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Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]
delphiandomine:
No - I want muncipal housing to be allocated on the basis of need (and merit) rather than on the basis of "first come, first served" - especially because the municipal housing was often fraudulently allocated in the first place.
let's face it, should your wish be granted, housing will be fraudulently allocated yet again. The less a corrupt system gets involved, the better.
very good point - merit my ass when a clerk decides who has got need or merit
Social housing should be for those in need (and who are deserving, no drunks/wasters) - if someone needs a municipal flat, then they should live in a flat suitable for their needs. Don't you see the insanity of poor families living in tiny flats while Babcia lives alone in a huge flat? Both are owned by the State - and they should switch. Again - you can't allow sentimentality to override logic.
while there is some sense in what you are suggesting there no simple solution and I believe there is no viable solution to the issue with the current attitudes in Poland (not that Poland is somehow extraordinarily exceptional here) - be a human also and consider that babcias do not respond to being shuffled around that well
gumishu:
it;s by no means a direct money transfer - it's the use of the premises that's inherited and not any kind of ownership
But it is where the property is/was purchased - that's more or less a direct transfer.
as far as I know since at least 2000 councils don't sell the flats just like that - I don't know if it because of some regulation or it is because they would like to see some proper prices which people are not very ready to pay (it's not really a good investment to buy flats in old kamienicas in my opinion if the price is not significantly lower the the newer-built things)