Kwestia mieszkaniowa w Polsce jako problem społeczny i metody jej rozwiązania po 1989 roku
Housing policy in Poland as a social problem and methods of solving it after 1989

Summary/Abstract: The major function of housing is to meet the basic needs of every person as well as provide the environment to help one fulfill his or her higher ambitions. Housing is a fundamental necessity indispensable for each family. It serves an essential social and economic function. It also determines, to a great extent, the material and social environment in which a particular person is to live and develop. Appropriate housing conditions for families contribute both to stabilizing the society as a whole and enabling its proper functioning and development. Therefore, the housing aspect is one of the major tasks of a state social policy. The shape of today’s housing policy in Poland was strongly affected by the political transformation taking place since 1989. Housing is currently functioning according to the laws of the market. The housing policy in our country poses a particular urgent problem due to the lack of sufficient number of flats available , difficulty in obtaining and maintaining a house and the negative issue of homelessness. Unfortunately, there has been the lack of a consistent approach in solving the housing problem in recent years. There is no clear strategy in the process of building new houses. As the basic housing needs have not been sufficiently fulfilled, this issue has become a considerable danger to the establishing and functioning of Polish families.The fundamental aim of this article is to show that it is appropriate to present the housing policy as a social problem. The first part is devoted to discussing the housing policy as a social issue. The second part deals with some legal solutions to the housing policy problems. It also presents the elderly and the handicapped as a special group of the flat users.

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