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Property restitution after 1990
Property restitution is the process in which property expropriated by communist regime was returned to the previous owners or their descendants. This chapter seeks to explain the differences between the housing restitution strategies adopted by post-socialist countries, to present in-depth case studies in four countries, and to discuss the impact of property restitution on the development of the private rental sector in these countries. Explanations for differences between approaches to housing property restit…
Topics: Housing
Poor and vulnerable households in private renting.
This chapter demonstrates that market (private) tenants differ from the rest of the population in almost all former post-socialist EU member states by their lower age and higher odds of being unemployed. However, in most countries in the sample the majority of most poor and vulnerable households tend to be homeowners or public tenants rather than tenants in private rental housing. When dwellings are offered by the private sector as rentable housing for the poor, they are often of substandard quality and locate…
Topics: Housing
Czech Republic: growth and proffesionalisation
The chapter describes the main milestones on the path of private renting growth in the Czech Republic after 1990 and a snapshot analysis of the status of the private rental sector today. The goal of this chapter is to show that specific interventions and regulations, often short-term in nature (such as property restitution, rent regulation or public housing privatization), had a significant impact on the long-term meaning of private renting in the Czech Republic, i.e. on its size, operation and affordability b…
Topics: Housing
Central and East European housing regimes in the light of private renting
The chapter provides an overview of the development of the private rental sector in post-socialist countries and the authors discuss the future convergent or divergent trends in East European housing regimes. As concluding chapter it sets out to further the housing policy debate on European housing regimes.…
Topics: Housing
Reasoning behind choices: rationality and social norms in the housing market behaviour of first-time buyers in the Czech Republic
The main objective of this paper is to draw attention to the influence of social norms on housing market behaviour. The research is based on an in-depth qualitative study of first-time buyers in the Czech Republic. We found systemic deviations from economically rational behaviour (as defined by mainstream housing economic theory) that stem from the influence of a dominant housing social norm about what constitutes the ‘right’ housing tenure. We show how the influence of a social norm constrains financial, …
Topics: Housing
Application of Agent-based Modelling for Estimation of Norm-based Dynamics of Housing Systems
Housing systems are mainly defined by the housing tenure structure in a particular society. We assume that choice of housing tenure is determined by economic factors, the life course and social interactions that reproduce and/or weaken the social norm that deems one housing tenure – homeownership – is superior to another housing tenure – renting. By applying agent-based modelling, we show that strong adherence to the social norm (and the transmission of this norm across generations within the family) may…
Topics: Housing
Social housing in the Czech Republic: the change of a trend?
The goal of this paper is (1) to describe the history and the most recent development of the social housing system in the Czech Republic and (2) to critically assess earlier and recent attempts to solve the lack of a social housing strategy in this country. In general, the paper is meant to contribute to the literature on the housing policy formulation in countries in transition, from planning to market economy, and thus provide an insight into the main factors that may explain unsustainability and the weaknes…
Topics: Housing, Social Policy
Housing restitution policies among post-socialist countries: explaining divergence
The purpose of this paper is to explain why post-socialist countries adopted different housing restitution strategies after the change of regimes across the region. Restitution refers here to the process of returning property or compensating for property expropriated by the communist regime to its previous owners or their descendants. This paper provides a brief overview, assessment and categorisation of housing property restitution policies using a sample of 14 post-socialist countries, but it primarily aims …
Topics: Housing, Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Policy
Rovní v příjmech, nerovní v majetku? Nerovnosti ve vlastnickém bydlení v ČR.
