Publications

ARMASU, Iustin; BEJAN, Ioan; BOTONOGU, Florin (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Romania. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 25pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
ARMASU, Iustin; BEJAN, Ioan; BOTONOGU, Florin (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Romania. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 161pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BÅÅTH, Olivia (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Sweden. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 24pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BÅÅTH, Olivia (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Sweden. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 131pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BIANCHI, Ranieri (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Italy. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 25pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BIANCHI, Ranieri (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Italy. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 211pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BIANCHI, RanieriDeliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for Italy, Greece and Cyprus. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BONJOUH, Hafida (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Belgium. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 30pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BONJOUH, Hafida; HAFFNER, Marietta (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Belgium. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 193pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BONJOUH, Hafida; HAFFNER, Marietta; VAN DER VEEN, Menno (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for The Netherlands. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 28pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
BONJOUH, Hafida; HAFFNER, Marietta; VAN DER VEEN, Menno (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for The Netherlands. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 167pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
CORNELIUS, Julia (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Germany. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 36pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
CORNELIUS, Julia; RZEZNIK, Joanna (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Germany. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 243pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
CORNETTE, Fanny (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for France. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 35pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
CORNETTE, Fanny; HOEKSTRA, Joris (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for France. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 190pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
CORNETTE, Fanny (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for France, Belgium and The Netherlands. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
DROFENIK, Masa (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
SANTOS, Nelson (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Portugal. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 26pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
CORREIA, Décio; SANTOS, Nelson (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Portugal. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 183pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
GITEVA, Dyliana; YORDANOV, Ilko; ZAHARIEV, Boyan (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Bulgaria. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 31pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
GITEVA, Dyliana; YORDANOV, Ilko; ZAHARIEV, Boyan (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Bulgaria. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 213pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
HEGEDÜS, József; HORVÁTH, Vera; TELLER, Nóra; TOSICS, Nóra (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Hungary. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 25pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
HEGEDÜS, József; HORVÁTH, Vera; TELLER, Nóra; TOSICS, Nóra (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Hungary. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 217pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
HEGEDÜS, József; HORVÁTH, Vera (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
HOFFMAN, Raimund (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Austria. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 29pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
HOFFMAN, Raimund (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Austria. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 204pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
HUSSAR, Ave (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Estonia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 24pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
HUSSAR, Ave (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Estonia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 198pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
HUSSAR, Ave (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)  
JADAMUS, Roman; PETR, Pavel; PODRAZIL, Petr (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Czech Republic. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 23pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JADAMUS, Roman; PETR, Pavel; PODRAZIL, Petr (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Czech Republic. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 120pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JAKOPIC, Ana (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Croatia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 22pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JAKOPIC, Ana; ZNIDAREC, Mirela (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Croatia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 204pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JORDAN, Mark (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Republic of Ireland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 26pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JORDAN, Mark (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Republic of Ireland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 223pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JORDAN, Mark (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Scotland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 29pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JORDAN, Mark (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Scotland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 251pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JORDAN, Mark (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for England & Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JUUL-SANDBERG, Jakob (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Denmark. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 31pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JUUL-SANDBERG, Jakob (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Denmark. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 134pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JUUL-SANDBERG, Jakob; RALLI, Tommi (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
KOLOMIJCEVA, Julija (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Latvia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 27pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
KOLOMIJCEVA, Julija (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Latvia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 213pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
KONISTIS, Thomas (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Cyprus. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 21pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
KONISTIS, Thomas (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Cyprus. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 112pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
KONISTIS, Thomas (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Greece. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 20pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
KONISTIS, Thomas (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Greece. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 115pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
MIKELÈNAITÈ, Akvilè (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Lithuania. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 30pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
MIKELÈNAITÈ, Akvilè (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Lithuania. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 215pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
MOLINA ROIG, Elga (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Spain. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 24pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
MOLINA ROIG, Elga (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Spain. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 246pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
NASARRE AZNAR, Sergio; OLINDA GARCIA, Maria; XERRI, Kurt (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for Spain, Portugal and Malta. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
