Scientists from 16 European countries and South Korea were represented. The conference analysed legal and political structures that have the potential to alleviate the housing crisis that currently prevails in almost all European countries, namely in the areas of human rights, urban development, spatial planning, housing market regulation, social and publicly subsidised housing, ownership and renting and alternative forms of housing. The contributions will be published in a joint volume in the Land and Housing Law and Policy Series with Elgar Publishing, London.