%0 Journal Article
%T Housing crisis in selected European countries and in the USA
%A Latko, Pola
%J Public Management
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/20843968ZP.21.003.14136
%N Issue 1 (53)
%P 41-54
%K housing crisis, right to housing, housing policy, short-term rental
%@ 1896-0200
%D 2023
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-publiczne/article/kryzys-mieszkaniowy-w-wybranych-krajach-europy-i-w-stanach-zjednoczonych
%X 
	In this article I analyze the housing situation in selected European countries and in the USA. The article is divided into several parts in which I describe causes and effects of the mortgage crisis in the United States, homelessness of Silicon Valley workers, the Spanish real estate bubble “burst”, housing problems in the British Isles (vacancies in London and the rental crisis in Ireland), the tenant revolt in Berlin and housing poverty in Poland. In the introduction I justify why housing should be seen as a human right and not as a commodity. I note that since the 1980s governments of developed countries have withdrawn from housing management, allowing it to be regulated by market mechanisms. In each of the countries under review, this has led to a significant increase in property and rental prices as well as an inflow of venture capital. As an opposite example, I mention Vienna, where the real estate market is still regulated by the city, thus it managed to avoid this scenario.