Housing Subsidies Research Articles

HOUSING SUBSIDY AS IRREVERSIBLE TARGETED STATE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS

The urgency of this topic is unmistakable and due to the fact that it is undergoing significant changes to date. Namely, the provision of a housing subsidy today has a new form. The article determines what kind of social assistance it offers, such as state aid for the payment of housing and communal services, discloses and justifies the procedure for receiving citizens of this type of state social assistance provided by the state, which cares for the needy citizens and their family members. Article 46 of the Constitution of Ukraine specifies the right of a person to social protection at the expense of budgetary funds. In accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Housing and Communal Services”, adopted in 2017 by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, it noted that the benefits and subsidies for the payment of housing and communal services from January 1, 2019 are paid to the consumer in cash and in the manner determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The important issue, in this case, is that such assistance for the payment of housing and communal services should have targeted use and was directed specifically to pay for such services. The article analyzes the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1176 in which we can see the mechanism of the targeted use of budgetary funds provided by the state to provide subsidies to the population. Therefore, a fair decision is that if the family has conscientiously referred to the use of residential communications and saved energy resources, water, heat energy, gas, by the results of the heating season, it can use at its own discretion and for its own purposes the balance of funds remaining as a result of economical use and savings of housing the subsidy that is on her account. Such a form of savings is interesting primarily for the family itself, which should stimulate an individual, who has a right to receive such a subsidy, reasonable and rational use of residential communications provided by the state. From 2019, subsidies were provided to citizens for the payment of housing and communal services in cash in two models of monetization, which operate simultaneously: 1) transfer of funds at the central level to a bank account in state bank “Oschadbank” with a special regime of use, followed by their referral for payment of housing and communal services; 2) the provision of housing subsidies in cash directly to the recipient. It reveals an understanding of monetization the concept. Monetization is a process of transition from the transfer of subsidies in the cashless form to the accounts of providers of housing and communal services to the provision of subsidies to citizens in cash. The purpose of such monetization is to create a transparent mechanism for providing housing subsidies and to encourage citizens to make economical, reasonable consumption. It is determined that today two models of monetization are introduced: cashless money form and cash form. Upon receipt of any information related to the appointment of a housing subsidy, the recipients of the subsidy should apply to the social protection bodies of citizens.

Optimal Taxation with Homeownership and Wealth Inequality

We consider optimal taxation in a model with wealth-poor and wealth-rich households, where wealth derives from business capital and home ownership, and investigate the consequences of a rising wealth inequality at steady state on these tax rates. The optimal tax structure includes some taxation of labor, zero taxation of financial and business capital, a housing wealth tax on the wealth-rich households and a housing subsidy on the wealth-poor households. When wealth inequality increases, the optimal balance between labor and housing wealth taxes depends on the source of the increasing wealth. Keywords: housing wealth, wealth inequality, optimal taxation.

Appropriateness of a realist review for evaluating the South African Housing Subsidy Programme

Conducting meta-reviews of government programmes has become common practice. In South Africa, the national Department of Human Settlements and the national Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation recently commissioned a team to review the extent to which the Housing Subsidy Programme had provided assets to municipalities and the poor and whether these assets had helped poor households escape from poverty. A realist approach was employed to conduct the review. We argue that, given thecomplex nature of housing programmes, the realist review methodology was an appropriate approach to follow in answering the review questions. We explored how the realist review method allowed us to work with the uneven and contested nature of the housing literature and how the review nonetheless enabled elucidation of the factors that had contributed to the expected outcomes. Because this case was the first time that this method was used in a government-commissioned evaluation of housing, there were some practical challenges involved in its use. Some of the challenges were related to the nature of the questions that were asked. At the time of the review, the Department of Human Settlements was in the process of reviewing the 1996 White Paper and, to inform this process, the Housing Subsidy Programme review included a copious number of questions set by the Department of Human Settlements and Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, which made the review rather large and, in some cases, complicated the analysis. In some cases, because the Departments wanted clear-cut answers, the commissioners perceived the theoretical strength of the method, such as offering explanatory instead of conclusive judgement, as a weakness. The paper reveals some limitations of the realist review method for evaluating the multifaceted outcomes of a complex programme, particularly the practical difficulty of dealing with large quantities of data. We do however consider this method to have potential for further reviews.Significance:
 
 Housing research in South Africa is uneven which makes any review process difficult.
 The review was unable to offer judgement on the effect that the Housing Subsidy Programme has had on the asset base of the poor.
 The review was useful for making clear which factors will help the Programme to achieve the intended outcomes and also for pointing out on what government should focus to build assets for the urban poor.

