The purpose of the master's thesis is to analyze the social housing systems (providing social
housing, financing, access to social housing, special programs to help people in need and
current situation of the social housing system) in the following European countries: Poland,
Romania, Serbia, Spain, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Slovenia. Social
housing is housing aimed to the most vulnerable groups of people, especially to people with
lower incomes, younger people, the elderly, single parents, families with numerous children,
people with disabilities and immigrants. For those groups of people, the price and quality of
the property is the most important factor, since it affects the monthly income spent on it. Most
of the considered countries face the problem of small amount of social housing and
insufficient govern assistance, which leads to overcrowding and poor living conditions.
Similar to other considered countries, Slovenia faces too small and old housing system,
which requires complete renovation. The problem in Slovenia is housing intended for
purchase and high real estate prices. The solution of the social housing system in Slovenia is
primarily construction of new rental housing (depending on demand and need of the
location), rents depending on the income of the population and not the value of the property,
the increase in rents in non-profit housing, lowering of the income threshold as a measure of
entitlement to non-profit housing, more control over the income of the beneficiaries of social
housing and over the payment of the rents in socially rented dwellings.
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