Projects
Evaluation of Contemporary Social Housing in Meeting the Demand of the Deprived Households and Filling the Gap of the Housing Market During the Last Decade in Tehran, Iran KU Leuven
This research aims to scrutinize the achievement of contemporary social housing programs in meeting the demand of the low-income households during the previous decade in Tehran, Iran; and to evaluate the impacts of these programs on the social and spatial order in the Tehran metropolitan area.
This research theoretically attends to the long-established debate about the nature of social housing (policy). Does it primarily accommodate ...
Unraveling the connections between macroprudential policy, housing affordability and household resilience. Ghent University
Even though owning a house is a life goal for many, providing lenient access to mortgage credit is not necessarily desirable from a macroeconomic viewpoint as the build-up of unsustainable household debt is detrimental to macroeconomic and financial stability. To prevent evolutions in the residential real estate market from causing widespread financial instability, macroprudential policies have been developed in the wake of the Global ...
Reconceptualizing the right to housing from a personal and neighborhood perspective KU Leuven
Public housing systems are under pressure due to the limited offer, declining social cohesion and increasing shifts towards private provision and middle-income target groups. In response to a permanent housing crisis and declining public housing systems, civil society, activist groups and housing movements are setting up new housing initiatives. We are interested to understand how the right to housing is guaranteed or reclaimed in the new ...
Reconceptualizing the right to housing from a personal and neighborhood perspective Vrije Universiteit Brussel
declining social cohesion and increasing shifts towards private
provision and middle-income target groups. In response to a
permanent housing crisis and declining public housing systems, civil
society, activist groups and housing movements are setting up new
housing initiatives. We are interested to understand how the right to
housing is ...
Circularity for all. Circular design guidelines towards an accessible, qualitative housing market Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Social housing and accessibility: residential location and activity patterns of social tenants (SoHoLoc) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
housing for underprivileged groups. Today, many dilapidated social housing estates in European city
centres are being either renovated or demolished and replaced with housing for a more diverse
socio-economic population, leading to a decreased amount of social housing in central areas. Very
few housing scholars have ...
Identifying the political potential of housing alliances for the production of post-crisis egalitarian cities: a transatlantic and transdisciplinary perspective. KU Leuven
This research focuses on the question: how do housing alliances impact the governance and development of post-crisis cities? Housing alliances not only implement urban policies through their members, but also aim to improve the institutions of affordable housing provision. In the midst of a multifaceted housing crisis in Europe and the US, several housing alliances have emerged and become invigorated. These have further democratized their own ...
3D printing point-of-care diagnostics driven by capillary flow KU Leuven
Healthcare takes a central role in society, as it promotes general physical and mental wellbeing of people, next to contributing to a country’s economy, development, and industrialization. Over the last centuries, healthcare has evolved from home remedies towards providing health services from central places like hospitals, which serve both as a treatment facilities and research centers. Nonetheless, this is not affordable nor accessible to ...
Rethinking the "Living unit" - Domestic architecture and forms of life in changing demographic and labor conditions KU Leuven
In Flanders, social housing demands an urgent and radical reform. Its marginality is a well-known historical phenomenon: social rental homes account for only 6% of the overall residential stock. In 2022, around 180.000 additional units are needed to accommodate the growing population on the waiting lists. Demographic trends show that the type of homes provided by housing companies no longer match the households’ composition and their needs. ...