Implementing Housing Allowances in Russia: Rationalizing the Rental Sector

Privatization of state and municipal housing in the Russian Federation is but one element of housing policy. The authors offer specific recommendations for the future based on current rents and their relationship to family income, the feasibility of creating a program for increasing rents and introducing payments of housing allowances to the population (using simulations conducted for Moscow city), and analysis of alternative versions of a housing allowance program to determine effectiveness and results.