The work underlying this report is a joint effort of the OECD Economics Department (ECO), the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) and the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTP). The report was prepared by Esther Raineau-Rispal, Filippo Cavassini, Fátima Talidi (ECO); Camille Viros, Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter, Thomas Kergonou Jimenez, Andrew Lombardi (CFE); Marissa Plouin, Alexandre Lloyd, Szymon Jezewski (ELS); Diana Hourani, Sarah Perret (CTP) and Matteo Schleicher (formerly CFE). Isabell Koske, Deputy Director, Country Studies (ECO), Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor and Head of the Social Policy Division (ELS), and Rudiger Ahrend, Head of the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division (CFE) provided guidance and inputs to the work. Federica De Pace, Zuzana Smidova, Boris Cournède, Volker Ziemann, Manuel Betin (ECO), Willem Adema (ELS) and Soo-Jin Kim (CFE) provided valuable comments on the report. Mathieu Miranda and Sara Gouveia (ECO) provided organisational support and Marzena Kapusta (CFE) helped prepare the report for publication.
The work was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument and implemented by the OECD in co-operation with the European Commission’s Reform and Investment Task Force (SG REFORM). Special thanks to Florin Popa, Policy Officer (SG REFORM). Rima Joujou-Deljkic (SG REFORM) and Ana Ferreira Reis (formerly SG REFORM) helped shape the work in the inception phase and supported the initial implementation.
The work relied on close co-operation with the Czech and Polish authorities. Special thanks for the extensive inputs and support go to Vojtěch Kubát, Affordable Housing Policy Specialist, Czech Ministry of Regional Development, and Magdalena Ruszkowska-Cieślak, Chief Specialist, Polish Prime Minister Chancellery. The support of the Czech and Policy Delegations to the OECD is kindly acknowledged. Special thanks to H.E. Ambassador Aleš Chmelař and Petr Tomčiak, Economic and Financial Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of Czechia to the OECD, Piotr Krawczyk, Deputy Permanent Representative, Ewa Kubel, Counsellor, and Joanna Smenda-Martyka, Counsellor for Economics and Finance, Permanent Delegation of Poland to the OECD. Special thanks to the Czech and Polish experts (and service beneficiaries, in the case of Poland), who participated in the stakeholder survey and webinars.
The OECD Secretariat extends its thanks to the Belgian and French experts, representing a broad range of housing institutions, who participated in the two study visits to share insights with the Czech and Polish authorities. An earlier version of the report was discussed in a seminar jointly organised with the delegates of the OECD Economic and Development Review Committee (EDRC), the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee and the OECD Working Party on Social Policy. Special thanks to Barbora Špicarová Stašková, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Regional Development, Czechia; Tomasz Lewandowski, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Poland; and Katarzyna Nowakowska, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Poland, for their active participation and contributions to the discussion, and to all participants for their valuable comments and insights. The seminar was followed by field visits to affordable and social housing developments in Paris; special thanks to Stéphane Bettiol and Christophe Vitu at Paris Habitat for organising these visits and Michèle Nissen-Sageot, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of France to the OECD.