SPARKES, Peter (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for England & Wales. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 34pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
ORJI, Peter; SPARKES, Peter (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for England & Wales. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 240pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
PANEK, Grzegorz (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Poland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 24pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
PANEK, Grzegorz (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Poland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 238pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
PANEK, Grzegorz (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
PETROVIC, Tamara (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Serbia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 28pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
PETROVIC, Tamara (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Serbia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 188pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
PETROVIC, Tamara (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Slovenia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 30pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
PETROVIC, Tamara (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Slovenia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 221pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
RALLI, Tommi (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Finland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 21pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
RALLI, Tommi (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Finland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 174pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
SANTOS SILVA, Marta (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Luxembourg. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 26pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
SANTOS SILVA, Marta (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Luxembourg. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 252pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
SANTOS SILVA, Marta (2015)Deliverable no. 4.1: Intra-team comparison report for Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Brussels, BE, European Commission. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
JURCOVÁ, Monika; STEFANKO, Jozef (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Slovakia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 27pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
STEFANKO, Jozef (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Slovakia. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 255pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
WEHRMÜLLER, Anna (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Switzerland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 29pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
WEHRMÜLLER, Anna (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Switzerland. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 176pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
XERRI, Kurt (2014)Deliverable no. 3.1 Tenant's Rights Brochure for Malta. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 26pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
XERRI, Kurt (2014)Deliverable no. 3.2 National Report for Malta. Brussels, BE, European Commission, 267pp. (TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe)
Hegedüs, J.; Lux, M. with Vera Horváth (eds.)Private Rental Housing in Transition Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
Molina-Roig, E. & Xerri, K.Control de rentas en los arrendamientos urbanos en los sistemas español y maltés (in preparation)
Reifner, U.; Schroeder, M. (2012)Usury Laws: A legal and economic evaluation of interest rate restrictions in the European Union. BoD: Norderstedt
Bargelli, E.Exploring interfaces between social long-term contracts and European law through tenancy law, [in:] Life Time Contracts, Eleven 2014, pp. 627-629
Bargelli, E.The tip of the iceberg. Squatting of public tenures and rental unaffordability in Italy, [in:] ENHR-Newsletter n. 4 2014
Bargelli, ELocazione abitativa e crisi economica, [in:] I quaderni della Rivista di Diritto Civile. L'esigenza abitativa. Forme di fruizione e tutele giuridiche, Cedam 2013, pp. 267-282
Hegedüs, J.; Horváth, V.; Somogyi, E.The Potential of Social Rental Agencies within Social Housing Provision in Post-Socialist Countries: The Case of Hungary, [in:] European Journal of Homelessness, Volume 8, No. 2, December 2014
Hegedüs, J.; Horváth, V.; Tosics, N. (2014)Economic and legal conflicts between landlords and tenants in the Hungarian private rental sector. International Journal of Housing Policy, Volume 14, Issue 2
Hussar, A.; Kull, I. (2016)The Landlord’s Limited Right to Terminate a Residential Lease Contract: Estonian Law in Comparative Perspective. Üürileandja piiratud õigus lõpetada eluruumi üürileping: Eesti õigus võrdlevõiguslikus perspektiivis. Juridica International: Law Review of University of Tartu, 24, 71-83
Kull, I; Kolomijceva, J.; Hussar, A. (2015)Comparative Remarks on Residential Tenancy Law in Latvia and Estonia.Juridiska zinatne / Law. Journal of the University of Latvia, 8, 5-21
Molina-Roig, E. & García-Teruel, R. M.El abandono de la vivienda por el inquilino. Cómo afecta a su acceso al mercado de alquiler, [in:] Quaderns per a la Inclusió Social, 4, La vivienda en la crisis: la promoción del alquiler y el alquiler social desde una perspectiva comparada, Publicacions de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2015
Molina-Roig, E. (2013)La ineficacia del arrendamiento urbano como forma de acceso a la vivienda, [in:] LandAS: International Journal of Land Law and Agricultural Science, No. 8/2013, pp. 12-28
Muñiz, E. (2013)La urgencia de legislar sobre la cohesión territorial. Urbanismo y espacio rural. Rev. de Derecho agrario y alimentario, nº 63, jul-dic. 2013, pp. 93-140
Nasarre-Aznar, S.; Garcia, M. O. & Xerri, K.Lease as an alternative to home ownership: Comparative study amongst Spain, Portugal and Malta. Teoria y derecho: revista de pensamiento jurídico (under peer review)
Nasarre-Aznar, S.La eficacia de la Ley 4/2013, de reforma de los arrendamientos urbanos, para aumentar la vivienda en alquiler, en un contexto europeo, [in:] Revista Crítica de Derecho Inmobiliario, No.747, 91/2015, pp. 205-249
Nasarre-Aznar, S.Leases as an alternative to homeownership in Europe. Some key legal aspects. European Review of Private Law, December 2014
Schmid, C.; Dinse, J. (2013)The European Dimension of Residential Tenancy Law. European Review of Contract Law, pp. 201-220
Schmid, C.; Dinse, J.; Santos Silva, M. (2013)Rumo a um núcleo comum do arrendamento para fins habitacionais na Europa? O impacto do Tribunal Europeu dos Direitos do Homem no Direito do Arrendamento Urbano. 
Boletim da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra. Vol. 89, 516, pp. 487-516
Bargelli, E.Abitazione (Diritto all?), [in:] Enciclopedia del diritto ? Annali, VI, Giuffré 2013, pp. 1-19
Muñiz, E. (2014)"Bienes en común y diferentes estatutos de ocupación de la vivienda" in Bienes en común, Tiran lo Blanch: Valencia
Nogler, L.; Reifner, U. (eds) (2014)Life time contracts. Social long-term contracts in labour, tenancy and consumer credit. Den Haag: Eleven
 Panek, G. Lease of Goods, [in:] L. Antonioli, F. Fiorentini (eds.), A Factual Assessment of the Draft Comon Frame of Reference, Munich: sellier 2010, pp. 143-162
Panek, G.Relevance of circumstances in which the contract was concluded to contract interpretation under the DCFR (II. - 8:102), [in:] B. Heiderhoff, G. Zmij (eds), Interpretation in Polish, German and European Private Law, Monachium: sellier 2011, pp. 61-75
Pinkel, T.; Schmid, C."German report" in Sonia Martín Santisteban & Peter Sparkes (eds.) The Protection of Immovable Property in Europe, The Common Core of European Private Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (forthcoming, 2014)
Reifner, U."Thesen zur Dogmatik eines sozialen Nutzungsvertrages (Life Time Contract)" in: Knops [et al.] Zivilrecht im Wandel: Festschrift für Peter Derleder zum 75. Geburtstag, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015, pp. 369-392
Schmid, C."Lease contracts and tenancies" in: J. Basedow, F. Ferrari, P. de Miguel Asensio & G. Rühl (eds.) European Encyclopedia of Private International Law, Edward Elgar, 2017
Schmid, C.Housing Policy. In: van Gerven, M., Rothmayr Allison, C., Schubert, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Public Policy. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90434-0_51-1
Schmid, C. ; Pinkel, T."The Protection of Immovables in Germany" in S. Martin Santisteban & Peter Sparkes (eds.) Protection of Immovables in European Legal Systems, The Common Core of European Private Law, Cambridge University Press, 2015
Schmid, C.; Dinse, J. (2014)"Towards a Common Core of Residential Tenancy Law in Europe?" In L. Nogler & U. Reifner (eds.). Life time contracts. Social long-term contracts in labour, tenancy and consumer credit. Den Haag: Eleven, pp. 401-415
Schmid, C.; Dinse, J. R. (2013)Towards a Common Core of Residential Tenancy Law in Europe? The Impact of the European Court of Human Rights on Tenancy Law, ZERP working paper series (ISSN 1868-7520), Download PDF

