Les coopératives de logement, du socialisme au néo-libéralisme. Le cas de Varsovie et de Bratislava

During the socialist regime, housing cooperatives had developed a major role in urban dwelling supply in Central European countries as Poland or Czechoslovakia. They were home of a vast majority of the population, with the exception of the poorest and the richest. Since 1990 national states however...

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Published inBELGEO (Leuven) Vol. 4; no. 4
Main Authors Meyfroidt, Aurore, Coudroy de Lille, Lydia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 01.09.2018
Subjects
affordable housing
cooperative
housing
Poland
Slovakia
Warsaw
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Summary:During the socialist regime, housing cooperatives had developed a major role in urban dwelling supply in Central European countries as Poland or Czechoslovakia. They were home of a vast majority of the population, with the exception of the poorest and the richest. Since 1990 national states however have withdrawn from the housing question, and especially from the cooperative sector which they used to support; housing production is thus almost entirely covered by the private sector. What is happening to housing cooperatives? Under which conditions did they shift to condominiums? Do they manage to maintain or renew an alternative supply to the one offered by developers? This paper focusses upon the differentiated evolution of housing cooperatives in Poland and Slovakia and especially in their respective capital cities where housing markets are deeper exposed to metropolitan processes.
ISSN:1377-2368
2294-9135
DOI:10.4000/belgeo.27157