS Martti Lujanen

Main proposal Occupied conventional permanent dwellings should be used as the main indicator concerning the term dwelling stock.

Main proposal Occupied conventional permanent dwellings should be used as the main indicator concerning the term dwelling stock. -Information about occupied dwellings is needed when counting issues concerning housing standard -Additional statistics could be reported when available. Especially information about vacant dwellings is very useful

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings -only way to guarantee comparability of housing statistics between countries - not all countries collect information about vacant dwellings

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings -only way to guarantee comparability of housing statistics between countries - not all countries collect information about vacant dwellings - for some other countries, information about vacant dwellings is often of poor quality

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings -only way to guarantee comparability of housing statistics between countries - not all countries collect information about vacant dwellings - for some other countries, information about vacant dwellings is often of poor quality - under the present recommendations, dwellings reserved for seasonal or secondary use, but fit for habitation year-round, are included in the dwelling stock

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings -only way to guarantee comparability of housing statistics between countries - not all countries collect information about vacant dwellings - for some other countries, information about vacant dwellings is often of poor quality - under the present recommendations, dwellings reserved for seasonal or secondary use, but fit for habitation year-round, are included in the dwelling stock -most countries, however, exclude these from the dwelling stock; it is also operationally difficult to decide which of these dwellings are fit for habitation year- round

Types of accommodation included in dwelling stock (Housing Statistics in the European Union 2003, p. 36)

Vacant dwellings Dwellings in seasonal or secondary use Occupied conventional permanent dwellings Optional statistics Reported statistics from all countries Composition of dwelling stock (conventional dwelling) and the new way of reporting statistics

Type of ownership Proposed classification: 1.0 Owner-occupied dwellings (old category 1.0) 2.0 Rented dwellings 2.1 In private ownership (old category 2.1) 2.2 Owned by the local or central government and/or by housing non-profit associations and/or by other social landlords (old category 2.2) 3.0 Dwellings in cooperative ownership (mainly old category 2.3) 4.0 Dwellings in other types of ownership (rest of old category 2.3)

Type of ownership ( continue… ) - under the present classification, cooperative ownership is not apparent -rented dwellings are not mentioned in the present classification

Number of rooms -definition of a room: -room size, min. 4 m 2 -height 2 m -window is not needed

Number of rooms -definition of a room: -room size, min. 4 m 2 -height 2 m -window is not needed -kitchen should be included with the number of rooms (countries could additionally report the number of rooms with kitchen excluded) -the minimum size of the kitchen should be the same as for the other rooms

Useful floor space -useful floor space vs. living floor space -useful floor space should be a core topic -living floor space is an artificial way to describe the size of a dwelling and should not be used

Type of building The present recommendation reads as follows: 1.0 Dwellings in residential buildings 1.1 In one-dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses

Type of building The present recommendation reads as follows: 1.0 Dwellings in residential buildings 1.1 In one-dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses 1.2 In two-dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses

Type of building The present recommendation reads as follows: 1.0 Dwellings in residential buildings 1.1 In one-dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses 1.2 In two-dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses 1.3 In three-or-more dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses

Type of building The present recommendation reads as follows: 1.0 Dwellings in residential buildings 1.1 In one-dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses 1.2 In two-dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses 1.3 In three-or-more dwelling houses Dwellings in ground-oriented houses Dwellings in other houses 2.0 Dwellings in non-residential buildings and in buildings consisting mainly of living quarters other than housing units (e.g. hotels) Dwellings in non-residential buildings Dwellings in buildings consisting mainly of living quarters other than housing units This classification is basic at the two-digit level and optional at the three- digit level.

Proposed classification: 1.0 Detached houses (old category 1.1.1) 2.0 Semi-detached houses (old category 1.2.1) 3.0 Row houses (terraced houses) (old category 1.3.1) 4.0 Apartment buildings (blocks of flats) (old category 1.3.2) 5.0 Dwellings in other buildings Type of building ( continue… )

Proposed classification: 1.0 Detached houses (old category 1.1.1) 2.0 Semi-detached houses (old category 1.2.1) 3.0 Row houses (terraced houses) (old category 1.3.1) 4.0 Apartment buildings (blocks of flats) (old category 1.3.2) 5.0 Dwellings in other buildings -under the present classification, the class of apartment buildings is not apparent -the proposed classification is basically a reordering of the present classification Type of building ( continue… )