NDLI: Urban renewal without displacement? Belgium’s ‘housing contract experiment’ and the risks of gentrification

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Uitermark, Justus Loopmans, Maarten
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Gentrification has become part and parcel of urban policies throughout the world. Critics have argued against those policies but they have not yet developed concrete and comprehensive alternatives. This paper seeks to remedy this omission by investigating the Belgian ‘housing contract’ experiment (2005–2007). Quite exceptionally, Belgium’s ‘housing contract’ experiment was based on the premise that housing policies should improve the quality of life in deprived urban neighborhoods without displacing the poor. We investigate both the philosophy of the housing contract experiment as well as its effects. On the basis of this evaluation, we sketch the contours of a housing policy that incorporates rent gap theory and counters the negative effects arising from disinvestment and gentrification.
Starting Page	157
Ending Page	166
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15664910
Journal	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15737772
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-06-14
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Gentrification Housing policy Urban policy Displacement Rent gap theory Belgium Human Geography Geography (general) Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Urban Studies

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Urban renewal without displacement? Belgium’s ‘housing contract experiment’ and the risks of gentrification