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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Diversity in housing affordability and regional economic disparities – Is there a link?
Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Inequalities
Publication Type: Public event or educational activity
Department: Socioeconomics of Housing
Participace nájemníků a sociální aspekty regenerace panelových sídlišť
The article aims to explain the term "participation", its content and meaning, different ways of participation. Potential assets of participation, reasons for the involvement of tenants in participation process are described. According to the extent of tenants empowerment could be distinguished different levels of participation, which were described. In addition, tools of participation and phases of participation in a refurbishment project are mentioned.…
Topics: Housing, Civil Society
Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings
Department: Socioeconomics of Housing
Adresný příspěvek na nájemné v prostředí České republiky: komparace vybraných modelů
The first part of the study forms the description of housing allowance systems in selected EU countries. A greater burden of rent expenditure by households and higher regional differentiation in rent prices could be expected in the Czech Republic since 1.1.2002. The present system of housing subsidy in the Czech Republic is not able to respect this differentiation, therefore the attention is paid to the comparison of two selected models of rent allowances, which could be applicable in the Czech conditins.…
Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Policy, Public Policy
Dráhy bydlení v ČR 1960-2001. Minulá, současná a budoucí stěhování občanů ČR ve výzkumu postojů k bydlení
The theoretical part of the study explains basic approaches from the field of housing careers. The analytic part of the study is based on an observation of the personal housing histories, in the period between 1960 and 2001, of Czech citizens, who were respondents in the Housing Attitudes in the Czech Republic 2001 survey. A comparison of the behaviour in the age 14 - 24 age cohort of respondents from various age categories made it possible to formulate a hypothesis on the homogeneity of the early phases of th…
Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility
Makroekonomie bydlení
The study deals with the fluctuation in housing construction in connection with the economic oscillation. Some of the stock-flow models are also described. Stock-flow models explain the dependence of changes in volumes of housing stock with regard to changes in some macroeconomics indicators (for example interest rates, inflation etc.). The next part of the study aims on relationships between consumption behavior of households in housing, down-payment limits on the mortgage market and monetary policy of the ce…
Topics: Housing, Economy
Objektivní a subjektivní hodnocení finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR v průběhu 90. let
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Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Public Opinion
Manželství nebo nesezdané soužití: analýza finanční výhodnosti různých forem soužití
The article focuses on the Czech social system and primarily on the measures and benefits aimed to help single mothers. Through an analysis of the social welfare payment system the authors try to define if, and under what conditions, it is more profitable for mothers to be married rather than unmarried in years 2005, 2006 a 2007.…
Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes, Parenting, Social Policy
Výdaje na bydlení a deregulace nájemného z pohledu občana
Topics: Housing, Public Policy
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