The objective of the project is to make a comprehensive, theoretically framed, and empirically grounded, context-based description of the transformation of housing conditions in the CR after 1990, including both the identification of the main causes of this development and an analysis of its effects on social inequalities and market risks. In the area of inequalities the project focuses on housing affordability, the residential property distribution, access to housing, and extreme forms of inequalities (social exclusion). In the area of market risks the project focuses on risks arising from the growth in the level of homeownership, the mortgage market development, and the "manipulation" of housing demand. The goal is also to evaluate current tools of state housing and monetary policy, whether they effectively limit the growth of social inequalities that are a threat to sustainable economic development and social cohesion, whether they limit the growth of market system risks, and to make general recommendations for changes in this fields.
The project is supported by the Grant agency of the Czech Republic, the head of the project is Ing. Mgr. Martin Lux, Ph.D. The project started in 2009 and ends in 2011. Read more...
Project publications (total 39, displaying 21 - 30)
The aim of the article is to map the trend of one of dimensions of social inequalities in the consumption of housing - the trend of regional inequalities in housing affordability in the Czech Republic in the period 2000 - 2006. The paper focuses on the statistical analysis of associations between the trends in regional inequalities in financial affordability of housing and trends in economic performance of regions in the Czech Republic.
Chapter focus on the following research questions: (1) Are the causes of homelessness in the Czech Republic country-specific or more or less the same as in developed countries? (2) Could be some country-specific features of homelessness following from change in political and economic system of the Czech Republic used for extension of homelessness theories based on experiences of western countries?
The objective of the paper is to explain one phenomenon evident in the transformation of post-socialist states: the restitution of the housing stock. In the paper, the theory of social constructivism, including Kemeny's advanced application of this theory to the field of housing studies, is used to (a) explain the causes for a particular type of property restitution in the Czech Republic and (b) outline its consequences on the role and long-term social meaning of private rental housing.
Chapter is focused on following research questions: (a) Whether clear idea about the goals of the privatization of the housing stock existed. (b) Whether there were some alternatives of the chosen privatization strategy. (c) What was the role of ideology by decision about privatization strategy? Chapter includes also discussion about changes in the Middle and East European countries after 1989 and relevance of terms like ‘transitive’ and ‘path-dependence’.
The goal of this article is to describe the development of private rental housing after 1990 in the Czech Republic and to demonstrate the significance of state regulations on people’s expectations, social norms, and thus the form of housing systems emerging in transition countries.
The chapter describes and evaluates the changes in housing tenures in post-socialist transition states – especially for rental and owner-occupied housing.
The chapter compares the different strategies in social housing in 12 post-socialist transition states, evaluates their overall efficiency and effectiveness, and list the main factors behind the success of different strategies. Read more...
Main goal of the chapter is to find out, how could be selected housing policy tools adjusted (or altered) to meet following criteria: anti-cyclical behaviour, tenure neutrality, wealth redistribution towards households (or individuals) in need. The authors focused on following tools: property tax, housing allowance and tax relief.
Abstract
Cet article se propose de décrire brievement le systeme du logement social dans l’un des pays de la transition postcommuniste, la République tcheque. Dans une premiere partie, nous replacerons les réformes du logement dans les États de la transition dans leur contexte historique plus large. Les deux parties suivantes traitent de l’institutionnalisation du logement social, notamment en République tcheque, pour le logement municipal existant et neuf.
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