International Observatory on Social Housing
Examine the world of social housing from an international perspective.
Below are ideas for helping tenants given by 3 speakers at the international public housing conference in Amsterdam. Idea 1: From Northern Ireland: Supporting those with dementia The speaker did a good job explaining the increasing needs of elderly tenants. The presenter focused on how a housing organization can help those suffering from dementia. Dr. McPeake... Continue Reading →
The NetwiIT Network of professionals at housing corporations organized a very interesting session today at the International Social Housing Conference. Henk Korevaar the director of the network facilitated and led the sesstion As a participant and critique I learned quite a bit. The average I.T. costs for a public housing association in the Netherlands... Continue Reading →
Affordable Housing in India The concept and importance of affordable housing takes on a whole different meaning in a country like India. In India, this issue has taken center stage as the rough estimate research says that there is an extreme shortage of millions of housing units. Some estimates put the number at 20... Continue Reading →
The provision of social housing is one of the most vital of essential human rights. In South Africa, social housing is being used to address the rebuilding of trust between the government and its people who have endured unequal treatment and poverty for too long. Political and economic segregation still leave their ugly scars in... Continue Reading →
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the largest subsided housing program in the USA serving more than 2 million households. Like the public housing program, a few very large housing authorities in large markets hold a good deal of these vouchers. I am pretty sure that someone wrote a list of the ten largest... Continue Reading →
In my short career in social housing, I have noticed that many programs revolve around helping work able households improve self-sufficiency. There is a national program (FSS) just to do that in coordination with housing programs. However; housing providers often serve a large number of senior and disabled households. While there are a number of great examples... Continue Reading →
What is Social Housing in Spain, Really?? One thing you must remember when talking about public or social housing is that there is not really a great definition from country to country. Spain is not really any different here. What the Spanish consider social housing is not really rental in nature. Most of... Continue Reading →
This was not an easy article to write. The number one reason is it is 100% based on my opinion of viewing about 75-80 social/public housing websites over the last week. That is of course in addition to the hundreds I visited within my career for whatever reason. A quick disclaimer-***I made my picks... Continue Reading →
Europe is known for its rich and strong social housing history. All across Europe, countries provide varying levels of social housing support . Is social housing the same in every country in Europe? Nope. That much is clear. Despite the lack of common definition, lets examine some of the big players in several countries. Netherlands:... Continue Reading →
There are somewhere around 3300 public housing authorities in the United States but the majority of them are extremely small with unit counts in the neighborhood of 50-1000. Today I wanted to highlight some of the larger public housing authorities and provide back links if you want to find out more about applying for... Continue Reading →
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