Sídlisko

Sídlisko Ťahanovce in Košice, Slovakia.

Sídlisko is a term used in Slovak (Czech: sídliště) which mainly means housing estate. Other terms associated with this term are housing project, housing development, settlement or neighborhood. In these housing projects, apartment buildings are built all over, most of them being known as paneláks (commieblocks). Most paneláks were built during the communist era in the former Czechoslovakia, while most of them were built as grey apartment blocks, so these housing projects are filled with lots of concrete. Such buildings remain in these housing projects and most of them are being gentrified and painted vibrant colors as of today. These housing projects can be found in urban areas, as well as in suburban areas. These housing projects were built to provide fast and affordable housing. Most of these housing projects are mixed in social classes.^[1] People living in these housing projects usually own their apartments, but some also rent them, usually through a private landlord, which basically works like Section 8. These housing projects are usually not considered to be solely heavy crime-ridden areas or ghettos, except for the Roma slums such as Luník IX.

See also[]

• Panelák (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

• Housing estate

• Public housing
• Subsidized housing
• Affordable housing
• Panelház (Hungary)
• Plattenbau (Germany)
• HLM (France)

• Million Programme (Sweden)

• Khrushchyovka (Former Soviet Union)

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