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Abandoned private homes

Name(s):

Unrentable vacant housing

Unused accommodation

Unattractive vacant housing

Deteriorated vacant houses

Empty flats

Vacant apartments

Incidence

A 1992 report showed an estimated 40,000 empty flats in Poland. Although many young Poles dream of moving out of their parents' homes, the approximate 1992 inflation rate in Poland deters them from venturing out, and consequently leaves many flats empty. Warsaw residents are able to barter their housing stock with flat exchange offices, who offer exchanges of apartments half the size of those bartered.

Broader

Increase in abandoned buildings

Narrower

Haunted buildings

Aggravates

Illegal occupation of unoccupied property ^{[in 1 loop]}

Demolition of homes by government authorities ^{[in 2 loops]}

Aggravated by

Absentee ownership

High interest rates

High cost of housing

Housing destruction in war

Demoralizing constraints on housing rehabilitation

Disruptive migration of rural population to cities

Reduced by

Housing shortage

Strategy(ies)

Compiling building data

Value(s)

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

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