%D 2009 %T Fighting against dilapidating and deteriorating neighbourhoods: the case of housing in Budapest %L theses_frw776 %A K.D. Hagendoorn %X The Hungarian housing market has experienced different policies. The switch from socialism to capitalism made the housing market undertook a transformation. Due to the consequent governmental approach to privatisation its economic and social structures still feel the consequences. Polarisation of the society was greater than before.