SKUTKI PRZESTRZENNE SPECUSTAWY MIESZKANIOWEJ I TENDENCJE W JEJ STOSOWANIU
SPATIAL EFFECTS OF THE SPECIAL HOUSING ACT AND TRENDS IN ITS APPLICATION

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present research carried out as part of the monitoring of the operation of the housing specula-tive law after five years of its implementation. This work was prepared for the Ministry of Development and Technology and isbased on an analysis of statistical data from Statistics Poland for the whole of Poland targeted surveys addressed to selectedlocal governments, and detailed comparisons and compilations of selected projects. The results show that the spatial effectsof the special law to date are far from the statutory assumptions. The special act has had a marginal impact on the country’shousing market. Instead, it has significantly changed Polish spatial planning, where it has undermined the “institutions” of thelocal plan as a guarantor of development and socio-economic order. Resolutions on the location of investments adopted onits basis fit poorly into the spatial policy pursued so far by municipalities and do not guarantee local communities’ influenceon the shaping of space. The special act has also not led to the socially anticipated participation of private entities in the im-plementation of public infrastructure and a more economically equitable distribution of costs and profits from investments.Was it therefore necessary for us to meet Poland’s housing needs? Given the extremely modest spatial results and the ensu-ing chaos in the planning system, this is clearly doubtful.

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