Press
Interview with Dr. Héctor Simón on the accessibility of buildings
Link: https://tarragonadigital.com/area-metropolitana/estudi-habitatges-accessibles-urv-2020
Published the book “La tokenización de bienes en blockchain: cuestiones civiles y tributarias”, Thomson Reuters Aranzadi
The UNESCO Housing Chair has recently published the book “La tokenización de bienes en blockchain: cuestiones civiles y tributarias” [The tokenization of goods in blockchain: private and tax law issues] (Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2020), which derives from the research carried out within the framework of the “Collaborative Housing” project (Ministerio de Economía, 2018) and the project “The tokenization of real rights in the regulation of the fifth book of the Catalan Civil Code” (CEJFE, 2019).
The present work is dedicated to the study of the legal consequences of the representation of the ownership and other limited real rights in digital tokens that operate in a blockchain. This technological practice makes it possible to represent a certain right (for example, the ownership of a home) in a digital token, which can be negotiated in an agile or even automatic way, thanks to smart contracts, while it is registered in a cryptographically protected distributed blockchain. This makes possible, at least theoretically, a faster, affordable and transnational transmission of goods. However, this system presents some challenges for our private and tax law system.
You can find more information here: https://www.thomsonreuters.es/es/tienda/duo-papel-ebook/la-tokenizacion-de-bienes-en-blockchainduo/p/10016091
Benecon University Consortium UNESCO Chair
The interactive World Map containing all the UNESCO Chairs in the world has been published, which includes the UNESCO Housing Chair URV.
Interview
To Dr. Blanca Deusdad on the crisis of the dependency system in the context of COVID-19 and the task of the Socatel project.
Commission for the Regulation of Rents of Barcelona City Council
Prof. Nasarre, director of the Housing Chair, took part last July 7 as an expert in the second session of the Non-Permanent Commission for the Regulation of Rents of Barcelona City Council, dedicated to international experiences on the subject.
The Commission was approved by the Extraordinary Plenary Council on Housing of Barcelona City Council last July 2019. The purpose of this commission is to discuss and study the need, convenience and possible impacts arising from the application of a regulation. of rental prices in the city of Barcelona.
https://habitatge.barcelona/es/noticia/los-expertos-hablan-de-la-necesidad-de-un-mercado-de-alquiler-regulado-transparente-y-estable-en-la-segunda-sesion-de-la-comision-para-la-regulacion-de-los-alquileres_968891
Workshop on co-creation of services for the elderly
Dr. Blanca Deusdad coordinates a digital co-creation workshop in order to co-create services that respond to the real needs of older people in the context of COVID-19 and Post COVID-19.
Publication of an article about the effects of the crisis on condominiums
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Héctor Simón have published the article “The effects of ten years of crisis in condominiums” in the Revista Crítica de Derecho Inmobiliario (No. 778, 2020), which deals with the effects of ten years of economic crisis in condominiums through the data collected from 1,202 surveys conducted in Spain to units’ owners residing there. The results show that ten years of economic crisis have affected the maintenance of condominiums, with a special incidence in the increase of the delinquency, at the time that has favored the origination of problems of cohabitation. A series of recommendations are formulated to improve the management, administration and finance of condominiums, as well as about the way to face the problems and the conflicts among residents, the actions in the field of universal accessibility and energy efficiency and the regime of housing tenures.
The article may be downloaded from the “Working papers” section: https://housing.urv.cat/en/cover/research/working-papers/
Fundación Mutua de Propietarios
The Chair partner, the Fundación Mutua de Propietarios, has opened calls for grants from the No Barriers Program so that the communities of owners can carry out their accessibility works.
Accessibility study
The Chair and the Fundación Mutua de Propietarios have carried out a study on the accessibility of buildings.
Super Neighbours
Mutua de Propietarios and its Mutua de Propietarios Foundation are launching the “Super Neighbours” Project to reward those initiatives that are helping to make life easier for people with reduced mobility, during the current health crisis.
More information at: https://www.supervecinos.es/index.php
In this context, Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre is a member of the Advisory Board of the Mutua de Propietarios Foundation and he is currently supervising a doctoral thesis on intra-neighbourhood solidarity.
