23/2022
2022-07-19
Directions in Housing Policy
The beginning of the year saw a change in building regulations, which no longer require planning permission for the construction of single-family houses of up to 70 sq m for one’s own use. The government have also announced a new law, to come into force in 2023, abolishing the need to get planning permission for single-family houses for one’s own use, regardless of size. In addition, the Homes without Deposits programme has started, which aims to help creditworthy people buy homes even if they don’t have enough money saved for a deposit.
When asked about how housing policies should be developed, most Poles thought the state should above all make it easier for people to buy or build their own homes and only later support the building of properties to let at affordable prices with the right to buy, or support construction of social housing for those less well off.
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More on this subject in the CBOS report.
This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (386) was conducted using a mixed-mode procedure on a representative sample of named adult residents of Poland, randomly selected from the National Identity Number (PESEL) register. Respondents independently selected one of the following methods: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI); Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS; Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS. In all three cases the questionnaire had the same structure and comprised the same questions. The survey was carried out between 30 May and 9 June 2022 inclusive on a sample of 1050 people (61.6% using the CAPI method, 23.1% CATI and 15.2% CAWI). CBOS has been conducting statutory research using the above procedure since May 2020, stating in each case the percentage of personal, telephone and internet interviews.
