There is a shortage of housing and people with a lower income suffer most from this. Vacant buildings are transformed to provide quick housing for them, but it is not sure whether this provides a comfortable home, both from an indoor climate and a meaning making perspective. Existing material about completed …

How to find out what students, starters, and other new households of transformed buildings need to create a home environment with a comfortable climate without losing meanings attributed to the home?

From the article: "Abstract Maintenance processes of Dutch housing associations are often still organized in a traditional manner. Contracts are based on lowest price instead of ‘best quality for lowest price’ considering users’ demands. Dutch housing associations acknowledge the need to improve their …

The growing demand for affordable and sustainable houses combined with the large existing real estate stock and Europe 's sustainability objectives makes it likely that renovation is a fixed part of the real estate strategy of housing corporations. The apparent postponement of the strategic decision …

In Nederland zijn er te weinig woningen te koop of te huur voor starters. Voor deze groep woningzoekenden, die de maximale koopsom van €245.000 kunnen financieren, is het zeer lastig een geschikte woning te vinden. Dit heeft te maken met het beperkte aanbod woningen in de prijscategorie en de lange wachtlijsten. …

This plan is written because the company Napco beds has taken over the brand Norma approximately one year ago after the brand declared bankruptcy. Napco beds is a company that owns different brands named Napco, Nextday and Norma respectively. The client for this plan is Norma. In 1884 Norma started with …

Very little is known about the personal goals of homeless people and how these relate to their quality of life (QoL). By using survey data on 407 homeless adults upon entry to the social relief system in 2011, we examined the personal goals of homeless adults and the association between their perceived …

Rotterdam is a city in transition. Once a strongly government-led and top-down planned city, the municipality and other major planning institutions such as developers and housing corporations are now looking for different ways to achieve their ambitions in urban development. More cooperation with civic …

Rent Your Room is a company in the pre-start phase.Rent Your Room will focus on rent intermediary for students. The idea was invented by Duco Kanij and based on his knowledge. The purpose of this report is to create a marketing plan for Rent Your Room. The problem statement is: ‘What mix of marketing …

Cognitive impairment is a prevalent problem among the homeless and seems related to more psychosocial problems. However, little is known about the care needs of the subgroup of homeless people with an intellectual disability compared to those without an intellectual disability and how their care needs …