Exploring Housing Subsidies to Households in Russia

Since the early 1990s, the Russian government has undertaken a series of reforms intended to change the system from one where housing and communal services (HCSs) were nearly free to one where residents paid the costs of their housing while protecting vulnerable families. Although households payment...

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Main Authors:	Hamilton, Ellen, Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh, Lomaia, Maka
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 Housing Supply and Markets R310 Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policies Regulatory Policies R380
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spelling	okr-10986-58172021-04-23T14:02:23Z Exploring Housing Subsidies to Households in Russia Hamilton, Ellen Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh Lomaia, Maka Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 Housing Supply and Markets R310 Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policies Regulatory Policies R380 Since the early 1990s, the Russian government has undertaken a series of reforms intended to change the system from one where housing and communal services (HCSs) were nearly free to one where residents paid the costs of their housing while protecting vulnerable families. Although households payments have increased, subsidies for HCSs remain substantial (about 4 per cent of GDP) and are exceeded only by public spending for pensions. This paper uses newly available data to analyse recipients of the two major housing subsidy programs. We find that neither l'goti (which are not targeted) nor allowances (which are supposed to be targeted) have provided much protection for poorer households from tariff increases. 2012-03-30T07:34:41Z 2012-03-30T07:34:41Z 2008 Journal Article Journal of International Development 09541748 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5817 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Russian Federation
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description	Since the early 1990s, the Russian government has undertaken a series of reforms intended to change the system from one where housing and communal services (HCSs) were nearly free to one where residents paid the costs of their housing while protecting vulnerable families. Although households payments have increased, subsidies for HCSs remain substantial (about 4 per cent of GDP) and are exceeded only by public spending for pensions. This paper uses newly available data to analyse recipients of the two major housing subsidy programs. We find that neither l'goti (which are not targeted) nor allowances (which are supposed to be targeted) have provided much protection for poorer households from tariff increases.
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author	Hamilton, Ellen Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh Lomaia, Maka
author_facet	Hamilton, Ellen Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh Lomaia, Maka
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title	Exploring Housing Subsidies to Households in Russia
title_short	Exploring Housing Subsidies to Households in Russia
title_full	Exploring Housing Subsidies to Households in Russia
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Exploring Housing Subsidies to Households in Russia

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