 

Panek, G. The Significance of Context in Contract Interpretation: Theoretical and Comparative Analysis (March 2014)

 

Hussar, A.Regulatory model of socio-economically balanced tenancy relations (Spring 2016)
Xerri, K.Maltese on letting and hiring-tenants' perspective and prospects for revision. Masters Thesis, University of Malta (Defense: October 2014)

Additional Literature

1. Housing Studies

Powerpoint based on Cambridge University Private Rental Sector project on tenant security:
Is regulation the reason why private renting is more common in some countries than others? (comparative)

Projects on Private Renting:
Report Oxley et al. (comparative)
Book Towards a sustainable private rented sector
Social renting: Renting and secure occupancy (comparative)
Social Renting and tenant security (comparative)
Citation by Kemeny: he cites John Doling in: Doling, John (2006) "A European Housing Policy?" European Journal of Housing Policy, Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 335-349 (December).
See also: Scharpf, Fritz W. (2009) "The Double Assymetry of European Integration: or why the EU cannot be a social market economy" Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies" MPIfG Working Paper 09/12, (November) Köln
Basu, K. and Emerson, P., The Economics of Tenancy Rent Control, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics, WP no. 00-04, 2000
Munch, J. Svarer, M., Rent control and tenancy duration, Journal of Urban Economics 52, 542-560, 2002
Arnott, R., Tenancy rent control, Swedish Economic Policy Review 10, 89-121, 2003
O'Sullivan, E. and De Decker, P., Regulating the Private Rental Housing Market in Europe, European Journal of Homelessness 1, 95-117, 2007
Scanlon, C. and Whitehead, C., (eds.), Social housing in Europe, London School of Economics, 2007
Scanlon, C. and Whitehead, C., (eds.), Social housing in Europe II. A review of policies and outcomes, London School of Economics, 2008
Whitehead, C., The economics of social housing, in O'Sullivan, T. and Gibb, K., Housing economics and public policy, Blackwell, 2003
Ahmed A.; Hammarstedt M. Discrimination in the rental housing market: a field experiment on the Internet, Journal of Urban Economics, Vol, 64, pp. 362-372., 2008
Andersson, Å E., Pettersson, L. & Strömquist, U., European Metropolitan Housing Markets, [electronic resource]. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007
Balchin P.N. , Housing Policy in Europe, Routledge, London, 1996
Ball J., Vestibular Housing Systems. The Comparative Legal Topography of Transitional and Substandard Housing, Conference of the ENHR working group "Mobility, Poverty, Insecurity and Hospitality : The Past and Future of Precarious Housing in Europe", 29th-30th September 2005, Nanterre Paris
Bertolini P. (a cura di) Il problema abitativo di fronte al fenomeno migratorio, Rapporto della Fondazione Mario del Monte, Modena, 2010
CECODHAS, "L'edilizia sociale e l'integrazione degli immigrati nell'Unione Europea:strumenti per i fornitori di alloggi sociali", Rapporto European Social Housing Observatory , 2005
CENSIS, (in collaborazione con) Dexia-Crediop, Federcasa, Social Housing e agenzie pubbliche per la casa, 2008
Housing Policy in the EU Member States, W-14, Social Affairs Series, European Parliament, Directorate General for Research, 3-1997 
Anna RYBKOWSKA, Micha SCHNEIDER, Housing conditions in Europe in 2009, eurostat, Statistics in focus, 4/2011
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Social dimensions of housing in the European Union, 2006
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, First European Quality of Life Survey: Social dimensions of housing, 2006
Housing policies promoting integration and community cohesion at local level. A thematic discussion paper prepared for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights by International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), 4/2008
 

1.3 National Level

Baldini M. , La casa degli Italiani, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010

For general features of the Finnish housing market, see the website of ARA (The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland) at http://www.ara.fi/default.asp?node=1495&lan=en, and the section on 'Housing facts' on the website of Finland's environmental administration at http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=10078&lan=en
Note also a webpage introducing general features of the Finnish housing market at http://www.expat-finland.com/housing/index.html, including a section on 'Renting In Finland' (http://www.expat-finland.com/housing/renting_in_finland.html) with further useful links at the bottom of the page.
 

Housing Companies

The new Limited Liability Housing Companies Act entered into force on July 1, 2010.
 

Commentaries on the Act:
Jauhiainen, Jyrki, Timo A. Järvinen & Tapio Nevala, Asunto-osakeyhtiölaki, Talentum, 2010
Kuhanen, Petteri, Ari Kanerva, Marina Furuhjelm & Helena Kinnunen, Asunto-osakeyhtiölaki - Kommentaari, 2nd ed., Kiinteistöalan kustannus, 2010
 

Recent articles and commentary in legal journals:
Virolainen, Jyrki: Jääviysongelmista parveketupakointijutussa (KKO 2008:7), Defensor Legis 2008/2, 268, A shorter article on the case of smoking on balconies
Urpilainen, Matti - Vahtera, Veikko: Kotitalousvähennys ja kunnossapitovastuun jakautuminen asunto-osakeyhtiössä, Defensor Legis 2009/2, 237, An article on tax deductible household expenses
Tieva, Antti: Sopimus - Sopimusneuvottelut - Sopimuksentekorikkomus - Vahingonkorvaus - Korvattava vahinko. (KKO:2009:45), Defensor Legis 2009/5, 902, A case comment on culpa in contrahendo
Svensk, Niko: Kotitalousvähennys ja kiinteistöosakeyhtiö, Defensor Legis 2010/2, 214, A shorter article on tax deductible household expenses
Vahtera, Veikko: Vaikutusvallan väärinkäytön kriteerien arvioiminen, Defensor Legis 2011/5, 613, An article on abuse of power in companies
Vahtera, Veikko: Osakkeenomistajan muutostyöoikeuden laajuus asunto-osakeyhtiössä - KKO 2011:39, Lakimies 2011/5, 1046, A case comment on the shareholder's right to make changes in the apartment
Matilainen, Anna-Maija: Osakkeenomistajien yhdenvertaisuusperiaate ja asunto-osakeyhtiö, Defensor Legis 2012/1, 58, An article on shareholders' equality in housing companies

Planning

Among introductions to recent trends in urban planning, see the DECOMB report:
Ahlava, Antti & Harry Edelman (eds), UDM - Urban Design Management: Opas käytäntöön, Decomb, 2007
The DECOMB (Design Concepts and Management of the Built Environment) project included a subpart carried out at the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki: discussions on land use agreements, public procurement, and the 'planning monopoly' and wide discretion of the municipality in land use (by Esa Hakkola)
A specialist in urban and regional planning discusses innovations in areal development (using examples from Finland and Germany):
Kurunmäki, Kimmo, Aluerakentamisen innovaatiot: Prosessinhallinnan näkökulmia saksalaisin ja suomalaisin esimerkein, Tampereen yliopisto, 2011
On participatory planning in urban residential public-private partnerships, see:
Kuronen, Matti, Wisa Majamaa, Peter Raisbeck & Chris Heywood, 'Including prospective tenants and homeowners in the urban development process in Finland,' Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2012
 

Social Aspects and the Economics of Owner Occupancy and Rental Housing

A comparative study of homeowners' and tenants' attitudes towards housing in Finland and Sweden: 
Andersson, Eva, Päivi Naumanen, Hannu Ruonavaara & Bengt Turner, 'Housing, Socio-Economic Security and Risks: A Qualitative Comparison of Household Attitudes in Finland and Sweden', European Journal of Housing Policy 7(2), 2007, 151-172.
 

