Solving the Housing Crisis in Interwar Košice Examples of Social Housing for the Unemployed and Impoverished

Even prior to the First World War, the challenging or indeed catastrophic housing situation in Košice was a regular topic of discussion in the city’s press. The war years, followed by the collapse of the Habsburg Empire and the establishment of the First Czechoslovak Republic, threw the city into an...

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Main Author: Adriana Priatková
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Published: Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2024-06-01
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description Even prior to the First World War, the challenging or indeed catastrophic housing situation in Košice was a regular topic of discussion in the city’s press. The war years, followed by the collapse of the Habsburg Empire and the establishment of the First Czechoslovak Republic, threw the city into an entirely new reality, yet still confronting the problem of insufficient housing stock. Although the Czechoslovak state responded to the housing crisis by introducing new policies as early as the beginning of 1919, the chronic shortage of residential accommodation continued to have a negative impact on the city’s population, in particular the lower classes. The study is the result of the author’s long-term archival research and offers positive examples of the city’s efforts to provide the poor with satisfactory solutions to the housing crisis throughout the entire interwar period.
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spelling doaj-art-1ab850ef03434c2f8a6795a09344e4e22025-08-20T02:41:42ZengInstitute of History, Slovak Academy of SciencesArchitektúra & Urbanizmus0044-86802729-87522024-06-01581-290109https://doi.org/10.31577/archandurb.2024.58.1-2.6Solving the Housing Crisis in Interwar Košice Examples of Social Housing for the Unemployed and ImpoverishedAdriana PriatkováEven prior to the First World War, the challenging or indeed catastrophic housing situation in Košice was a regular topic of discussion in the city’s press. The war years, followed by the collapse of the Habsburg Empire and the establishment of the First Czechoslovak Republic, threw the city into an entirely new reality, yet still confronting the problem of insufficient housing stock. Although the Czechoslovak state responded to the housing crisis by introducing new policies as early as the beginning of 1919, the chronic shortage of residential accommodation continued to have a negative impact on the city’s population, in particular the lower classes. The study is the result of the author’s long-term archival research and offers positive examples of the city’s efforts to provide the poor with satisfactory solutions to the housing crisis throughout the entire interwar period.https://architektura-urbanizmus.sk/2024/07/15/kosice-the-interwar-period-housing-for-the-poorest-social-housing-wagon-apartments-the-housing-crisis-workers-district/košicesocial housingthe housing crisisworkers’ districtthe interwar periodhousing for the poorestwagon apartments
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Solving the Housing Crisis in Interwar Košice Examples of Social Housing for the Unemployed and Impoverished
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košice
social housing
the housing crisis
workers’ district
the interwar period
housing for the poorest
wagon apartments
title Solving the Housing Crisis in Interwar Košice Examples of Social Housing for the Unemployed and Impoverished
title_full Solving the Housing Crisis in Interwar Košice Examples of Social Housing for the Unemployed and Impoverished
title_fullStr Solving the Housing Crisis in Interwar Košice Examples of Social Housing for the Unemployed and Impoverished
title_full_unstemmed Solving the Housing Crisis in Interwar Košice Examples of Social Housing for the Unemployed and Impoverished
title_short Solving the Housing Crisis in Interwar Košice Examples of Social Housing for the Unemployed and Impoverished
title_sort solving the housing crisis in interwar kosice examples of social housing for the unemployed and impoverished
topic košice
social housing
the housing crisis
workers’ district
the interwar period
housing for the poorest
wagon apartments
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