View Research by Author - Harold M. Katsura

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This paper describes the Eastern European Regional Housing Project, which ran from 1990-1996 in response to the collapse of state-sponsored housing production in the area. It defines the context for the contract in the areas of housing, privatization, rental sector reform, and housing finance; the technical assistance approach used during the program; and the results achieved. Overall changes in the Central and Eastern Europe housing sector during the contract period, and detailed, country-specific results for Hungary, Albania, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia are also presented.

This report contains findings from a housing survey conducted in Panama during the fall of 1995. The objective of the survey was to learn more about the demand for housing among the low- and middle-income urban population that is not well served by public sector housing programs. Focusing on the underserved population provides insights into the behavior of households engaging in market transactions that are relatively uninfluenced by public assistance. The information in this report provides a valuable resource for those who wish to design policies to assist low- and middle-income households in Panama and elsewhere.

This ambitious study of the urban housing market in Indonesia differs from previous analyses by addressing the urban housing market as a whole, describing the processes of shelter supply as well as the stock and demand for housing, and including an evaluation of the government-sponsored subsidized housing lending program.

This ambitious study of the urban housing market in Indonesia differs from previous analyses by addressing the urban housing market as a whole, describing the processes of shelter supply as well as the stock and demand for housing, and including an evaluation of the government-sponsored subsidized housing lending program.

Uses microsimulation to project the number and characteristics of the elderly population (including disability) in the year 2010, their housing needs, and the extent to which different housing policy alternatives can be expected to meet those needs.

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