Housing Policy Towards Poverty and Social Exclusion

Zaniewska, Hanka

Author

Zaniewska Hanka (Instytut Rozwoju Miast w Krakowie)

Title

Housing Policy Towards Poverty and Social Exclusion

Source

Problemy Rozwoju Miast, 2008, nr 1, s. 138-142, tab., bibliogr. 1 poz.

Keyword

Polityka mieszkaniowa, Wykluczenie społeczne, Ubóstwo
Housing policy, Social exclusion, Poverty

Abstract

16 years of social and economic transformation required making an evaluation and answering the following question: If and how did the changes in the Polish housing policy influence the housing situation of the part of population having lower income, and what where the effects of the applied policy on the housing poverty? The analysis and evaluation covered legal, socioeconomic, as well as architectonic and spatial housing solutions on the level of the country and mainly urban gminas. Due to the scale of the housing problems in cities, a particular attention was paid to the housing issue, including: housing construction, housing resources management, changes in housing situation of the urban population in the period of social and economic transformation (1989-2005). (fragment of text)

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