Housing associations and private individuals to sell their social housing, new ones are hardly built. In some neighborhoods, the number dropped far below the 35 percent critical level.
Social housing threatens completely disappear from Amsterdam's popular districts. In several areas, the number of social housing owned by corporations less than 35 per cent and this percentage drops steadily. Tenants Associations discussed last week in a private meeting with the municipality and housing associations what needs to be done against it, but did not come out.
This say several sources at the Huurdersvereniging Amsterdam, the city of Amsterdam, and the Amsterdam Federation of Housing Associations (AFWC). "We'll talk more about in the coming weeks," said Egbert de Vries of the AFWC.
All parties recognize that many of Amsterdam's neighborhoods are not mixed neighborhoods, or no more. But they disagree on how bad is the situation, and how fast the problem needs to be addressed.
Alarm bells
Following inter alia the report published earlier this month Living in Amsterdam (WIA), which reports inter alia that the number of social housing has fallen below 57 per cent of all homes. The report is also much social housing there are still a neighborhood in the city. In November, the HA had been asked in a letter to further discussion about the disappearance of rental housing.
Meanwhile, situated in eight of 22 districts of Amsterdam, the number of social housing by housing associations under 35 percent: Centre East (28 percent), Centre West (25 percent), Old West and Baarsjes (31 percent), South (18 percent) Buitenveldert and the South Axis (25 percent), Pipe and the Rivers (33 percent), IJburg (33 percent). These percentages are lower than a similar measure in 2013.
In neighborhoods such as De Pijp and Oud-West lowered the rate because owners sell their social housing or rent in the private sector as soon as they are released. In new neighborhoods, such as IJburg, have never been 35 per cent social housing. There never built.
Two years ago closed tenants, housing associations and the municipality 'cooperation agreements' which says that action must come as the percentage of rental housing landlords falls below 35 percent. Huurdersvereniging Amsterdam found that in the eight districts should be a ban on the sale of social housing, but will not receive support from corporations and the municipality.
Micah Meerburg Tenants Holdings South, which sits in the negotiations is bleak. "You would think that ringing alarm bells. But corporations continue to sell homes, even in Center and South. They want to make no appointment." Dingeman Coumou of the Tenants Association in city center, also a negotiator, regrets that "the lower limit of 35 percent is not a hard limit for the corporations, what it should have found, they say that the only limit set out in the partnership agreement means we. then talk at the district level about what should happen. "
Canal Ring
Egbert de Vries: "The tenants have boosted these talks we participate, but we have committed to any outcome in some places, such as the canals, it will be difficult to build more social housing...."
IJburg is a missed opportunity, says De Vries. "It was built without much social housing. That includes New Locks and Aker. Be on Zeeburgereiland accomplish the most if the plans yet to be made. For example, it may still be. In the center is the most difficult."
mixed city
Alderman Laurens Ivens (Housing, SP) says that corporations, tenants and the municipality are aligned. "We all cherish a mixed city and therefore want to fewer sales and more build more."
Corporations have so many tasks that some may be compromised. "Corporations need to mixed neighborhoods, affordability, sustainability and the availability of housing. The moment you take one part of that package, you have to change everything. Some corporations have to pay off their debts first. That should still get somewhere that money . then buy one of the ways we have well said. sales than in areas where social housing stand. "
http://www.parool.nl/ BY: TON DAMEN Photo: Reuters
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