Availability of state support for housing in Lithuania: social and regional aspects

Introduction. With the changing regulation of the social housing sector and the diminishing role of the state in this system, the provided support for social housing is directed at the economically weakest groups of the society. Aim. The purpose of this study is to analyse the concept of the social housing system as a measure of support of the welfare state provided to persons who are unable to access housing themselves, and the general principles of the housing support policy in Lithuania. Material and Methods. The descriptive analysis of the secondary data of the Statistics Lithuania allowed the author to evaluate the differences in the social housing fund in municipalities of the country (n = 60). Results. A significant part of households lose their right to support measures for housing. The study describes the main models and features of the social housing policy in Lithuania. Conclusions. The results of the study uncover differences across the Lithuanian municipalities in the size of population of the persons provided with social housing and the persons included in the waiting list of the support for renting a housing. The research also points to the hierarchy of the social housing sector group in the overall sector of housing provisionSocialinių mokslų fakultetasVytauto Didžiojo universiteta