View Research by Author - Nadezhda B. Kosareva

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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.

Privatization of state and municipal housing in the Russian Federation is but one element of housing policy. The authors offer specific recommendations for the future based on current rents and their relationship to family income, the feasibility of creating a program for increasing rents and introducing payments of housing allowances to the population (using simulations conducted for Moscow city), and analysis of alternative versions of a housing allowance program to determine effectiveness and results.

Privatization of state and municipal housing in the Russian Federation is but one element of housing policy. The authors offer specific recommendations for the future based on current rents and their relationship to family income, the feasibility of creating a program for increasing rents and introducing payments of housing allowances to the population (using simulations conducted for Moscow city), and analysis of alternative versions of a housing allowance program to determine effectiveness and results.

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