Games Review . 2520-7644 10.18488/journal.100.2017.31.1.5 Games Review A Brief Survey of the House Allocation Problems Games Review Games Review 06-2017 2017 06-2017 06-2017 3 1 1 5 23 May 2017 28 Jul 2017 The objective of this paper is to briefly review house allocation problems. We first give the definition and the aim of the mechanism design theory. Next we discuss its applications to markets with no monetary transfer, such as house allocation, kidney exchange and school choice. We review the literature for (i) house allocation problems, (ii) house allocation problems with existing tenants, and (iii) house allocation problems with existing tenants and newcomers.<br>