On the 14 of June 2019 Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Ms. Gemma Caballé presented a communication in the VI Conference on teaching innovation on how housing research carried out in the UNESCO Chair is introduced in university teaching and the challenges that we still have in our country in this sense, such as, an interdisciplinary university degree on housing.
Third session: 19/06/2019
The 5thSummer Course of the UNESCO Housing Chair URV took place last Friday in Cambrils. It attracted a wide audience and addressed the new Spanish Act 5/2019 on the protection of consumers of mortgage loans. Dr. Mark Roark was in charge of the inaugural conference. Dr. Roark, Professor of Law in the Southern University Law Center (Louisiana, USA), stayed with the Housing Chair for a week, undertaking a research stay.
Participation of Dr. Sergio Nasarre a: 45th UIPI International Congress: Collaborative Economy In the Real Estate Sector: An Opportunity For Europe
The International Union of Property Owners (UIPI) held its 45th International Congress in Rome, Italy, from 6 to 9 June 2019, to discuss the growing importance of the collaborative economy in the real estate sector, and the opportunities and challenges it entails for European property owners.
The Congress, hosted by Confedilizia, the Italian property owners’ association, brought together more than 150 representatives from all over Europe, together with EU and national policy-makers, experts from the housing and real estate sectors as well as high-profile researchers.
Collaborative business models are reshaping the short-term accommodation market by creating new sources of income and employment opportunities for European citizens. At the same time, local housing markets and direct neighbourhoods are concerned by this new phenomenon, sometimes with adverse consequences.
To overcome these challenges, the Italian Undersecretary for Economic Development, Andrea Cioffi, underlined the need to create the tools that enable citizens to fully benefit from these new business models, while Mara Carfagna – Vice-President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies – stressed in her welcome message the crucial importance of property owners’ organisations in this regard, especially in providing information, analyses and ideas for decision-makers.
Giorgio Spaziani Testa, President of Confedilizia, highlighted a key aspect of collaborative short-term rentals, stating that “the sharing economy can help families in smaller cities and rural areas pay their taxes as well as revive entire villages.
In an attempt to reconcile all interests at stake, the President of UIPI, Stratos Paradias, emphasised the need for careful and well-thought policies: “What we need is a comprehensive, inclusive and balanced approach which could ensure harmony in our communities, enabling us to move forward, whilst preserving the legacy we bring with us, notably our values, our common heritage and property.
Dr. Diana Marín and Dr. Estela Rivas have given the presentations called “Platform economy and international litigation in the labour field” and “Participatory financing platforms”, respectively, at the conference: “Transnational trade-digital economy: taxes and customs”, which took place in Tarragona.
http://www.dret-privat.urv.cat/media/upload/domain_90/pdf/comerc-trans2019_155852618620.pdf
The protection of Spanish mortgage debtors. The new Law 5/2019.
07-06-2019
https://housing.urv.cat/es/transferencia/2019-2/vcursoveranoconsumidoreshipotecarios/
Participation of Land Registrars in the University Master in Business and Contract Law
The land registrar D. Francisca Hernández delivered a lecture in the subject “Real Estate Contracts” of the University Master in Business and Contract Law of the Faculty of Legal Sciences of University Rovira i Virgili on 21 May 2019. The land registrar outlined the key concepts from the Spanish mortgage and land registry law related to real estate contracts and raised case studies on this subject.
On the 22nd and 23rd of May the biannual meeting with the group of experts that advises the German Government on housing in Europe for its presidency of the European Commission in 2020 attended by Dr. Sergio Nasarre took place in Bonn.
The land registrar D. Víctor Prado delivered a lecture in the subject “Property Rights” of the Law Degree of the Faculty of Legal Sciences of University Rovira i Virgili on 21 May 2019. The students were asked to analyse a mortgage loan deed applying the Spanish mortgage law and the rules governing the Spanish land registry.
Prof. Nasarre was invited to lecture and to participate in two round tables at the international conference EIJC & Dataharvest that took place in Malines, May 14-17, 2019. Prof. Nasarre’s interventions dealt with the situation of access to housing in Europe and the relationships between housing researchers, lobbyists and media professionals.
