Abstract

Property claims ensuing from expiration of cooperative tenancy rights to residential premises are among the most interesting claims in the area of housing cooperative law. Depending on their legal position, the situation of housing cooperative members whose cooperative tenancy rights to residential premises expired for reasons other than a member’s death differed. In particular, of greatest interest proved to be the amendment to the Housing Cooperative Act of 31 July 2007, which introduced to the Act the definition of reimbursement of the market value of the premises after expiration of the cooperative tenancy right to residential premises. This implicated further problems, in particular with regard to setting the amount of the compensation, the due date for the performance and prescription of claims. The article provides condensed information on legal history of compensations due to former housing cooperative members after expiration of their cooperative tenancy rights to apartments in cooperative buildings, with reference to current legal problems.