Entries by Càtedra UNESCO d'Habitatge URV

Sergio Nasarre delivers the conference “Housing Tendencies and their Affordability” at the 3rd Affordable Housing Forum in Luxembourg

The Institute of Socio-Economic Research of Luxembourg (LISER) has organized on November 12 and 13 the 3rd Affordable Housing Forum that was first organised in Switzerland. On this occasion, the inaugural conference was presented by Dr. Nasarre and dealt with the search for new forms of housing tenure or reformulation of current ones to avoid […]

Presentations on evictions and homelessness in the IV Seminar of housing of the Consell Insular de Menorca

Drs. Sergio Nasarre and Jan Gonzalo and Mr. Isidre Monreal participated on November 9th in the IV Seminar of Housing of the Consell Insular de Menorca, presenting the reality of housing in Spain today, as well as a preview of the documentary “El Umbral “and of the simulation experience “The Threshold”. The Seminar showed the […]

The UNESCO Housing Chair of University Rovira i Virgili takes part in the drafting of the Urban Agenda of Catalonia.

The Urban Assembly of Catalonia was set up on November 5th, formed by the Generalitat of Catalonia, civil society actors, local governments and observers. Its purpose is to draft a New Urban Agenda following the guidelines of the UN Habitat III, approved in Quito in 2016, that is to say, it aims to promote the […]

The amendment of the Urban Leases Act

Dr. Elga Molina Roig delivered the conference “The amendment of the Urban Leases Act” last Tuesday, November 30. It was held in the Tarragona Chamber of Urban Property (Cambra de la Propietat Urbana de Tarragona), who organized it jointly with the Tarragona Law Bar (Il·lustre Col·legi d’Advocats de Tarragona) within the Seminar “Practical problems of […]

UNESCO Housing Chair researchers attended the Course “Ensuring the housing access and security, two collective challenges”

The UNESCO Housing Chair researchers Gemma Caballé and Núria Lambea attended, last Tuesday October 30, the Course “Ensuring the housing access and security, two collective challenges”, held in Barcelona and organised by the Consorci Universitat Internacional Menéndez Pelayo Barcelona (CUIMPB) – Centre Ernest Lluchin cooperation with the Observatori Metropolità de l’Habitatge de Barcelona (Barcelona Metropolitan […]

Participation in an international workshop

Dr. Héctor Simón took part as a speaker in the “EU Economic Governance and the Charter of Fundamental Rights” Workshop with the topic foreclosures and so-called non-performing loans. The Workshop took place on Friday, October 26th, at the headquarters of Open Society foundations in Brussels, in the framework of a project that aims to analyze […]

The UNESCO Housing Chair in the Barcelona Meeting Point (BMP) 2018

Gemma Caballé Fabra,  PhD student of the UNESCO Housing Chair,  attended the Barcelona Meeting Point 2018 on October 25 and 26, 2018 to learn about the new trends in real estate sector, especially in the field of “proptech”, which includes topics such as home automation, smartcontracts,  blockchain, online real estate agencies, etc. One of the conclusions from this congress is the growing importance of […]