In urban areas, 57% of the families from the total 7.47 million households in Romania live in one or two-room apartments, according to an IRSOP study conducted for BCR Banca pentru Locuinte (BCR BpL).
According to the study, 40% of the families with three members live in one or two-room apartments, as well as 32% of families with four members, 20% of the families with five members and 20% of the families with six members.
One third of the total households lack a bathroom (even in the cities – 8.5%), while another 1/3 don’t have a shower/bathtub.
Only 15% of the homes were built after 2000, 197,541 homes were built between 2000 and 2002, while the current demand reaches 1 million new apartments in the urban areas alone.