Dr Kurt Xerri has delivered a keynote speech in the online workshop “Towards Sustainable Homes and Neighbourhoods in the Mediterranean Region: Reflecting on Malta’s potential” organized by the Ministry for Social Accommodation Malta in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
The Chair organizes the 10th international Workshop entitled “Collaborative Housing” with the aim of reviewing the collaborative phenomenon applied to housing, its advantages and obstacles as a means of access to housing, especially in the face of the scenario posed by the Covid-19 pandemic .
The speakers are: Darinka Czischke, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment, Delft University of Technology; María Paula Rodríguez, Pre-doctoral Researcher at the UNESCO Chair Housing Chair and Dolors Camats, Director of the Cooperativa Obrera de Viviendas.
More information at: https://housing.urv.cat/en/webinar-la-vivienda-colaborativa/
Dr. Héctor Simón has spoken about squatters for TV Reus. 09/28/2020
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUd53sxiA4&feature=youtu.be
Call for papers: kick-off webinar of the group “Housing and New Technologies” – European Network for Housing Research
The kick-off webinar of the working group “Housing and New Technologies of the European Network for Housing Research will take place on 20th January 2021. This virtual seminar, coordinated by Prof. Michel Vols (University of Groningen) and by Dr. Rosa M. Garcia-Teruel (UNESCO Housing Chair, URV), will cover the following topics related to housing and new technologies: real estate crowdfunding, blockchain, big data, data protection and smart homes, IoT, AI and ML techniques, 3d printing, etc. Those researchers interested in presenting their papers may submit an abstract before the 20th November by sending an email to rosamaria.garciat@urv.cat.
The provisional programme and more information may be found at the following link: https://housing.urv.cat/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CfP-Housing-New-Tech.pdf
The 8th Edition of the Advanced course for real estate agents and property management, promoted by the UNESCO Housing Chair and the College of Real Estate Agents of Tarragona.
Link: https://housing.urv.cat/es/portada/docencia/posgrado-agente-inmobiliario/
The Chair offers a pre-doctoral scholarship within the framework of the Martí i Franquès Research Grant Program. The research line is The tangibility of the right to housing.
All the information about is at: https://www.urv.cat/en/research/support/programmes/urv/programa-marti-franques/pipf/2020-general-grants/
And the information about the scholarship of the Chair is at: https://www.sgr.urv.cat/cgi-bin/programes/application/detall.cgi?conv=2020PMF-PIPF-&ordre=44&idioma=ENG
Regulating the residential tenancies price is the answer. Diari de Tarragona. 20/09/2020
Rent control is not enough for affordable housing. Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre speaks for Catalunya Plural. 18/09/2020
Dr. Héctor Simón talks about squatters. Radio Nacional de España, 16/09/2020.
https://mediavod-lvlt.rtve.es/resources/TE_SGENDES/mp3/6/3/1600218990036.mp3
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre talks about rents: “The great fear of tenants: what if not even with the pandemic rent prices drop?” El Diario.es. 09/17/2020.
