Abstract
Having been ignored by state housing policy throughout the post-Second World War period of communist rule, there were high expectations that the private rented sector (PRS) would finally be recognised as an essential housing tenure after the adoption of a market economy system in the early 1990s. A quarter of a century later, the PRS continues to operate in Slovenia informally, mostly as a ‘black market’ activity. It is argued in this chapter that the sector has the potential to play a significant role in the provision of alternative categories of housing, other than the currently dominant home-ownership tenure. It is stressed that the state needs to urgently recognise the importance of the PRS and implement the necessary reform policies.
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Sendi, R. (2018). Slovenia: Untapped Potential. In: Hegedüs, J., Lux, M., Horváth, V. (eds) Private Rental Housing in Transition Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50710-5_13
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