Enhancing the efficiency, inclusiveness, and environmental sustainability of housing in the Slovak Republic

Federica De Pace

No 1806, OECD Economics Department Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: Housing affordability has deteriorated in the past decade. There is scope for eliminating barriers to expand housing supply by reforming land use policy and streamlining the administration of building permits. Measures can be taken to promote the expansion of the rental market and reform housing taxation to reduce the bias in favour of owner-occupied housing. Ensuring adequate supply and funding for construction and operation of social housing is crucial to improve living conditions for the most vulnerable. Accelerating the formalisation of property rights in Roma settlements would help to provide basic infrastructures for adequate access to water and sanitation. Implementing stricter regulation and targeted financial assistance to households most in need would help incentivise housing renovations, reduce energy poverty and advance environmental objectives.

Keywords: building permits; environmentally sustainable housing; housing affordability; housing conditions for Roma; housing taxation; rental market; Slovak Republic; social housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H20 H23 Q58 R21 R31 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06-14
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