Social Housing Germany Experiences and current issues:

INTRODUCTION:

Contrary to what might seem obvious, social housing in Germany is not characterized by its affordability for the poorest. On the contrary, because it is mostly new housing, but also because of the evolution of the public financing system, social housing has become an expensive sector.

AGENDA:

1. On the history of social housing.

2. Structure of Social Housing over the last decades.

3. Rental vs. Ownership

4. Principles of public funding, virtualization and devolution of Social housing.

5. Challenges in the current multi-facetted housing crisis.

6. Varieties of responses and what they teach.

7. A new cooperative initiative?

8. Some experience from Vietnamese housing.

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