Private Rental Housing in Transition Countries pp 311-330 | Cite as
Slovenia: Untapped Potential
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Abstract
Having been ignored by state housing policy throughout the post-Second World War period of communist rule, there were high expectations that the private rented sector (PRS) would finally be recognised as an essential housing tenure after the adoption of a market economy system in the early 1990s. A quarter of a century later, the PRS continues to operate in Slovenia informally, mostly as a ‘black market’ activity. It is argued in this chapter that the sector has the potential to play a significant role in the provision of alternative categories of housing, other than the currently dominant home-ownership tenure. It is stressed that the state needs to urgently recognise the importance of the PRS and implement the necessary reform policies.
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