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Economic and legal conflicts between landlords and tenants in the Hungarian private rental sector

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  • József Hegedüs
  • Vera Horváth
  • Nóra Tosics

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After privatisation in the 1990s, the Hungarian public rental sector decreased sharply in size, from 23% to 3% by 2012. Meanwhile, against expectations, the private rental sector (PRS) did not undergo dynamic growth either, its official share now being 4%. The PRS seems to suffer from a number of defects. The tax and subsidy environment makes it unattractive for both potential landlords and tenants. Moreover, the legal environment – under-regulated tenant–landlord relations and an ineffective legal conflict resolution system – increases the risk inherent in private residential tenancy contracts. The absence of professional landlords is indicative of the lack of incentives to enter the private rental market. Yet, private rental lives on, if only for a lack of other options in many cases. Typically, landlords are accidental second homeowners and typical tenants are households that are excluded from other forms of housing provision. After a brief overview of the current state of the sector and its history, this paper will focus on the economic and legal conflicts between landlords and tenants, and will consider critically the constraints on the development of the PRS after the transition.

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  • József Hegedüs & Vera Horváth & Nóra Tosics, 2014. "Economic and legal conflicts between landlords and tenants in the Hungarian private rental sector," International Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 141-163, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:intjhp:v:14:y:2014:i:2:p:141-163
    DOI: 10.1080/14616718.2014.908571
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    1. Lívia Murinkó, 2019. "Housing consequences of divorce and separation in a 'super home ownership' regime: The case of Hungary," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 40(34), pages 975-1014.
    2. Adrienne Csizmady & Lea Kőszeghy, 2022. "‘Generation Rent’ in a Super Homeownership Environment: The Case of Budapest, Hungary," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-18, July.
    3. Júlia Mikolai & Hill Kulu & Clara Mulder, 2020. "Family life transitions, residential relocations, and housing in the life course: Current research and opportunities for future work: Introduction to the Special Collection on “Separation, Divorce, an," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 43(2), pages 35-58.
    4. Hegedüs, József & Somogyi, Eszter & Augustyniak, Hanna & Csizmady, Adrienne & Laszek, Jacek & Olszewski, Krzysztof, 2019. "Posztszocialista lakásrendszerek Magyarországon és Lengyelországban [Post-socialist housing systems in Hungary and Poland]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(9), pages 980-1004.

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