On combating residential segregation in Helsinki, see (with references to further policy documents and publications in Finnish):
Dhalmann, Hanna & Katja Vilkama, 'Housing policy and the ethnic mix in Helsinki, Finland: Perceptions of city officials and Somali immigrants,' Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2009, 24, 423-439.(Theme issue on 'Combating residential segregation of ethnic minorities in European cities, edited by Gideon Bolt)
An older general study on polarisation in the Helsinki region:
Vaattovaara, Mari & Matti Kortteinen, 'Beyond Polarisation versus Professionalisation? A Case Study of the Development of the Helsinki Region, Finland,' Urban Studies, 2003, 40, (11), 2127-2145
Statistics on housing in Finland at Statistics Finland 
Teemu Lyytikäinen, 'Rent Control and Tenants' Welfare: The Effects of Deregulating Rental Markets in Finland', VATT Discussion Paper No. 385, 2006
 

VATT (Government Institute for Economic Research) offers research information on the economic aspects of owner occupancy and rental housing in Finland. Senior Researcher Tuukka Saarimaa recent publications:
Tuukka Saarimaa, 'Imputed Rental Income, Taxation and Income Distribution in Finland,' Urban Studies, 2011, 48, (8), 1695-1714;
idem,'Tax Incentives and Demand for Mortgage Debt: Evidence from the Finnish 1993 Tax Reform,' European Journal of Housing Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 19-40;
PhD: 'Studies on Owner-Occupied Housing, Taxation and Portfolio Choice' (University of Joensuu, 2009) Planning and municipal decision-making belong within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Administrative

Court and lower Administrative Courts. Databases (in Finnish) on their decisions at:
http://www.finlex.fi/fi/oikeus/ http://www.edilex.fi/oikeuskaytanto/

Housing Studies

Hyreslagen en kommentar, Thomsson R and Holmkvist L, 9 edition, Stockholm 2009 (The main legal commentary on renting of both commercial apartments and housing- the one professionals rely on). ISBN 9789139110934

Most important housing policy material:

With regard to housing policy there is a lot of information in English. There is a wealth of articles available on the home page of the Institute for housing and urban research. 
From this page you can clic on any year and have a wealth of articles at your disposal: http://www.ibf.uu.se/PUBL/kronolog.html
Lena Magnusson and Bengt Turner, Municipal Housing Companies in Sweden - Social by Default, Housing, Theory and Society, Vol. 25, No. 4, 275-296, 2008
Lena Magnusson Turner, Who gets what and why? Vacancy Chains in Stockholm's Housing Market, European Journal of Housing Policy, Vol. 8, No. 1. 1-19, March 2008
 

Electronic sources

The Swedish National Board of Housing Building and Planning: Yearly report on EU law and its implication four national housing legislation (including the rental market). The report for the year 2011 can be found here.
The Property Federation: The property federation is the main organisation representing Swedish property owners.

Housing Studies

Kõre, J.; Kiik, R.; Kõiv, E. (2006). Homelessness in Estonia - problem of the Individual or the Society? European Journal of Housing Policy, 6(3), 297-312.
Sampo Ruoppila, Residential Differentiation, Housing Policy and Urban Planning in the Transformation from State Socialism to a Market Economy: The Case of Tallinn

BUSTO LAGO, José ManuelEl consumidor ante la crisis económica: vivienda, mercado hipotecario y concurso: actas de la reunión científica celebrada en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, 12-13 de noviembre de 2009, A Coruña: Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2010
GONZÁLEZ PÉREZ, Jesús (ed.)Comentarios a la ley del suelo: texto refundido aprobado por Decreto Legislativo 2/2008, de 20 de junio, Cizur Menor, Navarra: Aranzadi, 2008
GONZÁLEZ PÉREZ, JesúsEl Derecho a una vivienda digna en la Ley del Suelo de 2008, Madrid: Fundación Registral, cop. 2008
IZQUIERDO LLANES, Gregorio (ed.)Economía de la vivienda en España, Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Económicos, 2009
LEAL, JesúsLa política de vivienda en España, "Documentación social. Revista de estudios sociales y sociología aplicada", núm. 138, Madrid, 2005
LÓPEZ RAMÓN, Fernando (ed.)Construyendo el derecho a la vivienda, Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2010
MORÓN BÉCQUER, Pedro (ed.)La política de vivienda en los albores del siglo XXI experiencias y posibilidades, Madrid: Universidad Autónoma, 2005
NASARRE AZNAR, Sergio (ed.)El acceso a la vivienda en un contexto de crisis, Edisofer, Madrid, 2011
NASARRE AZNAR, Sergio y RIVAS NIETO, EstelaLa naturaleza jurídico-privada y el tratamiento fiscal de las nuevas sociedades cotizadas de inversión en el mercado inmobiliario (SOCIMI) en la Ley 11/2009, "Contabilidad y Tributación", núm. 321, diciembre 2009
PAREJA EASTAWAY, Montserrat [et al.]Large housing estates in Spain: policies and practices, Utrecht: Utrecht University. Faculty of Geosciences. Urban and Regional Research Centre: RESTATE, 2004
RUIZ-RICO RUIZ, GerardoEl Derecho constitucional a la vivienda: un enfoque sustantivo y competencial, Madrid: Ministerio de Vivienda, Centro de Publicaciones, DL 2008
TEJEDOR BIELSA, Julio CésarDerecho a la vivienda y burbuja inmobiliaria: de la propiedad al alquiler y la rehabilitación, Las Rozas (Madrid): La Ley, 2012
VAQUER ALOY, AntoniIntroduction to Spanish Patrimonial law, Granada, 2006, Ed. Comares
VAQUER ALOY, AntoniLa expropiación temporal del usufructo de viviendas desocupadas en la Ley catalana del derecho a la vivienda, "RGLJ", núm. 1, 2009
VAQUER CABALLERÍA, MarcosLa Eficacia y la efectividad del derecho a la vivienda en España, Madrid: Iustel, 2011
Erdösi, S., J. Hegedüs and E. Somogyi (2000)"Is private rental an option for urban housing provision in Hungary?" Journal of Housing and Built Environment 15(3): 267-291
Hamilton, E., W. Jan Brzeski and Hans-Joachim Dubel (2005)Rental Choice and Housing Policy Realignment in Transition: Post-privatization Challenges in the Europe and Central Asia Region. Washington: The World Bank
Hegedüs, J. and I. Tosics (1998)"Rent reform - Issues for the Countries of Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States." Housing Studies 13(5) 657-678
Hegedüs, J. and N. Teller (2007)"Hungary: Escape into homeownership." eds. Elsinga, M., Decker, P. Teller, N and Toussaint, J. Homeownership beyond asset and security. Housing and Urban Policy Studies 32: 133-172. IOS Press
Hegedüs, J., M. Lux and N. Teller (eds) (2012)Social Housing in Transition Countries. Routledge, New York, 2012
Lowe, S. (2000)"A tale of two cities - rental housing in Budapest and Sofia in the 1990s." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 15(3): 249-266
Lowe, S.The private rented sector - evidence from Budapest and Sofia, in: Housing Change in East and Central Europe (Integration or Fragmentation? Ed. Lowe, S. and Tsenkova, S. Ashgate
Lux, M. (ed) (2003)Housing policy: an end or a new beginning? Budapest: Open Society Institute
Mandic, S. (1994)Housing tenures in times of change: Conversion debates in Slovenia. Housing Studies 9(1): 27-38
Mandic, S. (2000)"Dissempowerment of Tenants and Housing Developments in Post Socialist Countries." Paper presented at the ENHR Conference in Gavle, 2000
Tsenkova, S. and B. Turner (2004)"The future of social housing in Eastern Europe: Reforms in Latvia and Ukraine." International Journal of Housing Policy 4(2)
Turner, B., J. Hegedüs and I. Tosics (eds) (1992)The Reform of Housing in Eastern Europe and The Soviet Union. London: Routledge
Donner, Ch. (2006)Housing Policies in Central Eastern European. Vienna
Tsenkova, S. (2009)Housing Reforms in Post-socialist Europe. Lost In Transition. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
Clapham,D., Hegedüs,J., Kintrea,K. and Tosics I. (1996)Housing Privatization in Eastern Europe Greenwood

