Despite national and local peculiarities, some common European trends in social housing regeneration policies can be identified. This chapter outlines the differences and similarities among current urban-regeneration approaches in three major European countries: France, Germany and the Netherlands. It shows how these approaches affect the social housing stock and sets out trends, future challenges and questions for future research. The chapter identifies three major periods of post-war urban regeneration across most of Europe: area clearance (1945–early 1970s); housing renewal and the shifting role of governments (mid-1970s to mid-1990s); integrated policies (mid-1990s to early 2010s). The historic overview demonstrates that urban regeneration has changed over time from a technical discipline to a complex process that integrates an increasing number of aspects and actors, carrying out activities at different scales, with a variety of often similar strategies and methods.