The Legislative Framework of Social Housing in the Slovak Republic 1939 – 1945. The Case Study of Prešov Cover Image

Legislatívne rámce sociálneho bývania v Slovenskej republike v rokoch 1939 – 1945 a jeho realizácia na príklade mesta Prešov
The Legislative Framework of Social Housing in the Slovak Republic 1939 – 1945. The Case Study of Prešov

Author(s): Patrícia Fogelová
Subject(s): Architecture, History of Law, Public Law, Local History / Microhistory, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: 1000 Houses for Workers; City of Prešov; Slovak Republic 1939 – 1945; Social Housing; Universal Construction Company;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of contribution is to handle the topic of social oriented housing construction in the period of Slovak Republic 1939 – 1945. The selected period as a interlude between left-engaged architecture of interwar Czechoslovakia and mass social housing construction after 1945, remains still unnoticed. However, Slovak state enforced its own concept of housing policy. The introduction of essential legislative framework of social housing in the selected period, will allow to identify what measures were admitted and why. Therefore the paper emphasizes the ideological background of housing construction. Hypothesis that social housing were intended not only to poorest, but primarily to civil servants is the core of our contribution. The introduction of the process of housing construction in the case study of Prešov city will follow. The choice of this particular city is based on the fact, that Prešov became the biggest town of eastern Slovakia, the regional administration centre and the seat of many important institutions.

  • Issue Year: 24/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 189-205
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak