Mai prima d’ora così tante persone in lista d’attesa per l’edilizia sociale: i residenti e i singoli di Anversa stanno guardando
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/04/09/nooit-eerder-zoveel-mensen-op-wachtlijst-voor-sociale-woning/
di atrocious_cleva82
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“veel woningen zijn niet geschikt voor singles”
So the obvious solution is to allocate a % of these larger homes, and make them available to single renters who are willing to share. One home could accommodate 2, 3 or more (depending on the size of the house) single renters. This would go a long way to reducing this backlog.
>Building and renovating
>Europe recently tapped Flanders on the fingers for its poor housing policy. The EU does not enforce measures, but wants to encourage Flanders to take action.
>Depraetere wants to take that action: she wants to build and renovate affordable housing in the coming years to solve the shortage. “There have been too few social housing built in recent years. We will invest 6 billion euros to turn the tide, because that is really necessary.”
>She has therefore commissioned housing organizations to focus on this. “In the past, they had to deal with other issues as fusion operations, but their focus must now really shift to building and tackle vacancy.”
>All cities and municipalities must assume their responsibility, according to Depraetere. As previously announced, a new binding social objective will be set for this from 2026. This obliges the addition of social housing, so that everyone makes an effort to shorten the long waiting lists.
>”In recent years, the policy has been too lax for municipalities that did not do their part and thus abandon their inhabitants. It has to be different. Municipalities that do not do their part will have to contribute to the rent premium for those who are waiting for a social housing,” Depraetere explains. “This way, people who wait get direct support, that seems logical to me.”
Belgium has a really weak policy regarding social housing, comparing to countries like The Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, UK or France. Housing should not be a business, but a basic need guaranteed by any decent government.
https://preview.redd.it/qikd6v75yyte1.png?width=364&format=png&auto=webp&s=3578b6da986d144af6d1c3b150dca6d4ba43c223
Waiting list for social housing: “I rely on the government to provide for me, and complain when they do not give me a house.”