The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Private  Rental Housing Market in Poland: What Do Experts Say and  What Do Actual Data Show?

The aim of the article is to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of housing rents using the example of the City of Krakow. This study is based on objective data on rental prices and subjective information obtained from real estate agents using a questionnaire survey. The research revealed that the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic actually led to a 6-7% decrease in prices in the rental market in Krakow, while at the same time the surveyed real estate agents had estimated that rents would drop by about 13%. With the second wave of the pandemic, it is possible to see that its immediate impact, i.e. between the third and fourth quarter of 2020, has led to a further 6.25% drop in rents. It should be noted that the latter decrease was very accurately predicted, both by the survey respondents and by the econometric models used. Finally, the results of the analysis also indicated that the worsening of the pandemic in the last quarter of 2020 will have a significant impact on rent levels in Krakow for all of next year. Regardless of how the economy develops, rental prices are forecast to fall further in 2021q1. However, in the subsequent quarters of 2021, rents are projected to increase, but ultimately their level will not return to pre-pandemic values even in 2021q4. The latter is likely to happen only in the second half of 2022.

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DISCRIMINATION OF MIGRANTS IN THE HOUSING RENTAL MARKET IN THE BORDER CITIES OF THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA

Scientific Review Series 2 Human sciences ◽

10.26653/2076-4685-2021-4-5-01 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 5-14

Author(s):

Stanislav S. Alkhasov ◽

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Real Estate ◽

Rental Housing ◽

Northern Caucasus ◽

Economic Costs ◽

The South ◽

Interethnic Relations ◽

Rental Market ◽

Widespread Phenomenon ◽

Rental Housing Market

Discrimination on the basis of nationality and race is a widespread phenomenon in the Russian housing rental market. Discrimination is prohibited by law. However, there is no law enforcement practice. Against this background, landlords, realtors and internet real estate portals publish discriminatory advertisements. In Moscow the situation is most acute. Of particular interest is discrimination in the South of Russia, a complex multiethnic and multicultural border macro-region. The analysis of the advertisements showed that discrimination in the southern Russian housing rental market is currently moderate compared to the capital region: the minimum in Astrakhan (less than 1%) and the maximum in Stavropol and Novorossiysk (about 9%). The presence of discriminatory advertisements does not lead (or almost does not lead in the case of Sochi and Krasnodar) to economic costs for migrants. At the same time, the significant part of the population (74.9% according to V.I. Mukomel’s data) is inconsistent in their attitudes towards migrants of other ethnicities. This kind of instability creates the risk of exacerbation of interethnic relations in the South of Russia, in the Northern Caucasus. Countering discrimination in the rental housing market is one of possible measures to smooth out potential tensions.

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The Impact of Migration on a Regulated Rental Market

REGION ◽

10.18335/region.v7i1.268 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 35-48

Author(s):

Adam Alexander Tyrcha

Keyword(s):

Housing Market ◽

Internal Migration ◽

Rental Housing ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Limited Ability ◽

Rental Market ◽

Migration Flows ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Rental Housing Market

Throughout the 20th century, the Swedish rental market has generally been heavily regulated, with both a rental queue in place, as well as generally fixed rents, with limited ability to vary these. Though these systems remain in place, in the 21st century, a number of deregulatory measures have been taken. Meanwhile, evolving migration flows and strong humanitarian migration in particular have continued. These developments combined mean that now more than ever, impacts of migration on the rental housing market are increasingly likely. This paper investigates the relationship between foreign-born and internal migration and rents on the housing market. Findings suggest that foreign-born migration, and refugees in particular, impact rents, especially in major cities.

