Poland: Overview of Local Government's Role in Facilitating Private Developmentof Housing

摘要

The report employs a rapid assessment of five Polish cities (Warsaw, Gdansk,Torun, Siedlce and Lodz) to gauge the capacity and capabilities of local government to carry out its prescribed role in the delivery of serviced land and housing. Following the identification and assessment of the principal constraints and bottlenecks of this process at the local level, the report recommends a technical assistance and training program that addresses their amelioration. It begins with a quick overview of the current municipal structure as recently enacted in Local Self-Government Act (March 1990). The section also contains a brief description of the budgetary process and decision environment at the level of local government. It then analyzes the financial situation of the five municipalities. It presents the essentially national legal framework that impacts on the delivery of serviced land and housing at the local level. Finally, it identifies the constraints and bottlenecks that will tend to impede the private production of housing at the level of local government.