NDLI: The future of Flemish social housing

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Author	Winters, Sien Elsinga, Marja
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Housing policy in Belgium and Flanders is directed mainly towards encouraging home ownership. Social housing in Flanders covers a share of 5.6% of the housing stock. This social rental sector is characterized as a safety net by some housing researchers and as a general model by others. During the 1990s and the first half of this decade social housing in Flanders became under discussion. The image of social housing that dominated then was one of increasing problems with tenants and neighbourhoods. Raising the income limits to get a better social mix was advocated by the sector and afterwards by policy as one of the solutions for these problems, meanwhile also improving the revenues of the housing associations. The political discourse however was very little supported by scientific knowledge. This contribution aims at clarifying the position of the Flemish social housing by describing the historical and regulatory context and presenting the results of the Housing Survey 2005. It dispels the misunderstanding that Flemish social housing is a residual model and explores different future models. One of the conclusions is that solving problems of the social rental sector may not occur at the cost of those who need affordable housing most.
Starting Page	215
Ending Page	230
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15664910
Journal	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15737772
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2008-07-05
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Social housing Housing policy Flanders Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Housing Human Geography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Urban Studies

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