This study examines how Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) can enable co-creation of long-term visions in contested multi-stakeholder contexts. Using Feijenoord, a diverse Rotterdam neighborhood, as a case, we prototyped a three-step PSP approach, (I) Vision Building, (II) Stress Test, and (III) Placemaking …

In the Netherlands, almost everyone has an image of 1930s neighborhoods, post-war neighborhoods, and Vinex locations. That is very different for the neighborhoods with social housing apartments from the 1970s and 1980s. They are forgotten, hardly known, even professionally. And that is a problem because …

The Dutch heat transition requires a highly context-specific approach. Diverse stakeholders -such as housing corporations, network operators, and residents, must collaborate closely at a neighbourhood level to realise plans. A Dutch study offers insights into professional skills that participants in …

This applied research project aims to generate a better understanding of the effects of heatwaves on vulnerable population groups in the municipality of The Hague, and suggests ways in which the municipality can help such groups to cope with these heatwaves. The research was performed as a cooperation …

Uit door ons uitgevoerd enquêteonderzoek (in 2020) blijkt dat risicomanagement als een van de belangrijkste taken wordt gezien binnen de onafhankelijke controlfunctie (OCF) van woningcorporaties. Tegelijkertijd geven betrokkenen aan dat deze activiteit voor verbetering vatbaar is. De effectiviteit hiervan …

from the article: "In the Netherlands, housing corporations are increasingly adopting self-service technologies (SSTs) to support affairs their tenants need to arrange. The purpose of the study is to examine the customers’ motivations of using SSTs in the context of the Dutch public housing sector. An …

Presentatie gegeven tijdens een besloten bijeenkomst met alle 8 woningcorporaties die actief zijn in het aardbevingsgebied van Groningen, gericht op demografische veranderingen, leefbaarheid en onroerend goed.

The 'Stichting Waardebehoud Onroerend Goed' (WOG) was a pilotproject (2012-2017) in order to test different options for communities, owners and housing corporations to deal with impoverished real estate.

Purpose - Housing associations make too small a contribution to society, the government has to step in too frequently because of maladministration, and the associations’ executives are often unaware of the far-reaching impact of their decisions. These are the conclusions of new academic research conducted …