Social Housing in Russia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Abstract

The main type of housing construction in modern Russia is an apartment building (MKD) with combined types of property: commercial and municipal (state). The current situation is a direct reflection of the inexpressive architectural appearance of mass residential development. Municipal apartments of the state form of ownership, which are part of the MKD, can and should be allocated to a separate class of social housing with subsequent architectural and spatial development and taking into account new effective forms of private rental entrepreneurship and management. The reason for this are the intensive efforts of state structures, which are increasingly entering the rental housing market, creating competition for the shadow sector of rented apartments by the so-called private “rentiers.” In this regard, two main directions for the development of social houses of private-state entrepreneurship were identified: rental apartment buildings of a commercial type and municipal houses of a non-commercial type. The development of social houses of private-state entrepreneurship will take into account the socio-economic needs of society and will make the architecture of residential development more diverse.