In the Soviet Union, the entire housing stock of the country was exclusively state-owned. There was not even such a thing as a "housing market". But even though Soviet citizens could not buy or sell apartments, everyone had the right to receive housing, and what is most incredible - completely free of charge, only in the order of the queue! True, sometimes it took years to wait for the cherished square meters. In this issue of the USSR. Quality Mark with Garik Sukachev, the host of the program will try to remember how Soviet people acquired, exchanged, repaired and furnished their apartments in the era of the absence of private property; what did a mortgage mean in the Soviet way, how brokers differed from spies, and why every Soviet person dreamed of a wall! Let's remember!
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