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Impact of COVID-19 Variants on the Second Wave in India and Subsequent Discretion of Possibilities of the Third Wave

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health ◽

10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i930373 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 115-126

Author(s):

Sudarshan Ramaswamy ◽

Meera Dhuria ◽

Sumedha M. Joshi ◽

Deepa H Velankar

Keyword(s):

Herd Immunity ◽

Sir Model ◽

The Other ◽

Third Wave ◽

Focal Points ◽

Current Analysis ◽

The Third ◽

The Impact ◽

Second Wave ◽

Insight Into

Introduction: Epidemiological comprehension of the COVID-19 situation in India can be of great help in early prediction of any such indications in other countries and possibilities of the third wave in India as well. It is essential to understand the impact of variant strains in the perspective of the rise in daily cases during the second wave – Whether the rise in cases witnessed is due to the reinfections or the surge is dominated by emergence of mutants/variants and reasons for the same. Overall objective of this study is to predict early epidemiological indicators which can potentially lead to COVID-19 third wave in India. Methodology: We analyzed both the first and second waves of COVID-19 in India and using the data of India’s SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing, we segregated the impact of the Older Variant (OV) and the other major variants (VOI / VOC). Applying Kermack–McKendrick SIR model to the segregated data progression of the epidemic in India was plotted in the form of proportion of people infected. An equation to explain herd immunity thresholds was generated and further analyzed to predict the possibilities of the third wave. Results: Considerable difference in ate of progression of the first and second wave was seen. The study also ascertains that the rate of infection spread is higher in Delta variant and is expected to have a higher threshold (>2 times) for herd immunity as compared to the OV. Conclusion: Likelihood of the occurrence of the third wave seems unlikely based on the current analysis of the situation, however the possibilities cannot be ruled out. Understanding the epidemiological details of the first and second wave helped in understanding the focal points responsible for the surge in cases during the second wave and has given further insight into the future.

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International Real Estate Review

International Real Estate Review ◽

10.53383/100166 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 119-133

Author(s):

Pnina O. Plaut1 ◽

◽

Steven E. Plaut ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Capital ◽

Real Estate ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

Rental Housing ◽

Residential Property ◽

Rental Market ◽

New Immigrants ◽

The Us ◽

Rental Property ◽

Financial Portfolio

The supply of rental housing is by and large provided by landlord households. Little is understood about the factors, beyond financial portfolio considerations, that affect the inclination of people or households to become landlords. Studies of the American rental market have pointed to differences across income, wealth, ethnicity, and education in the willingness to rent out residential property to others. Here, we examine the question for Israel. We find that income and wealth are positively associated with the inclination to be a landlord. Education has an effect in Israel in contrast to the US (and Australia). Human capital in Israel appears to complement with rental property capital, unlike the case for the US and Australia, where they appear to be substitutes. In most cases, rental property in Israel and housing capital in the landlord's primary residence appear to be complementary. Ethnic minorities and new immigrants are under-represented among landlords. For households who own rental property, the income from such rentals is empirically analyzed.

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The Foucault Effect in Organization Studies

Organization Studies ◽

10.1177/0170840617745110 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 155-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Sverre Raffnsøe ◽

