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...

Between state and market: Non-profit housing organisations in three national contexts

This paper presents the results of an international collaborative study5 of non-profit housing involving researchers6 in three countries using a common methodology to engage the leaders of non-profit organisations themselves in the research process. The paper draws on earlier work on the hybridisation of social housing provision and the...

Corporaties: Koers bepalers of wind vaantjes?

Corporaties maken met betrekking tot hun werkveld een beweging terug richting hun kernactiviteit, namelijk het beheren en ontwikkelen van woningen voor lage-inkomensgroepen. Dat economische en politieke ontwikkelingen hierin een rol spelen lijkt voor de hand te liggen, maar is dat het hele verhaal? Wat zijn de motieven van de corporaties achter...

The old and the new: Comparing strategic positioning of third sector housing organisations in the Netherlands and Australia

Asset management strategies and sustainability in Dutch social housing

With 35% of the total housing stock in the Netherlands (Ministry of VROM, 2004), the social rented sector plays an important role in Dutch housing, and its management can be of great importance to the success or failure of sustainability programs. Although sustainable building has been high on the national political agenda, and although this was...

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

Shifting responsibilities in housing management and building regulations

Market orientation in social housing management

Housing management in the Netherlands: Convergence between social and commercial landlords?

Strategic housing management: An asset management model for social landlords

Strategic asset management in the social rented sector: Approaches of Dutch and English housing associations

Strategisch beslissen over het woningbezit: Voorraadbeleid van Nederlandse woningcorporaties en vastgoedbeleggers

Appels en peren van het voorraadbeleid: Uitkomsten van een interviewronde onder negen corporaties