Housing Studies

BEZOVAN, G."Stanovanje i stambena politika", v V. PULJIZ (ur.), Socijalna politika Hrvatske, Pravni fakultet Zagreb, (Zagreb, 2008.), 337-389
BEZOVAN, G."Stambena statistika - standard stanovanja u Hrvatskoj", god. 11, br. 2, Revija za socijalnu politiku, (Zagreb, 2004.), 267-279
BEZOVAN, G."Stambena prava u Hrvatskoj i problemi njihova ostavrivanja" god. 11, br. 1, Revija za socijalnu politiku, (Zagreb, 2004.), 89-106
BEZOVAN, G."Tranzicija u stambenom sektoru i strateske tocke razvoja stambene politike u Hrvatskoj" god. 5, br. 1, Revija za socijalnu politiku, (Zagreb, 1998.), 23-34
BEZOVAN, G."Neprofitne stambene organizacije i izazovi njihovog razvoja u Hrvatskoj" god. 15, br. 1, Revija za socijalnu politiku, (Zagreb, 2008.), 39-56
BEZOVAN, G."Procjena standarda stanovanja u Zagrebu kao razvojnog resursa" god. 12, br. 1, Revija za socijalnu politiku, (Zagreb, 2005.) 23-44
BEZOVAN, G."Analiza mjera socijalne politike u programu Vlade Republike Hrvatske za mandat 2008.-2011." god. 15, br. 2, Revija za socijalnu politiku, (Zagreb, 2008.) 257-268
BEZOVAN, G."Analiza sustava subvencioniranja najamnina i troskova stanovanja" god. 10., br. 3., Hrvatska javna uprava, (Zagreb, 2010.)
BEZOVAN, G."Assessment of social housing programmes in Croatia as a part of residual social care" ENHR Confrence, Prague 2009
SUNEGA, P., BEZOVAN, G."Regional differences in housing availability and afordability in the Czech Republic and in Croatia" www.enhr2007rotterdam.nl
SIMONETTI, P.Denacionalizacija, Pravni fakultet Sveucilista u Rijeci, (Rijeka, 2004.)
TEPUS, M.M."Analiza modela stambenog financiranja u Republici Hrvatskoj", Pregledi, P-18, Hrvatska narodna banka (Zagreb, 2004)
SUCUR, Z."Stanovanje", v JAPEC, L. in SUCUR, Z. (ur.), Kvaliteta zivota u Hrvatskoj: regionalne razlike, UNDP, (Zagreb, 2007), 31-39
POPIC, A."U kojem pravcu ide podstanarstvo u Hrvatskoj", http://epodstanar.com/

Housing Studies

CIRMAN"Intergenerational transfers as a response to changes in the housing market in Slovenia", Vol. 8, No. 3, European journal of housing policy, (Sep. 2008), 303-315
CIRMAN"Housing tenure preferences in the post-privatisation period : the case of Slovenia". Vol. 21, No. 1, Hous. Stud., (Jan. 2006), 113-134
CIRMAN"Housing finance in Slovenia : the key role of the National Housing Fund." Vol. 19, No. 2, Housing finance international, (Dec. 2004), 11-16
CIRMAN"Uspesnost stanovanjske politike v luci rezultatov stanovanjske ankete." v KOZAR (Ur.), 16. tradicionalni posvet Poslovanje z nepremicninami = Slovenian Real estate market and property management, 16th Traditional RE conference, Portoroz, November 17-18, 2005, (Portoroz, 2005)
CIRMAN, KOZELJ"Javno-zasebno partnerstvo med Javnim stanovanjskim skladom MOL in varcevalci NSVS : deljeno lastnistvo stanovanj.", v KOZAR (Ur.), Poslovanje z nepremicninami : drzava, drzavljani, stanovanja : zbornik referatov, Portoroz, 18. in 19. november 2004, (Ljubljana, 2004), 70-75
  