Andrea Mennicken ◽

Peter Miller

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

The Self ◽

Third Wave ◽

Organization Studies ◽

Linguistic Turn ◽

The Third ◽

The Past ◽

Organizational Scholarship ◽

The Impact ◽

Second Wave

Since the establishment of Organization Studies in 1980, Michel Foucault’s oeuvre has had a remarkable and continuing influence on its field. This article traces the different ways in which organizational scholars have engaged with Foucault’s writings over the past thirty years or so. We identify four overlapping waves of influence. Drawing on Foucault’s Discipline and Punish, the first wave focused on the impact of discipline, and techniques of surveillance and subjugation, on organizational practices and power relations. Part of a much wider ‘linguistic’ turn in the second half of the twentieth century, the second wave led to a focus on discourses as intermediaries that condition ways of viewing and acting. This wave drew mainly on Foucault’s early writings on language and discourse. The third wave was inspired by Foucault’s seminal lectures on governmentality towards the end of the 1970s. Here, an important body of international research investigating governmental technologies operating on subjects as free persons in sites such as education, accounting, medicine and psychiatry emerged. The fourth and last wave arose out of a critical engagement with earlier Foucauldian organizational scholarship and sought to develop a more positive conception of subjectivity. This wave draws in particular on Foucault’s work on asceticism and techniques of the self towards the end of his life. Drawing on Deleuze and Butler, the article conceives the Foucault effect in organization studies as an immanent cause and a performative effect. We argue for the need to move beyond the tired dichotomies between discipline and autonomy, compliance and resistance, power and freedom that, at least to some extent, still hamper organization studies. We seek to overcome such dichotomies by further pursuing newly emerging lines of Foucauldian research that investigate processes of organizing, calculating and economizing characterized by a differential structuring of freedom, performative and indirect agency.

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Cjenovni balon na tržištu nekretnina u Republici Hrvatskoj

Oeconomica Jadertina ◽

10.15291/oec.2839 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 78-88

Author(s):

Josipa Mustać

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Real Estate ◽

Rental Housing ◽

The United States ◽

Significant Drop ◽

The Real Estate ◽

Real Estate Price ◽

Real Estate Prices ◽

Year 2000 ◽

The City

The market balloons are fast-growing price phenomena, followed by their dramatic drop. In some parts of Croatia - the coastline and in the city of Zagreb, real estate prices have been growing drastically, considering the period from the year 2000. The global economic crisis occurred in the United States came 2008 due to the inflation of real estate prices, which also transferred to the Croatian economy due to the flooding effect from one market to another. This paper examines whether the same case is happening in Croatia today, namely whether the real estate price increase in Croatia was justified or they are balloons that will suddenly break. Real estate prices in Croatia are growing due to several factors, such as increased real estate demand for tourist rental, housing loans subsidies for young people and increased real estate demand by foreigners. If there is a significant drop in tourist activity in Croatia, real estate prices could fall dramatically.

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RUANG INTERAKTIF DI MERUYA UTARA

Jurnal Sains, Teknologi, Urban, Perancangan, Arsitektur (Stupa) ◽

10.24912/stupa.v2i1.6859 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 833

Author(s):

Ursula Andrea

Keyword(s):

Open Architecture ◽

Third Place ◽

Solidarity Economy ◽

Place Theory ◽

The Third ◽

Broad Scope ◽

Main Activity ◽

The Impact ◽

The City ◽

At Home

Third place is a neutral place, and simple (unpretentious). This place must be playful or fun for anyone, so that when leaving the third place, people come out happily. This place has no rules at home or work. Third place is also a place where people gather, and have the same status. Also in this project the third place comes as a form of open architecture that is friendly to the environment and makes the city better. The main activity of this project is the interaction with the programs offered, the activity itself and with fellow visitors. The focus of the third place is shown on the impact of "The Solidarity Economy" or according to Ethan Miller of the Grassroots Economic Organizing Collective in Australia, The "solidarity economy", is an invitation to reach a broad scope of the workings of an economy based on sharing. This system makes it easy for people to be able to access facilities without having something that will create interaction between visitors and visitors. This happened because the project was designed to form communal activities. The communal activities that occur are playful activities. Like, misbar space, café boardgame and also sports space that is not competitive. Like the criteria contained in the third place theory which has playful criteria. The rooms that are formed are designed and planned so that each visitor can interact with other visitors and with existing programs.Abstrak Third place adalah tempat netral, dan sederhana (unpretentious). Tempat ini haruslah playful atau menyenangkan bagi siapapun, sehingga ketika meninggalkan third place, orang keluar dengan bahagia. Tempat ini tidak memiliki aturan yang ada di rumah maupun tempat kerja. Third place juga merupakan tempat masyarakat berkumpul, dan memiliki status yang sama. Selain itu dalam proyek ini third place hadir sebagai bentuk dari open architecture yang bersahabat dengan lingkungannya dan membuat kota menjadi lebih baik. Aktifitas utama dari proyek ini adalah interaksi dengan program yang ditawarkan, aktifitas itu sendiri maupun dengan sesama pengunjung. Fokus third place ditunjukan pada dampak dari “The Solidarity Economy” atau ekonomi solidaritas yang menurut Ethan Miller dari Grassroots Economic Organizing Collective di Australia, The “solidarity economy”, adalah sebuah undangan untuk menjangkau lingkupan yang luas mengenai cara kerja ekonomi yang berlandaskan berbagi. Sistem ini memudahkan masyarakat untuk dapat mengakses fasilitas tanpa memiliki sesuatu yang akan menciptakan interaksi antara pengunjung dengan pengunjung. Hal ini terjadi karena proyek ini dirancang untuk membentuk aktifitas komunal. Adapun aktifitas komunal yang terjadi adalah aktifitas yang bersifat playful. Seperti, ruang misbar, café boardgame dan juga ruang olahraga yang bersifat tidak kompetitif. Seperti sebagaimana kriteria yang terdapat pada teori third place yang memiliki kriteria playful. Ruangan-ruangan yang terbentuk dirancang dan direncanakan agar setiap pengunjung bisa berinteraksi dengan pengunjung lain maupun dengan program yang sudah ada.

