Entries by Càtedra UNESCO d'Habitatge URV

Conference in the Urban Property Chamber

Last 19th of February took place, within the framework of the celebration of the Urban Property Chamber of Tarragona centenary, a conference given by Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar, director of the Housing Chair, where the adoption and future perspectives of Act 20/2014, the Catalan Consumers Code, was explained. More information.

I Meeting of Spanish Housing Research Groups

Last 22nd of January took place in Zaragoza the first meeting of housing research groups in Spain. The Housing Chair participated and was one of the drivers. All the groups explained their current research projects and aims were put in common. Moreover, they talked about establishing new links in order to undertake further research together.

European Day of Mediation

The Housing Chair and the Foundation of Rovira i Virgili University are organizing a conference on the occasion of the European Day of Mediation. It will take place next Wednesday 21st of January 2015, from 11.30 to 13.00 h, in the conference hall of the URV Foundation in Reus (Av. Onze de Setembre, 112, Reus). […]

Four new partners for the Housing Chair of the URV

Four new entities have joined the Housing Chair as partners. These are: Property and Commercial Registrars of Catalonia (SERC), Reus Municipality,  General Council of Property Administrators of Spain (CGCAFE) and the Real Estate Agents Official Association of Tarragona (COAPI Tarragona). See the full piece of news.

First cientific worshop on intermediate tenures – 21N

Workshop “New intermediate tenures. Dividing possession to facilitate access to housing” Last Friday 21st of November 2014, the Housing Chair of the University Rovira i Virgili organized the first scientific workshop on Intermediate Tenures (shared ownership and temporary ownership), where several experts did presentations about this subject. The schedule of the workshop can be found […]

Communication at the Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest

The predoctoral researcher Rosa Maria Garcia Teruel, on behalf of the Housing Chair URV, attended the conference Social and economic conflicts of transition towards democracy and market economy organized by the Metropolitan Research Institute de Budapest, from 2nd to 4th November 2014. She presented the communication “Changes in housing tenures in Spain as a result […]

Two master thesis on housing topics

On Tuesday 9th September 2014, two students of the Masters in Corporate and Contracting Law, and predoctoral researchers of the Housing Chair URV, defended their master thesis, with the result of the highest qualification for both. Rosa Maria Garcia Teruel, presented the work entitled “Rent replacement by housing rehabilitation or reform in urban tenancies”. Núria […]