Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/147997 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1610
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
World War I led to radical changes in the government policy of participating countries. The enormous demographic and economic disturbances caused by the war forced the governments of all the belligerent nations to drastically restrict the market freedom. In particular, the state began actively intervening in the housing market. Ukraine as a part of the former Russian Empire, for the first time in its history saw the introduction of rent controls and protection of tenants from eviction. This paper concentrates on the government intervention in the rental housing market of Right-Bank Ukraine during World War I (1914-1918). It identifies the factors that made the state intervene in the relationships between landlords and tenants, analyzes changes in the housing legislation, and assesses the effectiveness of the regulations.
Subjects: 
rental housing market
rent controls
tenant protection
government regulations
World War I
Right-Bank Ukraine
JEL: 
N44
N94
O18
R31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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