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The article analyses how housing policy is implemented in Lithuania based on the paradigm of self-management—decentralization after the restoration of independence in 1990. This is relevant because it is important to have a theoretical view of the processes in this important area of human life—housing policy—that have been happening in Lithuania for 25 years after the restoration of independence. They are directly related to the question of the quality of life of people living in a country that has freed itself from occupation. It is natural that housing policy plays quite an important role—so far it was understood in quite a narrow sense in Lithuania, i.e. most often only related to housing acquisition and disposition, and not in a much wider sense as presented in this work. On the other hand, we can see that pluralistic and civil processes are happening in a democratic country, expressed through the functioning of local communities. So when talking about a functional local community we must analyze its activities and its links with housing policy and housing in politics.
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A community centre is a public organisation, put together by an initiative from inhabitants, that takes care of matters of a certain territory.
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A society is a public organisation of a building(s) that takes care of the management of the common facilities and environment.
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Nefas, S. (2017). Implementation of Housing Policy in Lithuania Based on the Paradigm of Self-Management: Decentralization. In: Bilgin, M., Danis, H., Demir, E., Can, U. (eds) Country Experiences in Economic Development, Management and Entrepreneurship. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46319-3_47
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