ABSTRACT
Research on housing and property management became an established subject for research in the 70’s when the Swedish Council for Building Research initiated a number of projects. In the beginning the focus of interest was mainly on building techniques for the reconstruction of single buildings. Later the subject included the entire process of reconstruction and upgrading of housing areas and town centres. New demands in the 70’s made it obvious that comparitively young houses had become “old” and needed attention. New important requirements concerning environmental issues such as waste products and their potential for recycling and treatment, accessibility in housing areas, and energy conservation in the build environment. The investigations of the housing stock were made in order to estimate the need for reconstruction. Knowledge of factors like the age, type and ownership of the building were important in order to estimate the amount of management work needed and the possibilities for reconstruction.
