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Czech Households Most Vulnerable to Poverty

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Veronika A., Naďa B., Jana S.
Littera Scripta
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2015
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vol. 2
10-22
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This paper discusses the problems of poverty in the Czech Republic. It focuses on the identification of social groups and on ways of identifying the income situation of households that are the most vulnerable to poverty, especially low-income households and households of the elderly. Micro data obtained from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) project were used for the basis of the in-depth discussions herein. The data provides a significant amount of important information about the incomes and living conditions of European as well as Czech households, and also about individuals. The poverty threshold is set as 60% median of equalized income. The data in this paper are tracked for the period 2005-2013. Generally speaking, the poverty rate in the Czech Republic is the lowest in the European Union. The results provide useful insights for decision makers involved in developing social policy.
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Housing conditions in social housing stock vs. marginalisation risk – evidence from Poland

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Rataj Z., Suszynska K.
Research Papers in Economics and Finance
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2021
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vol. 5
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issue 1
47-58
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Low-income households in the Polish public housing stock sometimes encounter the risk of housing exclusion, yet this experience is relatively more frequent among the tenants of council flats. The aim of this paper is to present the results of research on housing standards in the public housing stock in Poland. Pursuant to Polish law, social housing is part of public housing assistance (Przymeński 2016), addressed to very-low- and low-income households which are not capable of satisfying their housing needs on their own. The paper uses desk research, statistical data analysis and questionnaire interviews with dwellers of council flats in Poland. Furthermore, the achievements of international housing policy are taken into account. The results show that the standard in the public stock, especially in council flats, in Poland is poor and hinders low-income households in addressing their housing needs. Small areas of dwellings, overcrowding, low quality of building materials are all identified as significant determinants increasing the risk of housing exclusion in council flats.
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