Over time, several movements have worked to create better housing - including Arts and Crafts, Better Building Practices, Bauhaus and functionalism - with a formulated purpose to create better and more beautiful homes for all. 'The dream of your own house' focuses on the so-called Government Loan Scheme, which operated in Denmark from 1933-1958. It provided fertile ground for a boom of good houses with architectural quality, as there were requirements for architectural drawings and a limited number of square meters to get the cheap loan granted. The scheme thus made it possible for most people not only to build or buy their own house, but to have their own architect-designed house. It provided work for the architects and high quality houses. The book is written by architectural historian Jannie Rosenberg Bendsen and architect Dorthe Bendtsen. The former has published ' Fredet - Building protection in Denmark 1918 to today', 'Bellahøj' Stories about a building' and most recently 'Tingbjerg' vision and reality. Art and architecture photographer Anders Sune Berg is behind the book's image page

Igennem tiden har flere bevægelser arbejdet for at skabe bedre boliger - herunder Arts and Crafts, Bedre Byggeskik, Bauhaus og funktionalismen - med et formuleret formål om at skabe bedre og smukkere hjem til alle. Drømmen om eget hus? sætter fokus på den såkaldte Statslånsordning, der herhjemme fungerede fra 1933-1958. Den gav grobund for et boom af gode huse med arkitektonisk kvalitet, idet der var krav om arkitekttegninger og et begrænset antal kvadratmeter for at få det billige lån bevilget. Med ordningen blev det dermed muligt for de fleste ikke blot at bygge eller købe eget hus, men at få eget arkitekttegnet hus. Det gav arbejde til arkitekterne og huse af høj kvalitet. Bogen er skrevet af arkitekturhistoriker Jannie Rosenberg Bendsen og arkitekt Dorthe Bendtsen. Førstnævnte har udgivet 'Fredet' Bygningsfredning i Danmark 1918 til i dag', 'Bellahøj' Fortællinger om en bebyggelse? og senest 'Tingbjerg' vision og virkelighed?. Kunst- og arkitekturfotograf Anders Sune Berg står bag bogens billedside