An Emerging Research Strand: Housing Exclusion in Central and South East Europe

There was large-scale restructuring of welfare arrangements in the post-soviet states of CEE and SEE in the post-transition years, with newly emerging social challenges including various forms of housing exclusion and homelessness. This article summarises the state of research and some evidence in the CEE and SEE region. We focus on three broad areas: 1) the generation of figures on homelessness (methods and outputs of such undertakings); 2) analysis of policy interventions and strategic approaches (national and local-level policies and innovative techniques like Housing First in the region); 3) research on the nature and dynamics of homelessness among selected subgroups like children, women, the elderly, migrants, war victims, etc. We cover Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, the Baltic States, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.