Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Document Type General
Publish Date 26/05/2023
Author Rashmi Sanchaniya and Ineta Geipele
Published By Engineering for Rural Development
Edited By Saba Bilquis
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Identifying Existing Properties for Reuse into Social Housing 

Properties for Reuse into Social Housing:

Property reuse secures the reuse of developed land as part of new projects, cleans up polluted properties, and reuses and uses the land around development or social housing. Identifying unoccupied land and determining which properties may be used for social housing are significant challenges to regenerating idle land.

Most municipalities need appropriate economic incentives to assist in maintaining and restoring unoccupied land, abandoned constructions, cultural assets, and historical buildings. It is challenging to determine deserted terrain using picture classification, since the morphology of such areas can include, among other characteristics, abandoned structures and barren soil. Although it may solve significant issues, social housing offers people a secure, long-term residence. In many countries, social integration remains the main objective of the social housing sector.

However, the sector has an increasing proportion of low-income and vulnerable renters and a smaller range of income levels. This may threaten the industry’s economic viability and exacerbate the geographical concentration of poverty and disadvantages. What will the total effect of the reuse of property for social housing be? is the research question. What types of properties may be used for social housing? How do you recognize them? Furthermore, what effects would the repurposing of properties for social housing have? This research uses qualitative content analysis to discuss the location of houses for reuse and conversion to social housing. Additionally, the implications of social housing were examined.

Recently, adaptive reuse has been increasingly likely to initiate a dialogue between various components of complex urban systems. Several studies have emphasized adaptive reuse initiatives focussing on economic effects, social interactions, cultural heritage, energy savings, and other factors. Urban planners adopt deliberate measures to increase the sustainability of cities by preserving, renovating, and reusing urban cultural heritage and abandoned places. Sustainable urban development requires the city to be regenerated without consuming more nonurbanized territory.

However, while the objective of rejuvenating the existing city has been high on national and international administrative agendas for some time, the techniques and means of altering the physical environment have remained more complex. Furthermore, it evaluates the economic benefits of using the existing building stock and building materials by using smart materials instead of destruction and reconstruction.

Brownfield regeneration may take various forms, including various land uses (residential, commercial, industrial, or even parks and open spaces) and intensities of regeneration, ranging from small-scale pocket parks to large new mixed-use communities. It is possible that exploiting brownfield land as an energy resource during regeneration and local development could help alleviate fuel poverty by providing low-cost energy, determine whether this integrated strategy can achieve both the goal of regenerating brownfield land and the goal of decreasing fuel poverty, brownfield land availability and energy potential in close proximity to energy consumers. In inner cities, industrial facilities were closed or transferred to the metropolitan edge, leaving behind abandoned and underutilized industrial grounds and structures.

These ancient industrial properties feature sturdy structures, tall ceilings, and expansive interior areas. Adaptive reuse of obsolete historic buildings is increasingly recognized as essential for sustainable urban development since it may preserve cultural and historical value on-site while simultaneously acting as an effective instrument to boost local economic growth.

Social housing is at the center of the housing issue in European cities. Many cities face high levels of homelessness and housing scarcity due to expanding populations, high rental costs, and inadequate construction of new dwellings. The rent assistance program is the principal mechanism of reaction to the problem of social housing gap and homelessness. There are several advantages to building communal housing. It not only gives homeless individuals a place to live, but it also contributes to communities and the economy in other ways. A suitable house allows low-income and homeless people to live healthy and happy lives, improving their life satisfaction.

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