Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98405 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1391
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
The World War I played a key role in shaping modern housing policy. While in the pre-War time virtually no housing policy existed, the beginning of hostilities led to an almost immediate and comprehensive state intervention in the housing market, particularly among those engaged in the war. Despite initially similar conditions and challenges induced by the war, housing policy was carried out in different countries differently. This is particularly true for Germany and Russia. Even though both went through similar processes during the inter-war era, the different objective functions pursued by their political regimes shaped their housing policies in completely different manners. This paper compares the housing policies in Germany and Russia, identifying the similarities and differences.
Subjects: 
Germany
Russia
housing policy
World War
rationing
tenant eviction
rent control
JEL: 
N44
N94
P25
R38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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