Can Circularity Make Housing Affordable Again? Preliminary Lessons About a Construction Experiment in Flanders Taking a Systems Perspective Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Although home ownership is continuously supported by the regional authorities in Flanders, the housing market is not accessible to all. No less than 680,000 inhabitants of Flanders live in poverty and 153,910 are on a waiting list for social housing. In the transition toward the much-discussed circular economy lays, however, an opportunity to make quality-assured housing affordable again. The long-term gains, it promises by reuse and ...