Současná a budoucí podoba příspěvku na bydlení v České republice

The article examines housing allowance models as an important tool of social and housing policies, used as such in most EU countries. Some drawbacks of the current system are mentioned, especially the fact that the real housing costs, as paid by households, are disregarded in the calculation, thus endangering the social justice of such housing allowance model. In this respect, a draft of a new concept of rent allowance is outlined. Based on the results of simulation models, contrived by experts of the Czech Academy of Sciences, this draft proved to be the most adequate and efficient tool of housing allowances, in particular regard to the deregulation of rents.