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Le logement social en République tchéque

Le logement social en République tchéque

Cet article se propose de décrire brievement le systeme du logement social dans l’un des pays de la transition postcommuniste, la République tcheque. Dans une premiere partie, nous replacerons les réformes du logement dans les États de la transition dans leur contexte historique plus large. Les deux parties suivantes traitent de l’institutionnalisation du logement social, notamment en République tcheque, pour le logement municipal existant et neuf. Enfin la derniere partie reprendra de maniere synthé…

Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Social Housing in Transition Countries

Social Housing in Transition Countries

This volume intends to fill the gap in the range of publications about the post-transition social housing policy developments in Central and Eastern Europe by delivering critical evaluations about the past two decades of developments in selected countries’ social housing sectors, and showing what conditions have decisively impacted these processes.Contributors depict the different paths the countries have taken by reviewing the policy changes, the conditions institutions work within, and the solutions that w…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Transformation

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Faktory úspěšné reintegrace bezdomovců a nástroje bytové politiky pro řešení bezdomovství v ČR

The aim of this article is to identify the main factors that lead to the successful reintegration of the homeless into long-term housing in the postsocialist Czech Republic, identify the barriers to successful reintegration, and, in the light of these factors and barriers, assess the effectiveness of existing and potentially new state housing policies. The authors also assess innovative changes that could be made to this assistance in the form of ‘guaranteed housing’.…

Topics: Housing, Public Policy, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Housing Restitution and Privatisation: Both Catalysts and Obstacles to the Formation of Private Rental Housing in the Czech Republic and Estonia

The return of property expropriated during the communist period to previous owners or to their descendants (property restitution) led to the quick emergence of a private rental sector in many post-communist countries soon after 1990. This article compares the genesis of private rental tenure in the Czech Republic and Estonia. Its main goal is to demonstrate how state interventions have influenced tenure choice, the formation of social norms, and thus the permanent perception of private renting.…

Topics: Housing, Transformation

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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The role of a credit trap on paths to homelessness in the Czech Republic

The paper aims to show the most common paths to homelessness in the Czech Republic. The theoretical approach applied in this paper attempts to move beyond the structure–agency debate by focusing on the characteristics that most homeless people share on their paths to homelessness. The paper reveals that the pervasiveness of consumer credit has often been a critical juncture on the pathway to homelessness, despite the assistance available from a strong welfare state.…

Topics: Housing, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Property Restitution and Private Rental Housing in Transition: The Case of the Czech Republic

The objective of the paper is to explain one phenomenon evident in the transformation of post-socialist states: the restitution of the housing stock. In the paper, the theory of social constructivism, including Kemeny's advanced application of this theory to the field of housing studies, is used to (a) explain the causes for a particular type of property restitution in the Czech Republic and (b) outline its consequences on the role and long-term social meaning of private rental housing.…

Topics: Housing, Transformation

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Labour Mobility and Housing: The Impact of Housing Tenure and Housing Affordability on Labour Migration in the Czech Republic

This article examines whether housing tenure and regional differences in housing affordability have an impact on labour mobility. This relationship is important for understanding the sources of structural unemployment and impediments to economic growth. Using two sample surveys from the Czech Republic, this research reveals that at the individual level housing tenure is the most powerful factor determining willingness to change residence for employment reasons.…

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility, Work, Regions

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Classes and Castles: Impact of Social Stratification on Housing Inequality in Post-Socialist States

Housing conditions form an important part of social stratification in many advanced industrial economies. The objective of this article is to determine the extent to which social stratification is linked to housing inequalities in the post-socialist Czech Republic and how this relationship has evolved during the course of the economic transformation process.…

Topics: Housing, Economy, Social Inequalities, Transformation

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Decline and depression: the impact of the global economic crisis on housing markets in two post-socialist states

The goal of this paper is to outline the main factors influencing the diverse consequences of the global economic crisis on housing and mortgage markets in two post-socialist economies—the Czech Republic and Hungary. In the former there was a mild decline of markets while in the latter there has been a depression of markets. The paper also contributes to the convergence and divergence debate on housing policies in Europe.…

Topics: Housing, Economy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Regionální disparity ve finanční dostupnosti nájemního bydlení v letech 2000 - 2006

The paper focuses on the development of rental housing affordability in regions of the Czech republic in the period 2000-2006. The aim of the paper is to discover whether the disparities have been growing or shrinking among regions and among different types of households.…

Topics: Housing, Regions

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Sociální bydlení v zemích EU

Topics: Housing, Social Inequalities, Social Policy

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Social Housing in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

Topics: Housing, Social Inequalities, Social Policy

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Teorie ekonomiky bydlení

Topics: Housing, Economy

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Social Housing in Europe 2000. International Workshop Prague, October 6th - 7th 2000

Social Housing in Europe 2000. International Workshop Prague, October 6th - 7th 2000

Topics: Housing, European Union, Social Inequalities, Social Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Legal Framework

Legal Framework

Topics: Housing

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Mikroekonomie bydlení

Mikroekonomie bydlení

The study offers the theoretical description of housing market operation and housing as a special good. Using theoretical economic analysis it evaluates the consequences of public interventions on housing market. The study should serve mainly for teaching purposes.…

Topics: Housing, Economy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Efficiency and effectiveness of housing policies in the Central and Eastern Europe Countries

The article describes the efficiency of different approaches to the reform in the field of Czech rental housing and selected housing policy measures introduced to help low income households. …

Topics: Housing, Social Policy

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 1. díl – teoretický úvod

Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 1. díl – teoretický úvod

The study presents results of selected theoretical and empirical studies of international housing research focused on relationships between labour market (labour oriented migration) and housing market. Additionally the study aims to analyse the total household migration flows and the labour oriented migration flows within the Czech Republic. The migration rates are than compared among selected developed and transition countries.…

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility, Work, Transformation

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 2. díl – výsledky empirických šetření

Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 2. díl – výsledky empirických šetření

The aim of the study is the analysis of the relationship between tenure and expected labour mobility of the Czech households the assessment of the influence of tenure on expected mobility in comparison to influence of other factors, especially culture and psychological factors. Recommendations of housing policy measures that could lead to increase of labour mobility are part of the study.…

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility, Work

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Housing Finance

Housing Finance

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Regionální rozdíly ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení jako bariéra pro migraci za prací – analýza a možné nástroje státu

Regionální rozdíly ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení jako bariéra pro migraci za prací – analýza a možné nástroje státu

The study includes comparison of migration levels among selected EU-27 countries, analysis of regional differences in the level of internal migration in the CR, overview of selected theories explaining the relationship between housing conditions and labour migration, results of empirical analysis of the relationships between regional differences in housing affordability and level of internal migration in the CR, and proposal of tools supporting labour migration in the CR.…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Migration and Mobility, Work, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Podivné triky kolem deregulace nájemného

Topics: Housing, Public Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Konzervatismus a liberalismus a percepce sociálního státu

The main topic of this study is the research of perception of social and generally any active role of the state in attitudes of the Czech adult population. The role of the state is analyzed in context of political thinking of respondents. The importance of the traditional dichotomy between liberal and conservative politics is stressed, primary attention being paid to conservatism. Theoretical reflection in the first part of the study is generalizing the conflict of conservative and liberal ideology into a…

Topics: Value Orientations, Politics and Political Attitudes, Social Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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