Housing and Intergenerational Solidarity: A Case of Lithuania

This paper seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the topic of housing and intergenerational solidarity by deeply exploring the case of intergenerational support in housing in Lithuania. The data come from the unique representative survey conducted in May 2024 (10-30). UAB „Spinter tyrimai“, a survey company, collected the data. The authors of this acticle have developed a questionnaire. The survey questions collected opinions on the respondent’s housing situation, their views on housing issues, their safisfaction with housing situation, and the intergenerational support in housing. The total sample size was 2,350 respondens with a response rate of 56 percent, resulting into 1,023 actual number of respondents (net response).

The findings of this paper show that in Lithuania we can detect strong intergenerational support practices in the field of housing. This situation is caused by the lack of substantial public housing policies in Lithuania, along with high home ownership rates and a small rental sector.