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1. Macroeconomic development of the Czech Republic

Table 1: GDP and its components (23.5 kB)

Table 2: GDP, construction and number of dwellings started in 1993 - 2003 (17.4 kB)

Table 3: GDP per capita in selected Central and Eastern European countries and other EU countries (15.6 kB)

Figure 1: Consolidated government budget revenues and expenditures in 1994 – 2003 (14.6 kB)

Figure 2: Price indexes (12.9 kB)

Figure 3: Development of selected components of consumer price index (CPI) (53.7 kB)

Figure 4: Average value of 1 m² habitable floor area of dwelling completed in residential and family house in 1995-2003 (14.8 kB)

Figure 5: Average value of 1 m² habitable floor area of dwelling completed in residential/family house and average monthly gross nominal wage per employee in the civil sector of the national economy (9.5 kB)

Figure 6: Index of average gross nominal and real wages and inflation rate (as a growth of CPI) in 1994-2003 (15.4 kB)

Figure 7: Unemployment rates (11.7 kB)

Figure 8: Number of started dwellings, dwellings under construction and completed dwellings (15.9 kB)

2. Availability of housing and housing construction in regions

Cartogram 1: Number of permanently occupied dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants in regions in 2001 (306.2 kB)

Cartogram 2: Increase/decrease in number of dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants between 1991 and 2001 in regions (314.5 kB)

Cartogram 3: Number of permanently occupied dwellings per 100 households in regions in 2001 (298.2 kB)

Cartogram 4: Increase/decrease in number of dwellings per 100 households between 1991 and 2001 in regions (310.2 kB)

Cartogram 5: Average habitable floor area of dwelling in family houses per 1 inhabitant in 2001 in regions (313.4 kB)

Cartogram 6: Average habitable floor area of dwelling in residential houses per 1 inhabitant in 2001 in regions (225 kB)

Cartogram 7: Housing construction in regions - dwellings completed in 2003 (325 kB)

Cartogram 8: Housing construction in regions - dwellings started in 2003 (320 kB)

Cartogram 9: Structure of housing construction in regions - dwellings completed in 2003 (252 kB)

Cartogram 10: Structure of housing construction in regions - dwellings started in 2003 (256 kB)

3. Demographics development

Figure 1: Number of marriages in the Czech Republic in 1991-2002 (9.3 kB)

Table 1: Average age in the time of first marriage (9.1 kB)

Figure 2: Number of live births in the Czech Republic in 1991 - 2002 (9.2 kB)

Table 4: Average age of mothers and aggregate fertility in the Czech Republic in 1991-2002 (9.0 kB)

Table 6: Percentage of population older than 65 years in 1991-2002 in the Czech Republic (8.5 kB)

Table 7: Results of the forecast of households' structure (14.5 kB)

4. Housing allowance in the Czech Republic

Table 1: Number of housing allowance (HA) recipients in 1996-2002 and share of HA recipients in total number of households (December of the actual year) (9.8 kB)

Table 2: Total volume of the State social care support benefits paid in december of the actual year (52.2 kB)

Figure 1: Structure of the housing allowance recipients according to the income (as a multiple of living minimum) in December of the actual year (14.1 kB)

Figure 2: Percentage of housing allowance paid to recipients in different income groups (as a multiple of living minimum) on the total volume of the housing allowance paid in December of the actual year (14.1 kB)

Figure 3: Structure of the housing allowance recipients according to the size (number of household members) of household in December of the actual year (13.8 kB)

Figure 4: Shares of the housing allowance paid to households of different size in the total volume of housing allowance paid in December of the actual year (13.8 kB)

5. Structure of the consumption expenditures of Czech households

Figure 1: Relative consumption expenditures of manual workers households in comparison with overall development of average consumption behaviour (17 kB)

Figure 2: Relative consumption expenditures of farmer's households in comparison with overall development of average consumption behaviour (17.1 kB)

Figure 3: Relative expenditures of households of entrepreneurs in comparison with overall development of average consumption behaviour (16.7 kB)

Figure 4: Relative expenditures of households of employees in comparison with overall development of average consumption behaviour (17.0 kB)

