Mise en perspective de la politique du logement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Since its creation in 1989, the Brussels-Capital Region has pursued two essential and recurring objectives in its housing policy: to guarantee all households in Brussels the right to suitable and affordable housing and, at the same time, to maintain a population in the Region that can contribute to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2024-03-01
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| Series: | Belgeo |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/66747 |
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| Summary: | Since its creation in 1989, the Brussels-Capital Region has pursued two essential and recurring objectives in its housing policy: to guarantee all households in Brussels the right to suitable and affordable housing and, at the same time, to maintain a population in the Region that can contribute to the Region’s budgetary resources, given the system of financing the Regions in Belgium.After more than thirty years of existence, characterised in particular by strong demographic growth and impoverishment of its population, it has to be said that, at this stage, the Brussels-Capital Region is failing to achieve these two objectives despite its proclaimed determination and significant and inventive legislative activity.The aim of this article is to summarise the major developments in the housing policy of this City-Region, and to outline some of its characteristics and developments.Some of the reasons for the difficulty in achieving these two objectives are also discussed.In addition, a perspective on this policy is put forward through three different prisms which argue, in a mutually supportive manner, for giving greater importance to this policy for which other paths should be tried at the same time as making better use of the budgetary resources devoted to it.The question may be asked as to how to make public responses more operational by reviewing the general framework of this policy, which has inherited a history in which certain terms today do not correspond to the increased importance that access to housing has taken on as a necessary condition for a dignified and satisfying life and a free and assumed citizenship. |
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| ISSN: | 1377-2368 2294-9135 |