You didn't pay it off, the government (who also owned the corporation) was the owner of it. You could build your own house and own it though, but not the "socia

You didn't pay it off, the government (who also owned the corporation) was the owner of it. You could build your own house and own it though, but not the "social" apartments. The option to buy the apartments from the government came only after the fall of socialism in 1991 (jazbinskov zakon/law) > actually the apartments were reletively very good quality, and often buildings were made as part of a grander urban project yes, the apartments were well built, but the aging reinforced concrete will be problematic very soon.