Naslov
Housing policy and labour market in Croatia

Autori
Mrnjavac, Željko ; Bejaković, Predrag

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Investigating spatial inequalities: mobility, housing and employment in Scandinavia and South- East Europe

Urednik/ci
Håkansson, Peter ; Bohman, Helena

Izdavač
Emerald Group Publishing

Grad
Bingley

Godina
2020

Raspon stranica
159-176

ISBN
978-1-78973-942-8

Ključne riječi
Croatia ; housing market ; labour force ; spatial mobility

Sažetak
The socialist approach to housing in Croatia was to give tenants strong, and to some extent rigid, rights. During this paradigm, market renting was also discouraged. The policy privileged tenants and gave them subsidized rent, but it also limited their spatial mobility if they did not want to lose that privileged status. After the independence, two vital processes on the housing market were undertaken: the privatization of socially owned housing stock and denationalization. Consequently, the stock of apartments previously owned by the companies and the state was sold to the ‘tenancy right’ holders for just a small part of its market value, resulting in more than 80 per cent of apartment users becoming legal owners. That is a positive outcome from a social policy perspective, but it could endanger the mobility of the Croatian labour force. Price developments and turnover dynamics are still bounded by underdeveloped and outdated cadastre as well as strong regional differences.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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