Social Structure of Russian Society in Terms of Housing Security: Criterion and Quantitative Identification, the Guidelines for State Policy

Abstract

The Object of the Study. Level of housing security of the population of Russia.The Subject of the Study. Social groups of the population differing in the level of housing security.The Purpose of the Study. The article is devoted to the identification of the social structure of the population in Russia by the level of housing security.The Main Provisions of the Article. The relevance of the study is due to the need to identify social groups with different levels of housing security in a society with a high degree of inequality in the distribution of the living standards. The hypothesis of the study is that the combination of normative (theoretical) and statistical (compromise) approaches allows, being within the criteria of social standards of differentiation of housing security, to take into account the limitations of the current model of housing distribution and to adjust the boundaries of social groups with different levels of its security. The authors have found intervals of housing security levels that do not contradict the normative approach and the current conditions of the Russian economy development, in which the population should be identified as social groups with different living standards. The tools offered in the publication allow to be integrated into the system of international measurements of housing security. The methods and estimates of the specific weight of different social groups of the population, their share in the total housing stock of the country are proposed. The main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used as a theoretical, methodological and practical basis for the identification of social groups in terms of living standards and determining their number. The proposed social standards of housing security and income standards can be the guidelines of the state policy for the implementation of the national project "Housing and urban environment", provided for in the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated may 7, 2018 №204 «On national goals and strategic objectives of the development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2024».