France is a country with a large social housing sector that secures the right to a decent home for millions, its ubiquity, importance and centrality to national debates creating a cultural imagining– not always positive– of French social housing that permeates beyond the bounds of the national. From l’ Union Sociale pour l’ Habitat is… Read More Solidarity, social housing, and… swimming pools!
The International Social Housing Festival is underway in Amsterdam and is bringing many interesting minds from academia, social housing companies and other think tanks together. Today we had the opportunity to hear from Martin van Ham who is a professor of Urban Renewal at the University of Delft spoke about segregation and inequality. He brought… Read More Segregation in European Social Housing- A Path to Move Forward
One of the ISHF’s biggest supporters is Amsterdam Alderman, Laurens Ivens. He is participating in the ISHF Opening Event, AFWC’s ‘Social Housing Strategies in major European cites,’ and the ISHF Closing Event. Here is a short interview on why the Alderman is enthusiastic about the festival and what he expects from an exciting week full of housing related events. What… Read More ‘The lack of affordable housing is at the core of the urban problems in many cities across Europe.’
We are very happy to have Maarten van Ham giving a keynote speech at the ISHF Opening Event (Tue 13 June, 9:30-17:00 hrs) on the topic of segregation. Van Ham holds two chairs, he is a professor of geography at the University of St Andrews and a professor of urban renewal at TU Delft. He also was co-editor… Read More ‘It is a myth that creating socially mixed neighborhoods helps the original residents.’
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