Housing Allowances in Kazakhstan: Program Design and Implementation Strategies.Shelter Sector Reform Project, Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

摘要

Data from households in Kapchagai and Talger are used to analyze options open tothe Government of Kazakhstan for its planned program of housing allowances. The options fall under two distinct models: (1) an income-based formula, which provides housing allowances to those below a specified income level and bases family contribution on family income, and (2) a space-based formula, which reduces fees to everyone for a certain standard amount of space and charges premiums for space above this amount.