Stať je věnována problematice majetkových nerovností jako doposud v České republice spíše opomíjené ose sociálních nerovností. Majetkové nerovnosti a jejich vývoj v čase jsou v tomto textu měřeny na základě hodnoty nemovitého majetku (bytu či domu), v němž domácnost žije. Hodnota nemovitého majetku domácností v ČR v uplynulých desetiletích významně vzrostla, kromě toho Češi stále více upřednostňují vlastnické bydlení na úkor jiných forem právního důvodu užív…
Topics: Housing, Social Inequalities
Vlastní bydlení jako finanční bonus k důchodu
Kniha se zabývá otázkou, zda samotné vlastnictví bydlení může pomoci vyřešit finanční obtíže ve stáří a představovat doplňkový zdroj příjmu. Autoři a autorky objasňují postoje Čechů k vlastnímu bydlení v souvislosti s finančním zajištěním na stáří, a to na základě statistických dat i speciálně provedených výzkumů.V souvislosti se stárnutím české populace je generace dnešních čtyřicátníků stále silněji nabádána k tomu, aby se sama dostatečně zaji…
Topics: Housing, Economy
Private Rental Housing in Transition Countries
This book presents an overview of private rented housing in selected new EU member states and other transition countries – a topic scarcely researched to date, as it is largely part of the informal economy, and consequently often invisible to official statistics. Part I presents the private rented sector in Western and Northern European countries, the history of private renting under socialism in Central and Eastern Europe, and thematic issues such as restitution and marginalized groups depending on privatel…
Topics: Housing, Economy
Standardy bydlení 2014/2015. Sociální normy a rozhodování na trhu bydlení
Standardní analýzy trhu bydlení vycházejí z neoliberálního ekonomického paradigmatu, podle kterého tržní aktéři jednají individuálně a zároveň ekonomicky racionálně. V předkládané monografii autoři a autorky nabízejí alternativní pohled. Na základě dlouhodobého multimetodického výzkumu preferencí a jednání upírají svůj zájem na sociální normy spojené s bydlením a analyzují jejich vliv na chování aktérů na trhu bydlení. Mapují obecné postoje týkající se n…
Topics: Housing, Economy, Research Methodology
Příčiny regionálních nerovností ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR
The aim of the article is to map the trend of one of dimensions of social inequalities in the consumption of housing - the trend of regional inequalities in housing affordability in the Czech Republic in the period 2000 - 2006. Due to the lack of relevant data file(s) on household incomes and housing expenditures, the authors developed a new method of the housing affordability indicators calculation. The method makes it possible to describe the trend of regional inequalities in housing affordability of owner-o…
Topics: Housing
Systémová rizika na trhu bydlení v ČR
The impacts of economic crisis on the Czech housing market were, at least till now, relatively moderate. In comparison to other developed countries (e.g. Ireland, Spain, Greece, USA, Denmark, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia or Bulgaria) was the decrease in residential property prices only gradual and the default rate is lagging behind the average of the developed countries. The volatility in residential property prices could follow the accumulation of systemic risks of owner-occupied housing, especially the growing s…
Topics: Housing
Public Housing in the Post-Socialist States of Central and Eastern Europe: Decline and an Open Future
One key consequence of give-away privatizations was that public housing in most post-socialist states declined within a few years to a residual share of total housing market. Despite the large differences in public/social housing policies introduced after 1995, this article will show that that almost all new social housing measures proved to be unsustainable, ineffective and often had the unintended consequence of further enhancing homeownership tenure in post-socialist housing systems. The reasons for the lim…
Topics: Housing
The Impact of Housing Tenure in Supporting Ageing in Place: Exploring the Links between Housing Systems and Housing Options for the Elderly
The aim of paper is to reveal the link between the scope of housing aid designed to support ageing in place and the housing system. The main research question is whether the structure of the housing stock according to housing tenure has an impact on diversity and innovations in the supply of public housing subsidies and the housing options available to the elderly. The research is conducted on a sample of eight European countries that substantially differ in terms of their housing and welfare system: Austria, …
Topics: Housing
Rental Housing for Young Households in the Czech Republic: Perceptions, Priorities, and Possible Solutions
This paper describes changes in the housing market after the collapse of communism in Central Europe and analyses the current functions and perceptions of the private rental housing in the Czech Republic. It aims to understand why private rental housing is perceived as a sub-optimal housing solution for young adults, whether this affects their family plans, and which policy design could change that. The article uses qualitative research techniques to analyse mental frames, opinions, and attitudes of both poten…
Topics: Housing, Research Methodology, Family, Public Policy
Měl by stát intervenovat či nikoliv?
Topics: Housing, Public Policy
New social housing strategies in post-socialist states: effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability
The chapter compares the different strategies in social housing in 12 post-socialist transition states, evaluates their overall efficiency and effectiveness, and list the main factors behind the success of different strategies. Read more...…
Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Transformation
The Czech Republic: locked beetween municipal and social housing
The chapter describes and evaluates the history and recent state-of-art of social housing in the Czech Republic.…
Topics: Housing, Social Policy
Rent regulation and housing allowances
The chapter describes and evaluates the rent setting and rent regulation in post-socialist transition countries and development of new demand-side subsidies.…
Topics: Housing, Transformation, Public Policy
Financing social housing
The chapter describes and evaluates the development of both market-based housing finance and social housing finance in post-socialist transition countries.…
Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Transformation
Housing Abroad: Central and Eastern Europe
The chapter describes and evaluates the changes in housing policies in Central and Eastern European countries after 1989.…
Topics: Housing, Transformation, Public Policy
Policies to Promote Housing Choice in Transition Countries
The chapter describes and evaluates the changes in housing tenures in post-socialist transition states – especially for rental and owner-occupied housing.…
Topics: Housing, Transformation
Social Housing Landlords: Post-Socialist
The chapter describes and evaluates the progress in social housing in post-socialist transition states, especially from the perspective of social landlords.…
Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Transformation
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