Main segments of housing deprivation of Russians: qualitative and quantitative parameters and approaches to reduction

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study conducted by the authors that continues to monitor the level of housing deprivation of the Russian population based on criteria standards. The scales of groups that differ in quantitative and qualitative parameters of housing conditions are identified, and estimates of the distribution of the population by the level of housing deprivation and monetary income are obtained. We have identified higher levels of housing poverty among the Russian population that exceed the level of monetary income poverty, as well as a significant number of population groups whose housing conditions do not meet the requirements of the criterion standard that determines the middle level of housing deprivation. Priorities for solving problems in the sphere of housing deprivation of the population are identified and mechanisms for their implementation are proposed.

Features of Housing Provision for Rural and Urban Populations

“…For our country, the relevance of the implementation of these goals is determined by the large scale of housing poverty and the high level of inequality in the field of housing [6,7], that is, inequality in access to a decent standard of living by one of its basic components. In Russia, the share of citizens who do not have From the Researcher's Notebook access to middle housing standards is very high [6].…”

“…For our country, the relevance of the implementation of these goals is determined by the large scale of housing poverty and the high level of inequality in the field of housing [6,7], that is, inequality in access to a decent standard of living by one of its basic components. In Russia, the share of citizens who do not have From the Researcher's Notebook access to middle housing standards is very high [6]. The stratification of the population is manifested not only in the level of housing provision but also in the quality of housing conditions, depending on the place of residence (rural/urban areas) [7,8].…”

“…Methodological foundations of research using social standards. The topicality and relevance of scientific research on the problems of housing provision in Russia are evidenced by numerous works in this area [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. They consider various aspects of housing provision [6,13], housing inequality in urban and rural areas [15,19], and state policy to improve the living conditions of the population [17,18].…”

“…The topicality and relevance of scientific research on the problems of housing provision in Russia are evidenced by numerous works in this area [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. They consider various aspects of housing provision [6,13], housing inequality in urban and rural areas [15,19], and state policy to improve the living conditions of the population [17,18]. Russian and foreign scientists have proposed a variety of methods and tools for studying these problems [10,16,22,23], including the use of indicators tracked by statistical agencies and international organizations [24][25][26].…”

“…Russian and foreign scientists have proposed a variety of methods and tools for studying these problems [10,16,22,23], including the use of indicators tracked by statistical agencies and international organizations [24][25][26]. In our works, we used specially developed social standards [6,10] that make it possible to identify the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the dwelling. At the same time, it was taken into account that the regulatory requirements for them increase with the transition from the standard of the first level, lowest, to the fourth, highest-each of them is determined by the area of the dwelling, its spaciousness, and livability (Table 1).…”