Archive for category: Speeches

Dr. Mª Paula Rodríguez and Dr. Philippa Hughes are participating in the Mirades Metropolitanes conference “Caring for yourself in community: collaborative homes for the elderly”, organized by the Provincial Council of Tarragona, with the presentation “The challenges of new collaborative housing models”. The event will take place in La Canonja (Tarragona) on October 7, 2025.

More information at: https://www.dipta.cat/noticies/llars-collaboratives-gent-gran-protagonitzen-nova-sessio-del-cicle-mirades-metropolitanes

Dr. Héctor Simón attended the first meeting of the Working Group on habitability and housing of the recently created group “Madrid20250”, promoted by the Official College of Architects of Madrid. The event took place on Thursday, July 10, 2025.

More information at: https://madrid2050.coam.org

 

On Thursday 19 and Friday 20 June 2025, the 5th International Seminar on Housing Rental Income Control took place, bringing together researchers from fifteen countries, from the Philippines to Chile and from Ireland to South Africa. The aim was to address this current issue that directly affects access to housing. The sessions addressed both the impact of legislation in Catalonia and Spain, as well as comparative experiences in Europe, America, Africa and Asia, as well as the economic and social analysis of rent control policies. Special emphasis was placed on the constitutional implications, the effects on access to housing and the situation of vulnerable groups, in addition to presenting case studies from various countries and models of affordable housing incentives.

More information at: https://diaridigital.urv.cat/urv-centre-debat-habitatge-lloguer/

https://housing.urv.cat/5th-international-workshop-on-rent-control/