Recent domestic works of Metropolitan Research Institute staff include the coordination of Social Rehabilitation Handbook for the use of Budapest municipalities, and the in-depth sociological and housing mobility study of residential areas of Budapest’s District 21.
At the request of the Municipality of Budapest, Metropolitan Research Institute’s staff – in cooperation with high level policy experts and advisers – prepared a Social Rehabilitation Handbook for the use of district municipalities. The handbook was created with the coordination of MRI senior researcher Eszter Somogyi, in order to provide solid recommendations and practical guidelines for EU financed Social Rehabilitation projects, managed on the local municipality level (which, in the case of the capital Budapest, means district municipalities). The Handbook facilitates the understanding of social rehabilitation mechanisms, and provides a practical example through the analysis of target sectors in Budapest’s District 10, and formulates recommendations for the mapping of crisis- and risk areas as well as appropriate policy measures. The book was presented to the wider public in April by deputy mayor Balazs Szeneczey, in FUGA Budapest Centre of Architecture.
In contract with Budapest’s District 21 (Csepel) municipality, Metropolitan Research Institute prepared an in-depth analysis of the district’s residential areas, with particular emphasis on the socio-spatial structure, urban development needs and residential demand, household financing strategies, renovation and housing mobility plans and ambitions, and satisfaction with the local community and urban residential environment. The study was based on statistical and document analysis as well as on direct data collection through survey with a sample size of 600, corresponding to six residential area types in the district and its direct neighborhood. The research was led by chief researcher József Hegedüs, while the project team included outstanding thematic experts and external advisers.