Co-Development of a Framework for Circular Building Adaptability in Adaptive Reuse: A Participatory Study

Population growth, market volatility, building obsolescence and property vacancy are triggers for adaptive reuse. Thus, adaptive reuse is an investable practice that needs to be facilitated by the means of adaptable design. Furthermore, adaptive reuse aligns with the principles of circular economy (CE), as it promotes the reuse of buildings and...

How Can Digital Technologies Support the Circular Transition of Social Housing Organizations? Empirical Evidence from Two Cases

The world is facing an alarming housing crisis. The challenge for the construction industry is to find sustainable ways to meet this growing housing demand. The concept of Circular Economy could be an alternative approach as it aims to regenerate, narrow, slow, and close resources loops. Digital technologies are seen as enablers to implementing...

A Conceptual Framework for a Digital Circular Built Environment: The Data Pipeline, Passport Generator and Passport Pool

This article proposes a conceptual model to address the structural holes in data sharing between (and beyond) actors in the circular built environment supply chain and monitoring circular economy progress. Current digital innovations such as material passports and Building Information Modelling applications aim at increasing quality and...

Exploring Congruency within Organizational Changes in a Dutch Housing Association

Dutch housing associations are in the middle of making significant changes in their organizations. Triggered by recent economic and political developments, housing associations are shifting from conducting a wide range of activities on the real estate market and related social services to a focus on ‘just’ providing social housing, combined with...

Digging deeper: Public housing in Ghana managed by local authorities

In the 1980s, the government of Ghana decided to withdraw from direct housing provision. In lieu of this, the two main institutions through which government provided and managed public housing – the TDC and SHC sold off most of their dwellings. The few remaining dwellings were transferred to local authorities to own and manage. There have been...

The continued retreat of non-profit housing providers in The Netherlands

After the abolishment of object subsidies for housing construction and renovation in the mid1990s, Dutch housing associations, the main non-profit housing providers in the country, heavily relied on market activities, such as selling homes to owner-occupiers, to generate income for their social activities and to contribute to urban development...

STRATEGIEKAARTEN ‘HALVEER JE BEHEER?’: Efficiënt en effectief woningbeheer in een nieuwe tijd

Verslag werkcongres ‘Halveer je Beheer?’ in de vorm van vijf strategiekaarten voor een efficiënter woningbeheer.

Woningcorporaties en beleggers, wat hebben zij te bieden aan middengroepen?

Inleiding in het kader van het Symposium 'De toekomst van de woningmarkt voor de middeninkomens'

Supply chain partnership within housing renovation: Approaches and expectations in the Dutch housing association sector

Supply chain partnerships within housing refurbishment have not been given much specific attention which may be found surprising because the refurbishment market is becoming of increasing importance compared to new construction and has specific characteristics that require adapted approaches to supply chain integration. In this paper approaches,...

Supply chain partnership within housing renovation: Approaches and expectations in the Dutch housing association sector

Supply chain partnerships within housing refurbishment have not been given much specific attention which may be found surprising because the refurbishment market is becoming of increasing importance compared to new construction and has specific characteristics that require adapted approaches to supply chain integration. In this paper approaches,...

Does reduced government intervention produce market-oriented social landlords? Impressions from an international comparative study

Government regulation versus market orientation in social housing management; Limitations and opportunities for European and Australian landlords

Managing privatised housing: An international overview of developments and challenges

Government regulation versus market orientation in social housing management: Limitations and opportunities of European and Australian landlords

In the past ten to twenty years, governments in various countries have introduced or reinforced market principles in their housing systems. As a consequence, social landlords have increased opportunities to adopt a more market-oriented approach towards the management of their housing stock. Nevertheless, in many countries government regulations...

Housing renewal and maintenance in Europe: Towards a working group's agenda

Apples and oranges: Recent innovations in housing asset management in the Netherlands