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Housing restitution policies among post-socialist countries: explaining divergence

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  • Martin Lux
  • Andreja Cirman
  • Petr Sunega

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The purpose of this paper is to explain why post-socialist countries adopted different housing restitution strategies after the change of regimes across the region. Restitution refers here to the process of returning property or compensating for property expropriated by the communist regime to its previous owners or their descendants. This paper provides a brief overview, assessment and categorisation of housing property restitution policies using a sample of 14 post-socialist countries, but it primarily aims to contribute to the general understanding of the evolution of post-socialist housing systems. The authors demonstrate that the decision of governments whether or not to adopt a policy of mass give-away privatisation of public housing probably had the biggest impact on which property restitution strategy, if any, was applied.

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  • Martin Lux & Andreja Cirman & Petr Sunega, 2017. "Housing restitution policies among post-socialist countries: explaining divergence," International Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(1), pages 145-156, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:intjhp:v:17:y:2017:i:1:p:145-156
    DOI: 10.1080/14616718.2016.1246602
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    1. Broulíková, Hana M. & Huber, Peter & Montag, Josef & Sunega, Petr, 2020. "Homeownership, mobility, and unemployment: Evidence from housing privatization," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).
    2. Broulíková Hana M. & Montag Josef, 2020. "Housing Privatization in Transition Countries: Institutional Features and Outcomes," Review of Economic Perspectives, Sciendo, vol. 20(1), pages 51-71, March.
    3. Zubrzycka-Czarnecka, Aleksandra, 2021. "Discursive construction of the perception of gender identity: The case of tenants and owners in re-privatization/property restitution in Warsaw," Studia z Polityki Publicznej / Public Policy Studies, Warsaw School of Economics, vol. 8(1), pages 1-22, April.

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