What is it about?

This chapter takes a historic view, showing that Romania has always been a 'super-ownership' society. But universal, outright homeownership (98%) hides many inequalities, such as adult children living with parents until a change of generation; owning but a very poor quality home (e.g. wattle-and-daub) or one which has no inside water provision.

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Why is it important?

Romania shows one of the highest rates of homeownership worldwide but also the poorest housing quality in the EU. What lessons can we learn from her history?

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I deeply believe that houses should be homes not assets, and this is how they are seen in Romania. Maybe the world has something to learn from us?

Dr Adriana Mihaela Soaita

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This page is a summary of: The changing nature of outright home ownership in Romania: housing wealth and housing inequality, Edward Elgar Publishing,
DOI: 10.4337/9781785360961.00020.
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