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Private Renting in Social Provision: Initiatives in Transition Countries

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Regime changes in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989-90 were quickly followed by the massive privatization of formerly state owned housing. As the expansion of the private rental sector did not pick up for a long period, many transition countries ended up as ‘super home-ownership’ societies, where a significant share of low-income households found themselves excluded from social housing due to its scarcity. As social rental housing stocks have little chance of being significantly expanded in the near future, utilizing privately owned housing in affordable housing provision seems inevitable in the CEE region. The chapter takes a look at initiatives launched by central governments, local authorities and civil society organisations in transition countries to assess the possibility of involving private resources in affordable housing provision.

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    József Hegedüs, Vera Horváth & Eszter Somogyi

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Hegedüs, J., Horváth, V., Somogyi, E. (2018). Private Renting in Social Provision: Initiatives in Transition Countries. In: Hegedüs, J., Lux, M., Horváth, V. (eds) Private Rental Housing in Transition Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50710-5_15

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