Housing subsidy projects in Amdo: modernity, governmentality, and income disparity in Tibetan areas of China

ABSTRACTThis paper explores the ways in which housing projects in the northeastern Tibetan region of Amdo (Qinghai) produce governable citizens through rural reconstruction projects. Since the beginning of the “Construction of the New Socialist Countryside” project in 2005, the Chinese state has made great efforts to improve the living standards of rural populations, with a particular focus on the construction of “comfortable” and modern housing. This paper examines the housing subsidy projects that were launched in Amdo in 2009. Drawing on qualitative data, including participant observation and interviews, the paper examines the ways in which Tibetan villagers seek to achieve their versions of modernity through these projects. It analyzes how housing projects have encouraged villagers to become more avid market consumers by cultivating and increasing their desires for material improvement. In doing so, these projects have increased income disparities among households in the same village.

Subsidized Housing and Low-Income Mother’s School-Based Parent Involvement: Findings from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study Wave Five

School-based parent involvement is associated with child academic outcomes, positive behaviors, and social skills. Research on school-based parent involvement among low-income mothers is limited and even less understood for low-income mothers who receive financial housing assistance. This study examined the association between low-income mothers who receive housing assistance and school-based parent involvement when their child was 9-years-old. We investigated whether there is a difference in parent involvement for low-income mothers who receive a government housing subsidy (Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and those who reside in a public housing project. Potential barriers to parental involvement are discussed. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, Wave 5 (N = 1351), the current study employed multivariate ordinal logistic regression analyses to examine the above associations. Low-income mothers who receive an HCV are less likely to be involved in their child’s school-based activities than low-income mothers who live in a public housing project. Potential barriers to parental involvement include frequent housing moves and increased work hours. Findings suggest housing type has an important role in school-based parent involvement for low-income mothers. As housing policies move toward deconcentrating poverty by way of government housing subsidies, unintended consequences need to be considered. Considerations should include low-income mothers’ experience of frequent housing mobility and increased work hours as barriers to school-based parent involvement. Additional services and resources beyond financial housing assistance are essential to improve parent involvement among low-income mothers.

Certain Aspects of Family Policy Incentives for Childbearing—A Hungarian Study with an International Outlook

Decreasing trends in birth rates in developed countries during the past decades, which threaten the sustainability of their populations, raise concerns in the areas of employment and social security, among others. A decrease in willingness to bear children has been examined in the international literature from several (biological, socio-cultural, economic, and spatial, etc.) aspects. Among these, the question of the effectiveness of fiscal incentives has been raised, with arguments that these are positive, but not significant, to birth rates; our study also concludes this. In Hungary, from 2010 onwards, the government has introduced very high tax allowances for families and, from 2015, has provided direct subsidies for housing purposes, all within a framework of a new family policy regime. This paper presents an evaluation of family policy interventions (e.g., housing support, tax allowances, other child-raising benefits), with the conclusion that fiscal incentives cannot be effective by themselves; a sustainable level of birth rates can only be maintained, but not necessarily increased, with an optimal design of family policy incentives. By studying the Hungarian example of pro-birth policies there is shown to be a policy gap in housing subsidies.

Survival of Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Housing Subsidy in a Tiered Public Housing System

