Public Housing in the Post-Socialist States of Central and Eastern Europe: Decline and an Open Future

Housing Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 501-519

  Lux, Martin ^a   Sunega, Petr ^a  

^a Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

housing policy; housing privatization; housing system; Post socialist states; social housing

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING POLICY; POST-COMMUNISM; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIALISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84902792521     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2013.875986     Document Type: Article

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