View Research by Author - Maria V. Tikhomarova

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This report documents accomplishments in housing reform in Russia starting in July 1991 with the passage of the housing privatization law through early 1995. The report goes on to describe three distinct phases of housing reform in Russia and milestones of achievement along the way. Other topics include housing needs and production, housing finance and home ownership subsidies, and rental housing.

[© Journal of Housing Economics] Since the housing stock in Russia is still predominantly State-owned, reform of the State rental sector is fundamental to the transformation of the housing sector in general. Officials in the city of Moscow recognized this and signed an agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development for a demonstration project for the private maintenance of municipal units as part of a larger reform program. This paper presents the results of the evaluation of the effectiveness of this program.

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