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Selected Aspects of the Residential Property Market in the Context of Creating a City Image (an Example from Rzeszów)

Olsztyn Economic Journal ◽

10.31648/oej.5397 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 39-52

Author(s):

Wiesława Kuźniar ◽

Kazimierz Cyran

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Real Estate Market ◽

City Image ◽

Residential Real Estate ◽

Property Market ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Modern Development ◽

High Dynamics ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

The main goal of the article is to evaluate the city’s real estate sub-product and identify the impact of perception of this urban sphere on the overall image of Rzeszów city among students. A thesis was accepted by the authors that the attractive image of Rzeszów determines the development of the residential real estate market, attracting especially young, educated people to the city. On the basis of a literature analysis of the subject, information obtained from secondary sources on the topic of Rzeszów, as well as surveys carried out in 2018 among students (n = 325), the thesis was confirmed. Thanks to the fast, modern development of the city and consistently implemented marketing activities, Rzeszów is perceived as an innovative city that is friendly to residents, investors and students. This contributes to the inflow of new, usually young, educated residents and investors, which in turn translates into high dynamics in the residential real estate market. Questionnaire surveys carried out among students have shown that they highly appreciate the current image of Rzeszów and, most after graduation, plan to stay in the city which in their opinion is an attractive place for everyday life.

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Studentification in Germany: How investors generate profits from student tenants in Goettingen and the impacts on urban segregation

European Urban and Regional Studies ◽

10.1177/0969776420934850 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 096977642093485 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael Miessner

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Real Estate ◽

Return On Investment ◽

Statistical Data ◽

Social Groups ◽

Rental Housing ◽

Education Student ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

University Town ◽

Rental Housing Market

This paper presents a study about studentification in the medium-sized university town of Goettingen, Germany. While many studentification studies focus on the transformation of owner-occupied houses into houses of multiple occupation, this study is about displacement in the rental housing market. I argue that within this context, the displacement of marginalised social groups takes place through rental prices and private landlords’ preferences for students of higher education. Hence, I focus on how landlords extract high rents from their property without making serious investments and investigate landlords’ strategies for increasing their return on investment via higher education student tenants. I explain their strategies, grounding this research in semi-structured interviews with landlords, property managers and real estate agents, complemented by statistical data. I show that different rental strategies landlords apply lead to the separation of different social groups. Hence, this paper argues that the strategies of landlords have an important impact on urban segregation and urban development in cities. Therefore, a deeper investigation of these strategies would help us achieve a better understanding of how the process of studentification proceeds and how displacement takes place.

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