Social housing in transition countries / edited by Jozsef Hegedus, Martin Lux and Nora Teller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hegedus, Jozsef, 1951-

Lux, Martin.

Teller, Nóra.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public housing--Europe, Eastern.

Public housing.

Housing policy--Europe, Eastern.

Housing policy.

Former communist countries--Social policy--Case studies.

Former communist countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 were selected to answer the housing needs of vulnerable households. They disc

Contents:

Cover; Social Housing in Transition Countries; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I; 1 The Transformation of the Social Housing Sector in Eastern Europe: A Conceptual Framework; PART II Critical Issues in the Transition Process; 2 Housing Privatization and Restitution; 3 Financing Social Housing; 4 Rent Regulation and Housing Allowances; 5 Social Landlords and Social Housing Management; 6 Housing Exclusion of the Roma: Living on the Edge; PART III Country Case Studies

7 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Limits of the Human Rights Approach to Social Housing8 Croatia: The Social Housing Search Delayed by Postwar Reconstruction; 9 The Czech Republic: Locked between Municipal and Social Housing; 10 Estonia: Residualization of Social Housing and the New Programs; 11 Hungary: Ideas and Plans without Political Will; 12 Poland: Old Problems and New Dilemmas; 13 Romania: The National Housing Agency-A Key Stakeholder in Housing Policy; 14 Russia: The Persistence of the Socialist Legacy?; 15 Serbia: A Patchwork of Local Options

16 Slovakia: On the Way to the Stable Social Housing Concept17 Slovenia: The Social Housing Sector in Search of an Identity; 18 The Ukraine: Waiting Lists without Housing; PART IV; 19 New Social Housing Strategies in Post-Socialist States: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Sustainability; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-21622-7

0-203-09590-1

1-283-84614-4

1-136-21623-5

9780203095904

OCLC:

821173632