Housing classes and housing policy: some changes in the Budapest housing market*

Hegedüs, József; Tosics, Iván

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2427.1983.tb00403.x

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“…The most important initial contributions to this literature referred principally to the advanced industrialised economies of Western Europe and North America (Donnison, 1967;DuclaudWilliams, 1978;Heady, 1978;Kemeny, 1981;Donnison & Ungerson, 1982;Harloe, 1985;Bullock & Read, 1985;Ball et al, 1988). In some cases reference was also made to the state socialist economies of Eastern Europe, and these, along with other texts, successfully challenged simple assumptions about the nature of tenure systems and public and private ownership in these countries (Szelyeni, 1989;Hegedus & Tosics, 1983;Simmie, 1991). This literature demonstrated the considerable variety of forms of housing in state socialist countries and differences in how state housing was allocated and who benefited.…”

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confidence: 91%

Public sector housing in Urban China 1949–1988: The case of Xian

Wang

1995

Housing Studies

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The literature on housing systems and housing policy in different countries has made an important contribution to the analysis and understanding of key issues relating to the origins and nature of state intervention in housing, and to the interaction of specific social, political and economic forces. The most important initial contributions to this literature referred principally to the advanced industrial economies of Western Europe and North America. This paper aims to broaden the base of comparative research in housing and add to the understanding of public sector housing provision and policy in China. It examines the development of public sector housing in urban areas between 1949 and 1988 through a study of Xian City, and provides detailed analyses of distinctive features of the Chinese urban housing system. The objectives are to fill the gap in the existing literature on housing provision in China through reference to the inland area of the country. This paper concludes that the current urban housing system reflects the particular social, political and economic relationships between the people, the employers and the government. Housing reform in China will not only bring about a major privatisation process, but it will involve a fundamental re-organisation of the urban society.

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Public sector housing in Urban China 1949–1988: The case of Xian

Wang

1995

Housing Studies

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“…Hegedius and Tosics (1983) suggest that manual workers were forced out into Pest County. But the Census data do not bear this out.…”

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“…It has been suggested (Hegedius and Tosics, 1983), that social class segregation has increased in Buda- Source: KSH 1973, p. 34;KSH 1982 p. 289;Council of Ministers, 1975. Source." KSH (1960aKSH ( , 1970aKSH ( , 1980a.…”

Section: The Effect Of Housing On Social Class Segregationmentioning

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The Housing Market of the Budapest Urban Region 1949-1983

Sillince

1985

Urban Studies

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By the late fifties reserves of infrastructure and labour in Budapest were becoming exhausted and it was decided to divert potential Budapest-bound migrants to other centres, developed with government help, outside commuting range of the capital. The urban hinterland was rapidly urbanised, without a plan and lacking basic infrastructure. Some evidence suggests that this urbanisution would have occurred even if the 1958 restrictions on residence in Budapest had not been imposed. In 1971 various housing reforms were instituted to reduce tensions in the housing market. These included rent rises and special treatment for needy cases. Although it has been suggested that these housing market tensions and the effects of housing reforms since 1971 have caused increased social class segregation in the Budapest urban region, Census data shows continuously declining social class segregation. This may be because continuously low housing costs, (never more than 6% of personal income for all social groups), and the fact that environmental and district social class is not reflected in house prices has led to a dilution of pre-existing social class segregation.

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“…Priority in public rented housing allocations was given to political party of cials, bureaucrats and/or technocrats, or employees of the strategic industrial sectors and enterprises rather than workers or disadvantaged social groups (for more details see Alexeev 1988;Daniel 1983Daniel , 1985Hegedüs and Tosics 1983;Szelényi 1983Szelényi , 1987. 9 These elements were applied to most countries in var ying degrees, but they were never fully developed because of a number of factors that constrained the ability of governments to put the principles fully into practice.…”

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Urban Housing Markets in Central and Eastern Europe: Convergence, Divergence or Policy 'Collapse'

Pichler-Milanovich¹

2001

European Journal of Housing Policy

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The focus of this paper is on the effects of housing privatization reforms in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s in the context of policy formulation, implementation and evaluation. The paper analyses the similarities and differences between Central and Eastern European countries in the process of housing privatization as a consequence of the specific historical 'pathdependency' process, economic and institutional development, cultural and political choice. Housing privatization is an urban phenomenon and the effects of housing reforms are mostly visible in large (capital) Central and Eastern European cities. Housing privatization reforms attempt to promote market efficiency and distributional equity objectives in the operation of (urban) housing markets. These effects are mostly visible in the form of: tenure change, differentiation in house prices, use of the housing stock, management and maintenance activities, mobility, residential differentiation, property rights regulations (i.e. zoning, rules, property register, condominium law, tax, etc.) and institution building and strengthening. It is argued that housing privatization reforms in Central and Eastern Europe did not achieve the stated objectives. The only objective that has been fulfilled is the control over budget expenditure for macroeconomic reasons, and rise in home ownership. The overall performance does not support 'convergence' towards establishment of efficient and equitable markets, but rather a 'policy collapse' with significant effects on polarization between and within urban housing markets in Central and Eastern Europe.Housing transition, Urban Housing Markets, Central And Eastern Europe, Convergence-DIVERGENCE,

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Housing classes and housing policy: some changes in the Budapest housing market*

Cited by 42 publications

References 3 publications

Public sector housing in Urban China 1949–1988: The case of Xian

Public sector housing in Urban China 1949–1988: The case of Xian

The Housing Market of the Budapest Urban Region 1949-1983

Urban Housing Markets in Central and Eastern Europe: Convergence, Divergence or Policy 'Collapse'

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