http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100924090
Privatization gave socialist housing to existing occupants, creating a nation of homeowners overnight.
Instead of stimulating homeownership, privatization, combined with high prices and limited credit, created a system of “property without markets.” In the wake of privatization, young Russians can no longer count on the state to provide their house, nor can they afford to buy a home with wages, forcing many to live with extended family well into adulthood.
Frustrated aspirations and unjustified inequality led most Russians to call for a government-controlled housing market.