Background: Socioeconomic status affects survival in patients diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), even in health systems with universal health care. Singapore has a tiered subsidized housing system, in which income determines eligibility for subsidies by size of apartment. Aim: The objective of this study was to assess whether a patient's residential type (heavily subsidized public housing, moderately subsidized public housing, minimally subsidized or private residential housing type) was associated with mortality. A secondary analysis examined whether patients in more heavily subsidized apartments were more likely to present with advanced disease. Methods: An historical cohort study of patients in a tertiary referral center with HNSCC was identified in the multidisciplinary cancer database from 1992 to 2014. Clinicopathologic data were extracted for analysis. Patient residential postal codes were matched to type of housing. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate the relationship between all-cause mortality and the predictors of interest as well as the association between housing type and disease stage at presentation. Results: Of the 758 patients identified, most were men (73.4%), the median age was 64 years, 30.5% were smokers and 15.2% were ex-smokers. Over one-half (56.8%) of patients presented with advanced disease. Male gender (OR 2.01, 95% CI 1.16-3.48, P = 0.01), age (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.05, P < 0.001), stage at presentation (stage 4, reference stage 1, OR 2.03, 95% CI 1.11-3.72, P = 0.02), smoker status (smoker, reference nonsmoker, OR 2.53, 95% CI 1.33-4.87, P < 0.01) and housing subsidy type (living in minimally subsidized or private residences, relative to heavily subsidized public housing, OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.15-0.78, P = 0.01) were significantly associated with increased mortality. Kaplan-Meier curves showed that patients living in the smaller, higher subsidy apartments had the worst adjusted survival, followed by patients in moderately subsidized housing, with those in minimally subsidized or private residences having the best adjusted survival. Patients in higher-subsidy apartments were not more likely to present with advanced disease, suggesting that the survival difference was not because of delayed presentation. Conclusion: Patients with HNSCC living in higher-subsidy residences have worse survival despite no apparent delays in presentation. First published: Cancer. 2017 Jun 1;123(11):1998-2005. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30557 . Epub 2017 Jan 30. Survival of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by housing subsidy in a tiered public housing system. Wong TH, Skanthakumar T, Nadkarni N, Nguyen HV, Iyer NG.

Landlord Participation Study

The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program is the largest rental housing subsidy program in the United States and has the potential to increase housing options for low-income families. In order to realize this potential, however, the program must attract landlords who accept housing choice vouchers. The primary objectives of this study are: 1) to provide insights from Public Housing Authority (PHA) staff on the factors associated with landlord decisions about whether to participate in the program; and 2) to identify a collection of promising and innovative practices that PHAs have used to increase landlord participation. The study provides key insights into landlord participation in the HCV program and the perspectives of PHA staff on factors influencing landlord decisions on whether to participate. The study also identifies a diverse collection of innovative activities adopted by PHAs to mitigate financial concerns among landlords, make the HCV program simpler, and alleviate landlord concerns about HCV tenants. The study finds that a majority of PHA staff interviewed identified financial reasons as the most important factor affecting landlord participation - with payment standards and fair market rents, damage costs and security deposits, and profit motivations cited as key determining factors.

Effects of a federal housing voucher experiment on adolescent binge drinking: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

To test how a housing voucher generating residential mobility to lower-poverty neighborhoods, compared with public housing controls, influenced adolescent binge drinking, and whether gender modified effects. A multi-site household-level three-arm randomized trial of a housing intervention executed 1994-98, evaluated 2001-02. Five US cities: Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; and New York, NY. A total of 3537 adolescents in 4248 low-income eligible families were randomized; 2829 adolescents were analyzed at the interim evaluation (1950 in treatment; 879 in the control group). Attrition bias was accounted for with a 3-in-10 oversampling of hard-to-reach participants (effective response rate: 89%). The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) trial randomized volunteer low-income families in public housing to receive (1) rental subsidies redeemable in neighborhoods with <10% tract poverty plus housing counseling, (2) unrestricted Section 8 rental subsidies or (3) to remain in public housing. We pooled the subsidy ('treatment') groups because they were conceptually similar and there was no evidence of statistical differences between groups on binge drinking. Primary outcome: past month binge drinking (five or more drinks in one sitting). Adolescent binge drinking prevalence was 3.9% for treatment and 3.2% for control. The intention-to-treat (ITT) main effect of subsidy treatment (versus control) on binge drinking was non-significant, but treatment effects were different for girls and boys (treatment-gender interaction P=0.002). MTO treatment reduced girls' binge drinking [odds ratio (OR)=0.48, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.24-0.96, P=0.037], but increased boys' binge drinking (OR=2.37, 95% CI=1.13-4.97, P=0.023), compared with controls. Results were similar for secondary alcohol outcomes. Instrumental variable (IV) results adjusting for treatment compliance were comparable with ITT, but larger. A housing subsidy treatment that enables low-income families to move from public to private housing appears to lessen girls' binge drinking but increases boys' binge drinking, compared with controls.

Cancer patients as frequent attenders in emergency departments: A national cohort study.