Figure 5: Relative expenditures of households of pensioners in comparison with overall development of average consumption behaviour (17.0 kB)

Figure 9: Relative expenditures of households of 1st and 5th quintile according to total net income of household per unit of consumption (17.0 kB)

Figure 10: Relative expenditures of households of 1st and 5th quintile according to total net income of household per person (17.1 kB)

Figure 11: Relative expenditures of households with principal with completed elementary education and with principal with completed university education (17.1 kB)

Figure 12: Relative expenditures of households according number of dependent children (none, one child and two children) (17.9 kB)

Figure 13: Relative expenditures of households according number of dependent children (none, one child and two children) excerpt pensioners households (17.9 kB)

6. Construction savings scheme in the Czech Republic

Figure 1: Number of newly concluded agreements and average target amount per one newly concluded agreement in the period 1993 - 2003 (15.0 kB)

Figure 2: Number of newly concluded and existing agreements per 1.000 inhabitants of the Czech Republic in the period 1993 - 2003 (14.5 kB)

Figure 3: Total volume of granted state support and average state support per 1 agreement in the period 1993 - 2003 (13.5 kB)

Figure 4: Total number and volume of granted building savings and bridging loans in the period 1995 - 2003 (13.3 kB)

Figure 5: Number of existing granted building savings and bridging loans in total number of granted loans (granted by building savings banks) 1996 - 2003 (12.2 kB)

Figure 6: Balance of deposit and loan accounts of building savings banks 1993 - 2003 (14.6 kB)

Figure 7: Comparison of total amounts of granted state support and granted loans in the period 1995 - 2003 (12.6 kB)

Figure 8: Purpose of use of loans provided 2001 - 2003 (11.8 kB)

Figure 9: Number and volume of financed cases (building savings and mortgages) 2002 and 2003 (11.8 kB)

7. Mortgage financing in the Czech Republic

Figure 1: Average value (principal) of mortgage loan subsidized by government granted to private individuals in the period January 2000 - June 2004 (thousands CZK) (12.5 kB)

Figure 2: Average value of mortgage loan (principal) subsidized by government granted to private individuals (in thousands CZK) and total volume of granted mortgage loans subsidized by government (millions CZK) 2000 - 2004 (16.8 kB)

Figure 4: Total principal of mortgage loans granted during 2003 according to mortgage banks (thousands CZK) (91.3 kB)

Figure 5: Number of loans granted during 2003 according to mortgage banks (89 kB)

Figure 6: Average principal of mortgage loans during 2003 (thousands CZK) (86.1 kB)

Figure 11: Mortgage loans granted in 2002 and 2003 by object of the loan (11.1 kB)

Figure 12: Mortgage loans granted in 2002 and 2003 by subject of the loan (11.3 kB)

Table 1: Mortgage interest rate of subsidized mortgage loans granted to private individuals (cumulated data since August 1996) (14.6 kB)

Table 2: Granted mortgage loans for natural persons according to regions in 2002 and 2003 (68.8 kB)

 1. Housing shortage in the Czech Republic?

Introduction

1.1 Spatial approach

1.2 The market-oriented approach

Conclusion

 2. General assessment of selected housing policy instruments

2.1 First- and second-generation rent control

2.2 Privatisation of municipal dwellings - an efficient alternative to dealing with first-generation rent control?

2.3 Public subsidies for rental housing affordability - social housing

2.4 Public subsidies for rental housing affordability - housing allowance

2.5 General pros and cons of the two types of subsidies - comparison and assessment

 3. Selected housing policy instruments in the Czech environment

Introduction

3.1 Second-generation rent control system in the Czech environment

3.2 Social housing in the Czech environment

3.3 Housing allowance in the Czech environment

 4. How quickly should rent be deregulated in the Czech Republic (with respect to the efficiency of public housing expenditures)?

Introduction

4.1 Methodology and assumptions

4.2 Results and discussion

 5. Simulation of an equilibrium market rent in the Czech Republic and of the financial and social impact resulting from an introduction of income-tested housing policy instruments

Introduction

5.1 Methodology and assumptions

5.2 Simulation of "shock" rent deregulation

Conclusion