CIRMAN"Housing tenure preferences in societies with marginal rental sectors : the case of Slovenia.", Adequate & affordable housing for all : research, policy, practice, University of Toronto, (Toronto, 2004), 24
CIRMAN"Modelling housing tenure preferences : the case of Slovenia.", Housing : growth and regeneration, University of Cambridge, (Cambridge, 2004), 25
CIRMAN"Nacionalni stanovanjski program: kako naprej : okrogla miza.", v GRZINIC (Ur.), Zbornik referatov : povzetki, (Ljubljana, 2011), 38
CIRMAN"Razvoj stanovanjskega trga v Sloveniji : pogled z vidika stanovanjskega financiranja." v SENDI (Ur.), Stanovanjska reforma : pricakovanja, potrebe in realizacija, (Zbirka Urbani izziv), Urbanisticni institut Republike Slovenije, (Ljubljana, 2007), 55-8, 4.
CIRMAN"Stanovanjska politika brez strategije", Leto 47, st. 255, Delo (Ljubljana, 2005), 15
STANOVNIK, ZUPANCIC, BLAGANJE, CIRMAN, NAGODE, SRDIC, CEBUL"Elementi neprofitne najemnine in njihovi delezi glede na vrednost stanovanja.", Ekonomska fakulteta, (Ljubljana, 2003), 61
SENDI, CIRMAN, COTIC"Raziskava ucinkovitosti trga stanovanj in stavbnih zemljisc v primerjavi s svetom : primerjava cen stanovanj v Republiki Sloveniji in v tujini : konkurencnost Slovenije 2001-2006 : koncno porocilo." Urbanisticni institut Republike Slovenije, (Ljubljana, 2003), 109
RADULOVIC"Housing Finance and Regional Integration - Former Yugoslav Case: Could it Work?", Housing Finance International, (September 2006), 28-36
PICHLER-MILANOVIC"Urban Housing Markets in Central and Eastern Europe: Convergance, Divergance or Policy "Collapse"?" Volume 1, Issue 2, International Journal of Housing Policy, (2001), 145-187

Housing Studies

Z. ANDELKOVICStambeni odnosi: zakoni i drugi propisi, obrasci odluka i ugovora, sudska praksa, svojina etazum, Poslovni biro (Beograd, 2004)
D. DAMJANOVIC, Z. GLIGORIJEVIC"Socijalno stanovanje - Prikaz stambenih politika Srbije i odabranih zemalja Evrope", Palgo centar, (Beograd, 2010)
D. MOJOVIC, B. ZERJAV"Stanovanje pod zakup: Odgovarajuce stambeno resenje za domacinstva sa nizim primanjima", Program za urbani razvoj, (Beograd, 2011)
 "O resavanju stambenog pitanja i imovinskim pravima", Izbeglice i raseljena lica u procesima smanjenja siromastva, br. 2, (Beograd, 2008)
RADULOVIC"Housing Finance and Regional Integration - Former Yugoslav Case: Could it Work?", Housing Finance International, (September 2006), 28-36
PICHLER-MILANOVIC"Urban Housing Markets in Central and Eastern Europe: Convergance, Divergance or Policy "Collapse"?" International Journal of Housing Policy, Volume 1, Issue 2, International Journal of Housing Policy, (2001), 145-187

2. Tenancy Law

2.1 Comparative Reports

2.2 European / International Level

2.3 National Level

Arden and HunterManual of Housing Law, (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2003
Bright and GilbertLandlord and Tenant Law: the nature of tenancies, (Oxford: Clarendon, 1995)
D. CowanHousing Law and Policy, (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
D. HughesText and Materials on Housing Law, (Oxford University Press, 2005)
Davidson and MalloyAffordable Housing and Public-Private Partnerships, (Farnham: Ashgate, 2009)
J. DriscollButterworths Residential Landlord and Tenant Handbook, (London: Tolley, 2004)
J. LelyWoodfall's Law of Landlord and Tenant, (Nabu Press, 2010)
J. MellingHousing, Social Policy and the State (London: Croom Helm, 1980)
J. MorganAspects of Housing Law, (New York: Routledge-Cavendish, 2007)
P. SparkesA New Landlord and Tenant (Oxford: Hart, 2000)
S. BrightLandlord and Tenant Law in Context, (Oxford: Hart, 2007)
S. BrightLandlord and Tenant Law: Past, Present and Future, (Oxford: Hart, 2006)
BargelliProprietà e locazione. Prelazione e valore di scambio, Giappichelli, 2004
BargelliLocazione abitativa e diritto europeo. Armonie e disarmonie di un capitolo del diritto privato sociale, Europa e diritto privato, 2007
BivonaIl bisogno abitativo del locatore fra autonomia privata e funzione sociale della proprietà, Esi, 2003
BrecciaImmagini della giuridicità contemporanea fra disordine delle fonti e ritorno al diritto, Politica del diritto, 2006, 361 ss
CiociaIl diritto della abitazione tra interessi privati e valori costituzionali, Esi, 2009
Cuffaro (ed.)Le locazioni urbane. Vent'anni di disciplina speciale, Giappichelli, 1999
Di MarzioFalabella, La locazione, 2010
Gabrielli/PadoviniLa locazione di immobili urbani, Cedam, 2005
Lipari (ed.)Commentario alla legge 9 dicembre 1998, n. 431 (aggiornato con la legge 8 gennaio 2002, n. 2)
 Disciplina delle locazioni e del rilascio degli immobili adibiti ad uso abitativo, in Le nuove leggi civili commentate, 2002, pp. 507-636
Padovini (ed.)Nuova giurisprudenza civile commentata, vol. 4, 2012
Paradiso (ed.)I mobili confini dell'autonomia contrattuale, Giuffré, 2005
Vettori (ed.)Le locazioni abitative, 2002
  
  
  
  

The current tenancy act The Act on Residential Leases (Laki asuinhuoneiston vuokrauksesta) is from 1995.
Its amendments and the original and current text (including government proposals for the Act and the amendments) can be found (in Finnish) at:

http://www.edilex.fi/saadokset/smur/19950481
http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/smur/1995/19950481

An unofficial English translation of the original Act is available at: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kaannokset/1995/en19950481.pdf

Case law
Databases (in Finnish) on all Supreme Court decisions and selected decisions of the Courts of Appeal at:
http://www.finlex.fi/fi/oikeus/
http://www.edilex.fi/oikeuskaytanto/, the latter including a wider selection of Court of Appeal decisions (comprising both the contents of the first database and additional selections), at:
http://www.edilex.fi/oikeuskaytanto/ho/

Published Supreme Court decisions on tenancy law are at:
http://www.finlex.fi/fi/oikeus/kko/kko/haku.php?search%5Btype%5D=pika&search%5Bpika%5D=huoneenvuokra&submit=Hae
http://www.edilex.fi/oikeuskaytanto/kko/haku/?search=1&sent=1&_s%5Btype%5D=asiasana&_s%5Basiasana%5D=Huoneenvuokra