BackgroundCancer patients contribute significantly to emergency department (ED) utilization. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with patients becoming ED frequent attenders (FA) after a cancer‐related hospitalization.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted using national administrative, billing, and death records of Singapore residents discharged alive from Singapore public hospitals from January 2012 to December 2015, with a primary discharge diagnosis of cancer. Patients with four or more ED visits within any 12‐month period after discharge from their index hospitalization were classified as FA. Time to FA distribution was estimated using the Kaplan‐Meier method, and factors associated with risk of FA were identified using multivariate Cox regression analyses.ResultsRecords for 47 235 patients were analyzed, of whom 2980 patients were FA within the study period. Age (<17 years, hazard ratio [HR] 2.92, 95% CI 2.28‐3.74; 75‐84 years, HR 1.29, 95% CI 1.16‐1.45; and ≥85 years, HR 1.71, 95% CI 1.45‐2.02, relative to age 55‐64), male gender (HR 1.26, 95% CI 1.16‐1.37), Charlson comorbidity index (HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.19‐1.23), and socioeconomic factors (Medifund use, HR 1.40, 95% CI 1.23‐1.59; housing subsidy type, HR 2.12, 95% CI 1.77‐2.54) were associated with increased risk of FA. Primary malignancies associated with FA included brain and spine (HR 2.51, 95% CI 1.67‐3.75), head and neck cancers (tongue, HR 2.05, 95% CI 1.27‐3.31; hypopharynx, HR 2.72, 95% CI 1.56‐4.74), lung (trachea and lung, HR 1.57, 95% CI 1.13‐2.18; pleural, HR 3.69, 95% CI 2.12‐6.34), upper gastrointestinal (stomach, HR 1.93, 95% CI 1.26‐2.74; esophagus, HR 4.13, 95% CI 2.78‐6.13), hepato‐pancreato‐biliary (liver, HR 1.42, 95% CI 1.01‐2.00, pancreas, HR 2.48, 95% CI 1.72‐3.59), and certain hematological malignancies (diffuse non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma, HR1.59, 95% CI 1.08‐2.33, lymphoid leukemia, HR 1.86, 95% CI 1.21‐2.86). Brain (HR 1.69, 95% CI 1.27‐2.26), lung (HR 1.31, 95% CI 1.01‐1.71), liver (HR 1.46, 95% CI 1.14‐1.89), and bone (HR 1.35, 95% CI 1.04‐1.76) metastases were also associated with FA.ConclusionThere are cancer‐specific factors contributing to ED frequent attendance. Additional resources should be allocated to support high‐risk groups and prevent unnecessary ED use.

Navigating Complex Implementation Contexts: Overcoming Barriers and Achieving Outcomes in a National Initiative to Scale Out Housing First in Canada

The scaling out of Housing First (HF) programs was examined in six Canadian communities, in which a multi-component HF training and technical assistance (TTA) was provided. Three research questions were addressed: (a) What were the outcomes of the TTA in terms of the development of new, sustained, or enhanced programs, and fidelity to the HF model? (b) How did the TTA contribute to implementation and fidelity? and (c) What contextual factors facilitated or challenged implementation and fidelity? A total of 14 new HF programs were created, and nine HF programs were sustained or enhanced. Fidelity assessments for 10 HF programs revealed an average score of 3.3/4, which compares favorably with other HF programs during early implementation. The TTA influenced fidelity by addressing misconceptions about the model, encouraging team-based practice, and facilitating case-based dialogue on site specific implementation challenges. The findings were discussed in terms of the importance of TTA for enhancing the capacities of the HF service delivery system-practitioners, teams, and communities-while respecting complex community contexts, including differences in policy climate across sites. Policy climate surrounding accessibility of housing subsidies, and use of Assertive Community Treatment teams (vs. Intensive Case Management) were two key implementation issues.

Homelessness in the child welfare system: A randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of housing subsidies on foster care placements and costs.

Inadequate housing and homelessness among families represent a substantial challenge for child and adolescent well-being. Child welfare services confront housing that threatens placement into foster care with little resources and evidence to guide practice. The present study provides the first rigorous test of the Family Unification Program (FUP) - a federal program that offers housing subsidies for inadequately housed families under investigation for child maltreatment. A randomized controlled trial assesses program impact on foster care placement and costs. The experiment referred intact child welfare-involved families whose inadequate housing threatened foster placement in Chicago, IL to FUP plus housing advocacy (n = 89 families with 257 children) or housing advocacy alone (n = 89 families with 257 children). Families were referred from 2011 to 2013, and administrative data recorded dates and costs of foster placements over a 3-year follow-up. Intent-to-treat analyses suggested families randomly assigned for FUP exhibited slower increases in rates of foster placement following housing intervention compared with families referred for housing advocacy alone. The program generates average savings of nearly $500 per family per year to the foster care system. Housing subsidies provide the foster care system small but significant benefits for keeping homeless families together. Findings inform the design of a coordinated child welfare response to housing insecurity.

