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	State of the Environment in Košice 2001

Housing

What is the general situation with the ISSUE?

In 1999 the available housing was represented by 87,718 flats, of which the overwhelming portion of flats (more than 90%) were located in blocks of flats. Family houses are concentrated mainly in the original country settlements, which were administratively incorporated into the city conurbation.

In 1998, 399 flats fell to 1,000 inhabitants. In spite of the fact that this coefficient is higher than the nation-wide average (307 flats/1,000 inhabitants), it is approx. by 12% less than in developed countries.

A portion of flats is located in the buildings of the historical centre, of the town. Up to recent time, these flats were in bad building and technical condition due to the fact that the maintenance of historical buildings was neglected in the city. This state is being gradually improved through the reconstruction of historical buildings, however, the number of flats has been reduced due to increasing pressure to the utilization of areas in the city centre for non-residential purposes.

The overwhelming portion of flats is located in prefabricated blocks of flats. The sharp tempo of the construction of these flats on the western periphery of the city started in the 60s in relation with the construction of the Eastern Slovakian Iron- and Steel Works. The construction of prefabricated blocks of flats continued in the 70s in the form of satellite housing estates south of the city centre. The tempo of construction was the sharpest in the 80s, when 2,000 flats were completed in one year. In this period, further satellite housing estates were constructed in the eastern and western peripheries of the city.

Currently, it is necessary to reconstruct these blocks of flats due to constructional and technical deficiencies of the prefabricated construction (constructional problems, leakage through flat roofs, need of thermal insulations).

After the year 1989, the housing construction was radically reduced. In the 90s, only 500 flats were completed annually. Currently, the housing construction is implemented only in the form of completion or so-called concentration of the existing housing estates. In spite of the fact that a zoning reserve has been created for new housing estates, their construction has not started due to the lack of financial means for the construction of technical infrastructure.

Summary of housing construction – state by 1991

Number of houses

of which permanently occupied

of which family houses

12,796

11,776

7,859

Number of flats

of which permanently occupied

of which family houses

82,597

79,255

8,119

o floor area / 1 flat

40.5

o flooring / 1 flat

64.2

Amenities (%)

water supply in flat

public sewerage

gas from network

central heating

95.6

68.4

77.8

78.0

Increases in the number of flats

1999

2000

Started

of which family houses

525

147

223

157

Unfinished

of which family houses

1,064

251

1,080

254

Finished

of which family houses

486

187

207

154

Increases in the number of flats by ownership

2000

started

unfinished

finished

private

163

729

186

state owned

17

160

17

Municipal

41

191

2

Other

2

-

2

Total

223

1,080

207

Summary of finished flats by the number of rooms

Finished flats and number of rooms

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1 and studio flats

2

3

4

5 and more

72

240

555

143

34

74

75

286

108

35

-

6

79

74

116

30

73

186

78

119

4

17

19

58

109

Total

1,044

578

275

486

207

Floor area and flooring of finished flats

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

floor area (m²)

O m²/1 flat

55,146

90.95

30,779

76.45

24,837

87.7

39,794

88.22

21,591

flooring

O m²/1 flat

79,893

120.17

47 376

111.62

35,364

126.67

57,969

140.77

31,204

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