Maltese Law

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5/11/2019: the Parliament of Malta unanimously approved the Private Residential Leases Act, a new law that will come into force on the 1st January 2020 and that will regularise the liberalised private rented sector in Malta.  The new law will make it obligatory for every lessor to register the rental agreement with the Housing Authority and it has also fixed a minimum contractual duration of one year, with the lessor being further bound to notify the lessee about any eventual renewal or termination of the agreement at least three months before its expiration.  The Private Residential Leases Act is the product of a research team co-ordinated by Kurt Xerri, a PhD graduate of the UNESCO Housing Chair, who is currently serving as an advisor to the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Accommodation, the Hon. Roderick Galdes.

https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2019-11-06/local-news/Parliament-approves-rent-reform-law-6736215772

Conference: 360º housing

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On October 31st, the Chair organized the Conference “Housing in 360º” at La Pedrera in Barcelona. You may find the program in the following link: https://housing.urv.cat/la-pedrera-habitatge-360/

https://www.barcelona.cat/infobarcelona/es/barcelona-ha-puesto-en-el-centro-las-politicas-de-vivienda-y-esto-ha-tenido-un-efecto-contagio-en-otras-administraciones_874065.html

https://tarragonadigital.com/area-metropolitana/catedra-habitatge-urv-sensellarisme-jornades

http://diaridigital.urv.cat/la-catedra-unesco-dhabitatge-analitza-la-situacio-de-lhabitatge-actual-i-de-futur/

The house in 360º

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Este jueves 31 de octubre en La Pedrera la Càtedra UNESCO d’Habitatge de la URV organiza el evento “La vivienda en 360º” que se centra en la problemática del acceso y en la de la pérdida de la vivienda. Además de las tres sesiones con expertos, se proyectará el documental “El umbral” y se mostrará la experiencia “El llindar”, destinados a la sensibilización sobre la problemática de la exclusión residencial y del sinhogarismo.

Puede hallarse más información sobre ambos en https://llindar.cat

El programa completo está disponible en https://housing.urv.cat/la-pedrera-habitatge-360/

Ministerio de Fomento

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On October 23, Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Estela Rivas met with the Director General of Architecture, Housing and Land, Mr. Javier Martín, to transfer the research carried out by the Chair.

European Commission

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Prof. Sergio Nasarre participated in a session with the European Commission in Brussels on October 3, 2019, with the purpose of analyzing the mechanisms in Europe to favor the change of bank by mortgage debtors.

Award

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The Threshold: promoting protection of the right to housing – Homelessnes prevention in the context of evictions”, a research project promoted by the UNESCO Housing Chair, has been awarded a prize from the Social Council URV due to its social impact. This social impact award recognizes, under the category of social sciences and humanities, those research projects that are expected to improve the society. The proposal was submitted by Sergio Nasarre, Estela Rivas and Juan Luis Gonzalo, thanks also to the collaboration of Marc Solé, Ariadna González, Héctor Herrero, Isidre Monreal, Neus Sabaté, Javier Coca and Jordi de Andrés.

http://diaridigital.urv.cat/el-consell-social-premia-limpacte-social-de-cinc-projectes-de-recerca-de-la-urv/

 

The Threshold

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The UNESCO Housing Chair has presented “The Threshold simulation experience to raise awareness about Homelessness” European Research Night of the URV on the 27th of September in Tarragona.

https://llindar.cat

Tallers, xerrades i espectacles científics plens de gom a gom en la Nit Europea de la Recerca

European Research Night

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The Chair will participate at the European Research Night of the URV on the 27th September 2019 at Plaça Corsini in Tarragona. Researchers will present “THE THRESHOLD”, A SIMULATION EXPERIENCE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS” at 16:30.

http://tarragona.nitdelarecerca.cat/ca/programacio/a/2/el-llindar-una-simulacio-per-sensibilitzar-sobre-el-sensellarisme

Experience “The Threshold”

 

Spanish Government’s

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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre, one of the 15 experts consulted for the Spanish Government’s housing programme

https://www.expansion.com/economia/2019/08/30/5d690ff3468aebb6768b46b0.html

https://tarragonadigital.com/area-metropolitana/sergio-nasarre-habitatge-pedro-sanchez

http://diaridigital.urv.cat/sergio-nasarre-un-dels-15-experts-consultats-per-al-programa-dhabitatge-del-govern-espanyol/

https://www.diaridetarragona.com/tarragona/Sergio-Nasarre-URV-asesora-a-Pedro-Sanchez-en-materia-de-vivienda-20190905-0065.html

The researcher Gemma Caballé teaches a training session in the Postgraduate course on housing policies at SERT school of the COAC

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On July 16, the researcher Gemma Caballé of the UNESCO Housing Chair gave a training session at the postgraduate course on housing policies of the SERT school form the Bar Association of Architects of Catalonia (COAC) about the housing research carried out at the UNESCO Housing Chair, as well as its social impact