What do we know about housing choice vouchers?

The Housing Choice Voucher Program provides assistance to approximately 2.2 million households each year, making it the largest low-income housing subsidy program managed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This paper reviews what we know about the program. In brief, experimental research shows that vouchers help to reduce the rent burdens of low-income households, allow them to live in less crowded homes, and minimize the risk of homelessness. Research also shows, however, that the program has been far less successful in getting recipients to better neighborhoods and schools. And perhaps the greatest disappointment of the program is its limited reach. Families typically wait for years to receive a voucher, and only one in four households eligible for a voucher nationally receives any federal rental housing assistance. Another issue is that a significant share of households who receive vouchers never use them, in part because of the difficulty of finding willing landlords with acceptable units. Thus, as effective as the program is, there is still room for improvement.

The Effect of Transportation and Housing Subsidies on Urban Sprawl

Abstract This paper analyses theoretically the effect of transportation and housing subsidies on urban sprawl, modal choice decisions and urban spatial structure using a spatial general equilibrium model in a monocentric city with two transport modes. Our analysis shows that public transit subsidy leads to urban shrink, whilst subsidizing automobile and housing make the city sprawl. We also find the effects of the other factors on urban sprawl, such as households income and demand, rural land rent, the income tax rate, the total fixed cost of public transit and automobile and the travelling marginal cost of public transit and automobile. Furthermore, this paper also studies how to maximize the urban-area-wide spatial equilibrium utility level.

Residential Segregation: The Role of Inequality and Housing Subsidies

Residential segregation is a key public policy issue that is driven by economic factors on the one side, and individual attitudes towards ethnic diversity on the other side. We assume a modeling framework that consists of a population of two ethnic groups, a rental market for each neighborhood, and household's utility which depends on consumption and housing. Accounting for income disparities and heterogeneous preferences for living in ethnically diverse neighborhoods, we examine the residential segregation patterns that occur when households make their neighborhood choice by taking economic and diversity related aspects to account. The investigation reveals that ethnic income disparities and heterogeneous preferences are antagonistic forces such that a certain level of income stratification is the price for residential integration. In the light of these findings, we discuss to which extent and under which conditions housing subsidy policies can favor residential integration.

The Housing Problem from the Point of View of Family Values and Preferences

The Object of the Study. Housing conditions of households.The Subject of the Study. Improving housing conditions for households.The Purpose of the Study. Identifying of problems related to improvement of housing conditions of families in Russia on the basis of analysis of databases on housing construction and housing market, as well as needs, plans and intentions of families. The Main Provisions of the Article. The problem of improvement of living conditions for many Russian families. Providing housing for low-income households engaged in social policy that includes social housing, housing waiting list and housing subsidies. The severity of the housing problem concerns a wider range of Russian households, which primarily include families with children and young people. The housing situation has had a negative impact on their image and quality of life, as well as on their reproductive systems. The housing policy for families with children is part of the demographic policy.One of the most important priorities of the state policy in the sphere of housing is the development of low-rise housing construction, which is considered as a key tool for improving the living conditions of the population, solving the problems of emergency housing, overcoming the crowding of the population in large cities. The paper shows the contradictions of the housing market in Russia. The article reveals the current negative trends of mass industrial housing construction of predominantly small-sized housing that does not meet the needs and demand for housing for Russians, especially families with children. In this regard, the positive role of the construction of individual houses is shown. Serious problems with housing improvement in Russia, especially in small towns and rural areas are revealed. Positive trends in rural areas caused by construction of individual houses are described.On the basis of sociological surveys "Complex observation of living conditions of the population" conducted by Rosstat in 2011, 2014 and 2016, the analysis of housing provision of households was made, which showed some decrease, and significant problems for families with children.The plans and intentions of Russian households to improve their living conditions are analyzed. The dynamics of Russian attitudes and territorial differences are shown. The question of what housing, where and by whom is being built is investigated. The great contribution of individual housing construction, which is largely provided by families with children, was revealed.The analysis allows to draw a conclusion about low-rise housing construction as a panacea for solving the housing problem in Russia.

