Shortages The initial year that shortages were effectively measured and shortages in 1986 were as follows: +Housing shortages in the Eastern Bloc and YugoslaviaCountryInitial yearInitial year shortage% of total stock1986 shortage1986% of total stockAlbania n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aBulgaria 1965 472,000 23.0% 880,400 27.4%Hungary 1973 6,000 0.2% 257,000 6.6%East Germany 1971 340,000 5.6% 1,181,700 17.1%Poland 1974 1,357,000 15.9% 2,574,800 23.9%Romania 1966 575,000 11.0% 1,157,900 14.0%Soviet Union 1970 13,690,000 23.1% 26,662,400 30.2%Czechoslovakia 1970 438,000 9.9% 877,600 15.3%Yugoslavia n/a n/a n/a 1,634,700 23.9% These are official housing figures and may be low. For example, in the Soviet Union the figure of 26,662,400 in 1986 almost certainly underestimates shortages for the reason that it does not count shortages from large Soviet rural-urban migration; another calculation estimates shortages to be 59,917,900. By the late 1980s, Poland had an average 20-year wait time for housing while Warsaw had between a 26- and 50-year wait time. In the Soviet Union, widespread illegal subletting occurred at exorbitant rates. Toward the end of the Eastern Bloc allegations of misallocations and illegal distribution of housing were raised in Soviet CPSU Central Committee meetings.
Shortages The initial year that shortages were effectively measured and shortages in 1986 were as follows: +Housing shortages in the Eastern Bloc and YugoslaviaCountryInitial yearInitial year shortage% of total stock1986 shortage1986% of total stockAlbania n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aBulgaria 1965 472,000 23.0% 880,400 27.4%Hungary 1973 6,000 0.2% 257,000 6.6%East Germany 1971 340,000 5.6% 1,181,700 17.1%Poland 1974 1,357000 15.9% 2,574,800 23.9%Romania 1966 575,000 11.0% 1,157,900 14.0%Soviet Union 1970 13,690,000 23.1% 26,662,400 30.2%Czechoslovakia 1970 438,000 9.9% 877,600 15.3%Yugoslavia n/a n/a n/a 1,634,700 23.9% These are official housing figures and may be low. For example, in the Soviet Union the figure of 26,662,400 in 1986 almost certainly underestimates shortages for the reason that it does not count shortages from large Soviet rural-urban migration; another calculation estimates shortages to be 59,917,900. By the late 1980s, Poland had an average 20-year wait time for housing while Warsaw had between a 26,- and 50-year wait time. In the Soviet Union, widespread illegal subletting occurred at exorbitant rates. Toward the end of the Eastern Bloc allegations of misallocations and illegal distribution of housing were raised in Soviet CPSU Central Committee meetings.