Communiqué, issue 5, 2004
Articles
- Quality of life in an enlarged Europe: challenges and opportunities
- Parental leave in the European Union
- Fewer redundancies, more jobs created
- Comparing quality of life in Estonia with the rest of Europe
- Industrial relations in Europe – a snapshot
- EWCs lead to better industrial relations at company level
- Highest home-ownership levels in the new Member States
- New chairman of Foundation’s Administrative Board
Previous issues of Communiqué
Housing is one of the key dimensions of an individual’s material position and quality of life. Adequate accommodation not only affects well-being, it can also be a matter of survival.
Most people in the new Member States are homeowners; more than half of the population own their own home, and in some cases – Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania – the figure is over 80%. There are two exceptions to this rule: the Czech Republic and Latvia. In the former EU15, the rate of home ownership is only above 70% in Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain, and none of the other EU15 countries exceed the 80% line.
Tenure status according to accommodation, by country cluster
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