New neoliberal public housing policies: between centrality discourse and peripheralization practices in Santiago, Chile

The lack of geographical equality in the development of neoliberal social housing models is evidence of differing ideological discourses and socio-spatial practices in the production of social housing. Based on a critical analysis of the Housing Policy for Quality Improvement and Social Integration promoted in Chile in 2006—the basis for a set of subsequent policies—this study seeks to identify the link between state discourse promoting further urban centralization of social housing and neoliberal subsidy allocation practices that have shaped the geography of recent residential production (2007–2012). Using an ideological critique and a descriptive spatial analysis to assess the notions of urban centrality, we found that equality and integration form the rhetoric used to legitimize and reproduce practices that lead to peripheralization of the poor. These practices are not limited to the city but have expanded to the extended urban area, creating a larger niche for the real estate industry.

Prioritizing Choice: Perceptions of Neighborhood Social Cohesion for Residents in Subsidized Housing

ABSTRACTMany families living in poverty rely on housing subsidies. Housing subsidies restrict the housing stock and neighborhood choices for families living in poverty. Fortunately neighborhood social cohesion can protect families from many of the deleterious consequences associated with living in a low-income neighborhood. This study uses panel data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Making Connections initiative to test the role of public housing types on perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion. The probability sample used in the study consists of 2,470 households living in low-income neighborhoods in ten cities in the United States. Results show that public housing residents, both housing choice voucher users and non-housing choice voucher users, on average, report lower neighborhood social cohesion than their non-public housing neighbors. Results also show that moving to a new neighborhood consistently predicts improved neighborhood social cohesion while moving to public housing predicts declines in perceived neighborhood social cohesion. Choice in where one lives seems to play an important and positive role in perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion. Based on these data, it is suggested that policy makers and housing providers prioritize choice in the development and delivery of public housing.

Gentrification in (re)construction: Talca’s neighbourhoods post 2010 earthquake

PurposeThis study aims to explore the complex relationship between post-earthquake reconstruction processes and gentrification in neighbourhoods of intermediate cities, calling on the critical role of recovery strategies in altering neighbourhoods physical and social urban structure identities.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses a case study; the reconstruction process of the neighbourhoods post-2010 earthquake in Talca, Chile, and analyses in a six-year timeline its socio-spatial changes. The latter based on mixed methods, primary data from strategic interviews with key stakeholders, cadastres of land value and real estate housing projects and neighbourhood polls, and secondary data from official documents such as plans and policies.FindingsThe findings suggest that patterns of incipient gentrification are an outcome of the reconstruction strategies. Acknowledging the intricate interplay amongst urban neoliberal conditions, historical heritage and identities and post-disaster recovery, inadequate housing subsidies and normative plans are causing the displacement of hundreds of historical residents and resistance, arrival of newcomers with higher debt capacity in new housing typologies and increasing land value. Process related to neoliberal politics of state led to new-build gentrification.Originality/valueGentrification and reconstruction are both processes that modify urban structures, society and perceptions, and yet their socio spatial effects have never been studied in a cumulative and integrated manner, even more, in intermediate cities. The value is to rethink the critical role of recovery strategies in halting and containing gentrification in fast transforming secondary cities.

СТРАТЕГІЧНІ НАПРЯМИ МОДЕРНІЗАЦІЇ ЖИТЛОВОГО ФОНДУ ЯК ЗАПОРУКА ЕНЕРГЕТИЧНОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ УКРАЇНИ

В статті обгрунтовано необхідність розроблення комплексної довгострокової стратегії модернізації застарілого та енергоємного житлового фонду України з метою забезпечення його енергоефективності та підвищення енергетичної безпеки держави. Запропонована стратегія включає: формування інституційного середовища через створення ефективних правових інструментів та відповідної інфраструктури ринку, джерела та механізми фінансування заходів з енергозбереження та енергоефективності, інструменти стимулювання власників та співвласників будівель до залучення в програми енергоефективності, напрями реформування житлових субсидій з метою підвищення їх стимулюючої стосовно енергоефективності ролі, створення сприятливого інвестиційного клімату для інвестування в енергоефективність, стимулювання ринку енергетичного сервісу та впровадження нових прогресивних енергозберігаючих технологій.