Participation in the Public Sector Economics 2025 Conference

Anđelina Svirčić Gotovac, PhD, Anamaria Klasić, PhD, and Jelena Zlatar Gamberožić, PhD participated in the international scientific Public Sector Economics 2025 Conference, which was organized by the Institute of Public Finance and held on 26 September 2025 in Zagreb.

The authors presented the paper titled “Housing affordability in Croatian large housing estates in the light of energy renovation of multi-family buildings and green transition“.

The presentation tackled the question of housing affordability and quality of life in socialist and post-socialist housing estates in largest Croatian cities, with a particular focus on affordability and feasibility of energy renovation of multi-family buildings in the context of green transition and green urban renovation in selected cities. By employing a mixed-method approach, the research points to the problems of dissatisfaction with the quality of housing construction (particularly regarding energy efficiency, and the external and internal appearance of buildings), financial and administrative complexity of renovation, as well as the challenges of housing affordability, particularly among certain vulnerable groups of citizens. Based on the results, the authors conclude that a higher percentage of housing stock renovation will be hard to achieve without systematical support at the national and local level. Moreover, lack of financial support to vulnerable groups may create risk of further deepening of housing inequalities.

The presentation is part of the projects: “Quality of living in the Housing Estates of the socialist and post-socialist era: a comparative analysis between Slovenia and Croatia“ (HESC, CSF, 2020 – 2023) and “Effects of the Europeanization Process in Selected Urban-Rural Areas of Croatia“ (HREUURBRUR, Ministry of Science, Education and Youth via NextGenerationEU Fund of the European Commission, 2024 – 2027). The Principal Investigator of both projects is Anđelina Svirčić Gotovac, PhD.