First-time buyers on the Dutch housing market: An analysis of their (changing) position

Ensuring good living accomodation is a constitutional duty of the government, but there is now a shortage of 300,000 homes. Demand for housing has grown sharply in recent years. In the last two years, the housing market issue has been high on the political agenda again. In it, the issue of starters regarding home ownership occupies a prominent...

A crisis that triggered change: How the Corona crisis impacted (aspiring) homeowners’ housing preferences: A study into possible change of housing preferences of (aspiring) owner-occupiers in the Netherlands resulting from the Covid-19 crisis, as to give insight into the lasting impact on future demand for the housing stock

The Corona crisis highly affected socio-economic circumstances, and this was expected to have changed housing preferences. Understanding what needs to be built in quality in addition to quantity is key to a sustainable housing market. Hence, this thesis researched whether and how housing preferences of (aspiring) owner occupiers in the Dutch...

The accessibility to the Dutch housing market for Flexhouseholds: The interplay between flexible labour agreements, financial services and the housing market.

The Netherlands is facing pressure on the housing market and the prices are increasing drastically. The accessibility to the housing market decreases and moving becomes harder. With the flexibilization of the labour market, more households face income uncertainty, which can affect their possibilities on the housing market. Flexworkers, labourers...

Scale up the process: The realization of industrial housing

Housing is a topic that concerns everyone, but the attention for housing has grown in the last years. There is an enormous urge for sufficient and affordable housing in a world where we cannot ignore globalisation. The market is looking for a way to answer this demand for affordable housing. Industrial housing is one of the answers. <br/><br/...

Rethinking the development process of mid-segment rental housing in the Netherlands: Exploratory research into the development process of mid-segment rental housing in the Netherlands.

With a shortage of approximately 315,000 homes, 4% of the existing stock, the Netherlands continues to face a significant and growing shortage of housing. This shortage is a result of various factors that either directly or indirectly have effect on the housing market. Of which some of the key factors are demographic developments such as...

Tall buildings and their expansion in time and space: A study on global determining factors

A significant growth in the development of tall buildings has taken place within the past two decades, during which approximately 75% of the total existing tall buildings has been constructed. This construction boom has happened in alignment with the phenomenon of the increasing urbanization of cities worldwide. A tall building offers the...

Blockchain enabled asset management in the case of X-Decks: Cooperation enhanced by decentralization in the building industry

The building industry is characterized by the creation of organizational silos. These silos are causing frictions and inefficiencies on an operational, financial and managerial level. The following research is approaching these silos within the case of X-Decks, a temporary and circular parking project, and the means of blockchain technology.<br/...

Data analysis, processing and interpretation from different sources: satellites, ground sensor, citizens measurements and municipalities, to fight against building subsidence

Every day, terabytes of information is generated, filling storage devices around the world. However,the human brain have limited capacities to read and understand raw data from a computer screen.That is why data specialists need to ingeniously create better ways to display, process and analyzemassive amounts of data.Our research project is not...

Things Overlooked: Exploring housing renewal with actor-network theory

While network perspectives in housing studies have gained currency over the last decade, research looking at the actor-networks of housing management is limited. This is remarkable given the recognition for actor-network theory (Latour, 2005) in the related fields of urban studies (Farías and Bender, 2010) and planning theory (De Roo et al.,...

De invloed van woonwensen op het strategisch voorraadbeleid van woningcorporaties

Woonwensen zijn onderhevig aan de invloed van tijd. Maar ook de crisis heeft woonwensen beïnvloed. Hoe gaan woningcorporaties hiermee om? Hebben woonwensen wel invloed op het strategisch voorraadbeleid van woningcorporaties?

Land Strategies - Land strategies to address low-income housing in Suleimany city, Kurdistan Regional Government.

This research examines the land delivery system and development within the housing sector in Suleimany city to achieve the objective of providing affordable housing for the low-income households. The Kurdistan Region is a federated region in Iraq that has experienced very strong socio-economic growth in the last ten years coupled with a strong...

Appartementen in Zoetermeer: (Mis)match tussen vraag en aanbod

PROBLEM STATEMENT Zoetermeer is a city that has gone through a very strong growth in fifty years time. Mainly young families with children have moved to Zoetermeer in the past decades to enjoy the quietness and space that the city offers. Once the construction of VINEX district Oosterheem will be completed in 2013, the city limits will be...

De positie van woningcorporaties in de crisisbeheersing

De betrokkenheid van woningcorporaties in crisisplannen is een vraag die de commissie Oosting tijdens de evaluatie van de vuurwerkramp in Enschede ook al heeft gesteld. In de publieke en private sector zijn uitstekende crisispartners om in de crisisbeheersing te ondersteunen. Maar waarom worden de woningcorporaties en andere publieke en private...

Externaliteiten van Landmarks op woningwaardes

De term Landmark is een veelgebruikt begrip in de stedenbouw. Enkele bekende voorbeelden zijn de Eilffeltoren, Petronas twin-towers en het Opera House in Sydney. In de literatuur zijn er wat discrepanties over de definitie. In dit onderzoek ben ik tot een eigen definitie gekomen: Landmark Buildings zijn iconische gebouwen of objecten die door...

De rol van het Woningwaarderingsstelsel in het huidige woonbeleid

De Rentevrije Hypotheek

De Rentevrije hypotheek kansen en bedreigingen.

Crisis op de Amerikaanse woningmarkt

Dit onderzoek wil een antwoord geven op een aantal vragen die zijn vastgesteld aan de hand van ingelezen literatuur en een eigen onderzoek in Amerika. Een goede afbakening van begrippen is bij een groot onderwerp als dit cruciaal. Onderstreepte woorden en afkortingen zijn te vinden in de begrippenlijst. Allereerst zullen er systemen en...

Toepassing van ICT en Robottechnologie in de uitvoeringsfase van het bouwproces: Een onderzoek naar automatisering van het bouwproces, gestuurd door innovatieve informatie- en communicatieoverdrachtsmethoden