Decisions of the Courts of Appeal on tenancy law at:
http://www.edilex.fi/oikeuskaytanto/ho/haku/?search=1&sent=1

Associations
The main associations in the field and their websites are as follows:
Finnish Tenants: http://www.vuokralaiset.fi/ The Finnish Association of Landlords: www.suomenvuokranantajat.fi
The Finnish Real Estate Federation (FREF): www.kiinteistoliitto.fi
RAKLI - The Finnish Association of Building Owners and Construction Clients: www.rakli.fi
A twelve-page leaflet 'Fair Rental Practices,' produced jointly by the above associations, is widely available on the Internet (in Finnish, Swedish, and English). The English version: http://www.vuokralaiset.fi/vuokratapa_engl.pdf For the history of tenancy law in Finland and literature on those developments, see: http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/Law/ResearchAndTeaching/ResearchThemes/ProjectTenancyLaw.aspx

Legal literature(all in Finnish)
The largest commentary on the Act on Residential Leases is:

Kanerva, Ari & Petteri KuhanenLaki asuinhuoneiston vuokrauksesta, 3rd revised ed., Kiintestöalan kustannus, 2011. (416 pages)

A textbook on specific types of contract includes short chapters on tenancies (by Mika Hemmo) and on the real estate agent (by Heikki Halila):

Halila, Heikki & Mika HemmoSopimustyypit, 2nd revised ed., Talentum, 2008

A continuously updated legal reference on the law of property and obligations, written by academic experts, has chapters on specific types of contract, including tenancies:

Saarnilehto, Ari, Mika Hemmo, Leena Kartio et alVarallisuusoikeus, Sanoma Pro, 2012

Recent articles and commentary in legal journals:

Saarnilehto, Ari: KKO 1995:169Vahingonkorvaus. Kiinteistönomistajan vastuu, Lakimies 1996/4, 688, A case comment on real estate owner's liability in tort
Saarnilehto, Ari: KKO 1995:173Konkurssi. Asunto-osakeyhtiö. Huoneenvuokra, Lakimies 1996/4, 689, A case comment on tenancy contract and the bankruptcy of the housing company
Saarnilehto, Ari: KKO 1995:1Huoneenvuokra. Liikehuoneisto. Saamisen vanhentuminen. Indeksi, Lakimies 1996/3, 508, A case comment on limitation
Saarnilehto, AriVapaa-ajan asunto ja vuokralaisen puolison vastuu vuokrasta, Defensor Legis 2003/1, 54, An article on free-time apartment and the tenant's spouse's liability for rent
Lötjönen, SallaYhteistalouden purkaminen avoliitossa, Lakimies 2010/7-8, 1326, An article on the cessation of cohabitation

Articles touching upon 'tenancy law in action':

Sinkko, AnneRiita-asioiden sovinnot käräjäoikeuksissa, Defensor Legis 2000/1, 36, An article on the settlement of civil legal disputes in District Courts
Halijoki, JuhaOikeudenkäyntikulut ja niiden jakautuminen, Defensor Legis 2000/2, 205, An article on legal costs
Raitio, JuhaEU-kansalaisuus ja oikeuden saatavuus EU:ssa: millaisia oikeudellisia ongelmia toiseen EU-maahan muuttaneilla lakimiehillä on ollut? Defensor Legis 2003/3, 427, An article on the problems of lawyers moving from one EU country to another
Viitanen, KlausOikeudenkäyntikulut ja oikeuksien saatavuus, Defensor Legis 2006/4, 614, An article on legal costs
Ervasti, KaijusOikeudenkäyntikulujen kehitys alioikeusuudistuksen jälkeen, Defensor Legis 2006/4, 599, An article on legal costs
Ervasti, KaijusPääkäsittelyssä ratkaistut riita-asiat ja oikeudenkäyntikulut käräjäoikeuksissa, Defensor Legis 2009/5, 743, An article on legal costs
Larsson L, Synnergren S and Wahlström CBostadshyresavtal i praktiken, 3 edition, Stockholm 2010. (The best book for students in courses dealing only with renting of dwellings). ISBN 9789139111603 Normal Contested Points in Swedish Cases Concerning Rent of Dwellings

Other law books in Swedish:

Bengtsson B, Hager R and Victorin AHyra och annan nyttjanderätt till fast egendom, 7 edition, Stockholm 2008. ISBN 9789139205589
Skorup U and Underskog THyreslagarna i lydelsen 2011, Stockholm 2010. ISBN 9789175042312
Grauers FNyttjanderätt: hyra bostadsrätt arrende och tomtsrätt, 13 edition, Lund 2010, ISBN 9789154401208

Electronic sources:

The Swedish Government:The Swedish government also provides semi official translation. The rent act is a name commonly given to chapter 12 of the 1970:944 Land Code. It can be found in an English translation here. 
The Swedish Union of Tenants: This is the main tenant organisation. 
BELLO JANEIRO, DomingoLa fianza, forma y protección registral en los arrendamientos urbanos, Madrid: Difusión Jurídica, Dl. 2011
BUENO MIRALLES, BernabéEl Poliedro de la vivienda: estudio de la vivienda protegida de acuerdo al plan estatal 2009-2012, Madrid: La Ley: El Consultor de los Ayuntamientos y de los Juzgados, 2009
CABALLERO GEA, José-AlfredoLey de arrendamientos urbanos y juicio de desahucio por falta de pago y expiración del plazo: ley especial, estudio íntegro, Código civil y procesal civil: síntesis y ordenación de la doctrina de los tribunales, Madrid: Dykinson, 2010
DÍEZ NÚÑEZ, José Javier (ed.)Comentarios a la Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos, Madrid: Consejo General del Poder Judicial. Centro de Documentación Judicial, DL 2007
ESTIVAL ALONSO, LuisLa Vivienda de Protección Pública en España (V.P.O.): régimen jurídico, ayudas y limitaciones, Madrid: Grupo Difusión, cop. 2008
FUENTES-LOJO LASTRES, AlejandroNovísima suma de arrendamientos urbanos, Juan V. Fuentes Lojo, Barcelona: J.M. Bosch Editor, 2010
INURRIETA BERUETE, AlejandroMercado de vivienda en alquiler en España: más vivienda social y más mercado profesional, Madrid, 2007, Fundación Alternativas, Working Paper 113/2007
LLAMAS POMBO, Eugenio (ed.)Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos: comentarios y jurisprudencia doce años después, Madrid: La Ley, 2007
MÉNDEZ, Rosa M.El Desahucio en arrendamientos urbanos y por precario, Barcelona: Bosch, 2010
PONCE SOLÉ, JuliPoder local y guetos urbanos: las relaciones entre el derecho urbanístico, la segregación espacial y la sostenibilidad social, Barcelona: Fundació Carles Pi i Sunyer d´Estudis Autonòmics i Locals; Madrid: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública, 2002
RODRÍGUEZ-CANO, Rodrigo Bercovitz (ed.)Comentarios a la Ley de arrendamientos urbanos, Cizur Menor (Navarra): Thomson-Aranzadi, 2010
ROMÁN PUERTA, Luis, SALAS CARCELLER, Antonio, LEGIDO LÓPEZ, EpifanioArrendamientos urbanos y legislación complementaria: jurisprudencia, concordancias y comentarios, Madrid: Colex, 2009
VÁZQUEZ BARROS, SergioLey de arrendamientos urbanos: Ley 29/1994, de 24 de noviembre: Ley 19/2009, de 23 de noviembre, Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2012
ZAFORTEZA SOCÍAS, José MaríaLos Arrendamientos urbanos hoy, Barcelona: Bosch, 2007
GARCIA, Maria OlindaO Arrendamento Plural. Quadro Normativo e Natureza Jurídica, 2009
GARCIA, Maria OlindaA Nova Disciplina do Arrendamento Urbano, 2006
GARCIA, Maria OlindaA Acção Executiva para Entrega de Imóvel Arrendado, 2006
GARCIA, Maria OlindaArrendamento Urbano e Outros Temas de Direito e Processo Civil, 2004
FURTADO, Jorge PintoManual do Arrendamento Urbano, 2009
LEITÃO, Luís MenezesArrendamento Urbano, 2010
MORAIS, Fernando GravatoArrendamentos para Habitação. Regime Transitório, 2007
Laurinda Gemas/Albertina Pedroso/João Caldeira JorgeArrendamento Urbano, 2009

10 typical national cases (from Court decisions):

1. Tenant's liability for non-consented works on a rented place: A tenant built a new WC and a corridor without the landlord's permission. Consequences: the landlord suited the tenant based on breach of the contract and asked for damages. Court decision: the contract was resolved and the tenant was liable for damages.
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2. Landlord's liability for repairs needed on the rented place: A tenant asked the landlord to repair the walls, the floor and the electric wiring system of the house, which had been damaged by leakage from a water pipe. As the landlord did not repair the house, the tenant hired a third person to do that job and suited the landlord to get compensation for the money paid. Court decision: the court decided in favour of the tenant's pretention.
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3. The tenant does not pay the rent: The tenant did not pay the rent for 3 months. The landlord suited him to get the resolution of the contract and the tenant's eviction. The tenant deposited the late rent in a bank account before the court decision. Court decision: the contract was not resolved by the court and the tenant was not evicted.
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4. Increasing the rent in old contracts: A contract was made in 1980 and therefore the tenant paid a low rent. In 2006 a new law entitled the landlord to increase the rent up to 4% of the value of the premises. The landlord asked the tenant verbally to pay the new rent. The tenant paid the updated rent for 6 months and he went back to paying the old value again because the law says the landlord has to use a registered letter. The landlord suited the tenant based on "venire contra factum proprio". Court decision: the court decided that the landlord and the tenant had got an agreement about the new rent and therefore the tenant was obliged to pay that rent.
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5.Absent tenant. Mental illness. A tenant lived alone and suffered from a mental illness. For that reason she went to live with a relative for long periods but kept her belongings in the rented house, which she returned to occasionally. The law says the landlord can resolve the contract if the tenant is absent for more than 1 year unless there is a very strong reason not to live in the rented place (e.g. to be in a hospital). The landlord suited the tenant based on her absence for more than 1 year. Court decision: the court decided to resolve the contract as the reason for the tenant's absence was not reversible. (i.e. not temporary) http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrl.nsf/33182fc732316039802565fa00497eec/5811438e9594ed71802579bf00584644?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,arrendamento

6. Death of the tenant with an old contract. A contract was made in 1970. A tenant's daughter had lived with him since 1986 in the rented place. The tenant died in November 2006. In July 2006 a new law was enacted and denied the right of the descendents to continue the contract if they are more than 26 years old (this rule applies only to contracts done before July 2006). The tenant's daughter went to the court and asked for a right of transmission as she had been living in the rented place for more than 20 years. Court decision: the court denied her the right to continue the contract and decided that she had to leave the rented place.
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7. Contract made verbally after July 2006. The contract was made verbally in January 2007. The law enacted in July 2006 says that a contract which lasts for more than 6 months should be recorded in signed writing. Two months later the tenant stopped paying the rent. The landlord went to the court against the tenant saying the contract was null and void for lack of legal formalities. Court decision: the court decided that the contract was null and void and consequently the tenant should be evicted and he should pay the rent for the time he had used the place.
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8. Landlord's right to terminate the contract by specific notice in old contracts. The contract was made in 1975. At that time the landlord did not have the right to terminate the contract by specific notice. In 2006 a new law was enacted which gave the landlord the right to terminate a contract by specific notice unless for contracts made before 1990. In 2010 the landlord gave specific notice to the tenant to terminate the contract in 2011. As the tenant did not leave the rented place the landlord went to the court to get the tenant evicted. Court decision: the court denied the landlord's right to terminate the contract as it had been made in 1975. http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/c3fb530030ea1c61802568d9005cd5bb/221e389c6d1ea37c80257a13003b06f4?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,arrendamento

9. The contract expires when an old building has to be demolished. The contract was made in 1965. The landlord had never done the needed repairs to keep the house in good condition. The Municipality order the landlord to demolish the house. The tenant refused to leave the rented place as the degradation of the house was landlord's responsibility. The landlord went to the court asking for termination of the contract. Court decision: the court decided that the contract had been expired by the Municipality order and the tenant had to vacate.
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10. Contract resolution based on tenant's bad behaviour. The tenant and his relatives repeatedly caused a disturbance in the neighbourhood. The Police were called and seized illegal guns in the rented apartment. The landlord suited the tenant based on the breach of the contract. Court decision: the court resolved the contract and ordered the tenant to leave the rented property.
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