Invited speakers in Bilbao

Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Núria Lambea were invited as speakers to the commemorative event of the 20th anniversary of Alokabide and 30th anniversary of Visesa, on January 30th in Bilbao. They talked about “La encrucijada de la vivienda tras catorce años de crisis (The housing crossroads after fourteen years of crisis)” and “Un modelo de gestión de vivienda social en clave europea (A model of social housing management in a European key)” respectively in the commemorative event of the 20th anniversary of Alokabide and 30th anniversary of Visesa, on January 30th in Bilbao.

https://m.europapress.es/euskadi/noticia-visesa-suma-15488-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-creacion-alokabide-alcanza-14200-pisos-alquiler-20200130183001.html

https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4136835/0/visesa-suma-15-488-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-desde-su-creacion-y-alokabide-alcanza-los-14-200-pisos-en-alquiler/

http://www.gentedigital.es/bilbao/noticia/2800546/visesa-suma-15488-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-desde-su-creacion-y-alokabide-alcanza-los-14200-pisos-en-alquiler/

https://www.eldiario.es/norte/euskadi/Visesa-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-Alokabide_0_990401882.html

Doctoral thesis defense

Last January 23, the researcher of the Housing Chair Núria Lambea achieved the international PhD, with an Excellent Cum Laude, with the defence of her doctoral thesis “Propuesta de un modelo de provisión y gestión de vivienda social en clave europea” (Proposal for a social housing management model in a European context). Dr. E. Muñiz, Dr. J. Tejedor and Dr. M. Elsinga were the members of the Examination Board.

8th International Workshop

Next Wednesday February 5, we are organizing the 8th International Workshop, in which Prof. Dr. Christoph U. Schmid, full professor of Civil Law at the University of Bremen (Germany) will talk about “Alleviating Housing Shortage and Intensification through Rent Freeze and Rent Caps? The case of the City of Berlin”. The Workshop will start at 12pm in the Sala de Juntes of the Campus Catalunya. Registration at nuria.lambea@urv.cat and more information in https://housing.urv.cat/portada/congressos/8e-seminari-cientific-internacional/

Seminar about “masoveria urbana”

Last Friday, January 24, Dr. Rosa M. Garcia Teruel participated in the seminar “Masoveria urbana”, organized by the association Amics i amigues de la Natura de les Masies and with the collaboration of the City Councils of Roda de Ter and les Masies.

https://rodadeter.cat/rodater/agenda/detall.php?activitat=2563

 

Lecture at the LLM International & Comparative Business Law, National University of Ireland

Dr. Héctor Simón has delivered the lecture “Property in Civil Law and Common Law”, for the second consecutive year, at the LLM International & Comparative Business Law of the National University of Ireland, Galway. This Master has been considered as the Postgraduate Course of the Year in Law in Ireland in 2019. More information about the Master is available at: https://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/llm-international-comparative-business.html?fbclid=IwAR0WGmv0MaV6T3QM6aIqqVbr4WGEX9zQWOVeH0IgFqYBTnDxjEnYxf_O5Sg

Press

Construir viviendas asequibles no es una entelequia y hay ciudades que lo demuestran, 25/01/2020

https://elpais.com/economia/2020/01/23/actualidad/1579782474_342568.html

Collaboration with TV Reus

On Monday, January 20, Dr. Rosa M. Garcia Teruel was interviewed on TV Reus to explain legal amendments on rental housing and which modifications would be desirable to guarantee that private rental markets are a stable, flexible and affordable alternative to homeownership. The interview is available at the following link: https://youtu.be/_inHyT1t1Xw

Journal of the UNESCO Housing Chair

The 12 issue of the journal Housing has been published: https://housing.urv.cat/en/cover/research/newsletter

 

Publication in international journal

Dr. Héctor Simón has published the paper “Towards a common standard of protection of the right to housing in Europe through the Charter of Fundamental Rights”, with Dr. Padraic Kenna as a co-author, in the European Law Journal. The paper explores the extent to which the European Charter of Fundamental Rights can help to enhance the protection of the right to housing. More information available at: at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eulj.12348

Emma López interview

In order to be a mediator, you must conixer els teus prejudicis

Diari de Tarragona, 22/01/2020