The People’s Housing: Woningcorporaties and the Dutch Social Housing System - Part 2: The Mechanics

The People’s Housing: Woningcorporaties and the Dutch Social Housing System - Part 2: The Mechanics The People’s Housing: Woningcorporaties and the Dutch Social Housing System Part 2: The Mechanics AUGUST 2023 | HANNEKE VAN DEURSEN Joint Center for Housing Studies Harvard University The People’s Housing: Woningcorporaties and the Dutch Social Housing System Part 2: The Mechanics Hanneke van Deurse. [...] Then, at the scale of the project, teams tweak the details of the proposal until the expected returns align with the minimums in the investment framework. [...] In the face of today’s housing shortage, the Dutch government is once again loosening the reins, expanding housing associations’ capacities and redefining their social duties so that they can rise to meet the challenge.2 In the midst of these changes, the big question is: in which direction will they move? 2 Some context for the Dutch housing crisis: since 2013, home prices in the Netherlands have. [...] The lack of available housing in the social rental market, but also in the private rental and homeownership markets, is the basis of the current housing crisis in the Netherlands. [...] 32 As some of the largest owners of housing in the Netherlands, housing associations are at the forefront of the country’s commitment to reducing the energy consumption of its buildings.