The UN “Big Blue Book” has been published. It gathers 70 Universities worldwide that contribute, thanks to their research in the field of cities and urban studies, to achieve the global challenge number 11 (sustainable cities). Our UNESCO Housing Chair is located within these 70 Universities this year. Yo can find the link here: https://unhabitat.org/books/big-blue-book/
On the 22nd and 23rd of May the biannual meeting with the group of experts that advises the German Government on housing in Europe for its presidency of the European Commission in 2020 attended by Dr. Sergio Nasarre took place in Bonn.
Abierta la convocatoria de becas de acceso a los títulos propios de postgrado de la FURV: para máster, diplomas de postgrado y otros programas formativos
http://www.fundacio.urv.cat/ca/formacio-permanent/serveis-estudiants/beques-furv/
Published the new decree on the system of rental income for urban leases in Catalonia (Decree Law 9/2019, of May 21)
Here is the complete book chapter of Prof. Sergio Nasarre a few months ago, where he already developed a very similar system to the one finally approved. It is available at: https://housing.urv.cat/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Sergio-Nasarre_p195-21_Nou-dret-arrendament-La-renda-i-la-seva-actualización.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3aKLTNPuem_mTtaveOlikHyGlujXwnF9rasgqUoTe8q8pWF8C8l4ZVYpo
And the entire book is available at https://www.marialpons.es/libros/un-nou-dret-darrendaments-urbans-for-a-avoravorir-lacces-a-lhabitatge/9788417466244/
La Càtedra participa en la redacció de la Nova Agenda Urbana i s’ha iniciat el procés de participació.
Si esteu interessats en participar tota la informació està a: https://participa.gencat.cat/processes/Agendaurbana
The land registrar D. Víctor Prado delivered a lecture in the subject “Property Rights” of the Law Degree of the Faculty of Legal Sciences of University Rovira i Virgili on 21 May 2019. The students were asked to analyse a mortgage loan deed applying the Spanish mortgage law and the rules governing the Spanish land registry.
Prof. Nasarre was invited to lecture and to participate in two round tables at the international conference EIJC & Dataharvest that took place in Malines, May 14-17, 2019. Prof. Nasarre’s interventions dealt with the situation of access to housing in Europe and the relationships between housing researchers, lobbyists and media professionals.
Situación de las VPO: ¿cuántas hay? ¿quién puede accedir a una?
Dr. Estela Rivas has taken part on June 13 in the meeting of the Technical Commission of the Urban Assembly of Catalonia. The meeting was held in the Territory and Sustainability Department of Barcelona.
Prof. Nasarre was invited to the session “Alternative mechanisms of access to property” in the Course of the General Council of the Judiciary “The current problem of the use of urban real estate: from their lease to collaborative housing” held between May 6 and 8, 2019 in the Judicial School. Dr. Nasarre reviewed the situation of housing in a European context, with special emphasis on intermediate tenures and the recent reform of urban leases, which are now contested as unconstitutional.
