HOTJSI NG F'I NANCE I NTERNATI ONAL Vol. V No.1 AUGUST 1 990 Housing Finance lnternational is published by the lnternational Union of Housing Finance lnstitutions (formerly IUBSSA) and Franey & Co. Opinion Third lnternational Shelter GonÍ erence A global strategy Í or shelter - dream or reality? Housing policy and macro-economic reform Housing and housing Í inance in India 30 Housing strategies in the USSR Hungarian housing finance, 1983-1990 - a failure of housing reform Financing the building industry in Poland The housing management system in East Germany The housing market and housing finance in Yugoslavia 34 20 6 THI S special issue reports on two recent major events in the housing field - the Third lnternational Shelter Conference, and the Housing Finance in Eastern Europe Conference. This issue oÍ Housing Finance International is the last to be published jointly by'Franey & Co Ltd and the lnternational Union. Editorial offices: 3 Savile Row, London W1X 1AF, United Kingdom Tel: 071-437 0655 Fax: 071-734 6416 Telex: 245 38 BSA G Administrative and advertisement offices: Franey & Co. South Ouay Plaza. 1&l Marsh Wall. tondon E14 gFS, Tel: 07rá38 5386 Front cover The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, a symbol of the old divisions between East and West. Reports on the recent major conference on housing in Eastern Europe start on page 34. I SSN No. 0269 &)78 Editor: Mark Bolé at Advertisement Manager: Mike Portis Advertising PÍ oduction: Linda Pegg Publisher: Steve Short Printed by Chandlers Printers Ltd, Saxon Mews, Reginald Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.