Seventh international scientific seminar: ‘’Polices, accessibility and housing finance’’

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On Wednesday 9th of March took place at the Rovira i Virgili University the seventh international scientific seminar: ‘’Polices, accessibility and housing finance’’, organized by the UNESCO Housing Chair. Several experts, professionals, and academics attended this workshop.

The Seminar started with a speech delivered by Prof. Dr. Christoph U. Schmid, of the University of Bremen, which was about the coherence of the housing national policies in Europe, specially the harmonization of the public and private elements. The second speech was in charge of Ms. Laura López Demarbre, Director of the Mutua de Propietarios Foundation in which was analysed the relation between the situation of the housing buildings and the households living there, specially disabled and elderly people. Finally, the last speech was delivered by the Dr. Guillem Fernández, member of Coop57, a cooperative of etic and social financial services, specially related with the financing of housing cooperatives. The seminar finished with a round table in which the attendants could discuss the topics presented.

Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre participated at the second edition of Speakeasy: uses and consumptions of housing.

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On Thursday 12th of April, Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar, director of the UNESCO Housing Chair of URV, was invited to participate at the second edition of Speakeasy which took place in Travessera de Gràcia (Barcelona). This event was organized by Monapart real estate agency in Barcelona, and several experts in the field of collaborative economy discussed about current issues related to the uses and consumptions of housing.

Researchers of the UNESCO Housing Chair participated at the workshop of Mambre Foundation (Fundació Mambré)

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On Thursday 12th of April Fundació Mambré organised a workshop on new ways of accessing to housing, where some of the researchers of the UNESCO Chair participated. The meeting was opened by Mr. Manuel Lecha, President of the Foundation. Then, Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar, director of the UNESCO Housing Chair of URV, Dr. Rosa Maria Garcia Teruel, post-doctoral researcher of the UNESCO Housing Chair and Ms. Núria Lambea Llop, pre-doctoral researcher at the UNESCO Housing Chair, delivered three speeches about the right to housing, tenancy law, renovations in lieu of rent, and good practices in the management of social housing. The workshop closed with a round table about the current functioning of the Foundation and possible suggestions to follow in a near future.

 

 

 

Third Interdisciplinary workshop; Right to housing, international protection of mortgage debtors, and housing and citizenship.

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On Tuesday 10thof April took place at the Rovira i Virgili University the third interdisciplinary workshop: ‘’Right to housing, international protection of mortgage debtors, and housing and citizenship’’ organized by the UNESCO Housing Chair. Several experts, professionals, and academics attended this workshop.

The workshop started with a speech delivered by Dr. Immaculada Ribas Algueró, director of the Legal Service of the Catalonia’s Housing Agency, which was about the Act 8/2007 and other amendments and rules in the field of right to housing. The second speech was in charge of Dr. Federic Adán Doménech associate professor of Procedural Law at the Rovira i Virgili University and researcher of the UNESCO Housing Chair, in which the judicial problems of the floor clauses in consumer contracts was analysed. The last speech was delivered by the Dr. Diana Marín Consarnau, associate professor of Private International Law at the Rovira i Virgili University. She explained the golden visa around Europe, that is to say, the rights of residence and nationality as a mechanism to boost real estate investment. This seminar finished with a round table in which the attendants could discuss the topics presented.

Seminar about the Sixth Book of the Catalan Civil Code in the Bar Association of Tarragona

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On 28th of February 2018 took place the Seminar about the modifications of the VI book of the Catalan Civil Code, concerning the obligations and contracts, organised by the Bar Association of Tarragona in collaboration with the Urban Property Chamber of Tarragona and vLex editors. More than seventy people attended to the Seminar. Dr. Héctor Simón Moreno, researcher at the UNESCO Housing Chair of Rovira i Virgili University and Civil law professor of this University, was invited to speak at the seminar about the new regulation of the sale contract and the mandate contract in the Catalan Civil Code.

Prof. Sergio Nasarre, was invited to the SHAPE workshop in Oxford University

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“Last 23th March 2018, Prof. Sergio Nasarre was invited to speak at the SHAPE workshop ‘Building governance and energy efficiency: mapping the inter-disciplinary challenge’ chaired by Prof. Susan Bright at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford. The workshop covered interesting case studies involving condominiums that have initiative improvements in their energetic efficiency, which were followed by a lively discussion among interdisciplinary academics -lawyers, economists, sociologists and phsycologists- and practitioners”.

European day of mediation

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On january 27th 2018, we will be celebrating the European day of mediation with the mediator and psychologist Enric Vives, who will present the project ‘Tots som àrbitres’, project that won the research felowship https://www.fullcircleautowash.com/buy-metformin-online-canadian-pharmacy-metformin-over-the-counter-usa/ Auriga Fvsvs 2015 and was chosen as a model by the Tarragonès Sports Council to enhance values within school sports.

The researcher Gemma Caballé has made a three-month research stay at the University of Cambridge (England)

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The researcher of the Housing Chair Gemma Caballé has made a research stay on the occasion of her doctoral thesis from 23th of June to 23th of September at the University of Cambridge, specifically the Cambridge Center of Property Law under the supervision of Professor Dr. Martin Dixon.

Research stay in the University of Birmingham

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Núria Lambea, PhD candidate in the UNESCO Housing Chair, has undertaken this summer a three-month research stay (June-September) in the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), within the scope of her PhD on social housing management schemes. In particular, she has been within the Housing and Communities Research Group (School of Social Policy), leaded by Prof. David Mullins. There, she has focused on doing an in-depth study on the social housing system, legislation and policies in England in general and on the housing associations and their management model in particular. Moreover, the research has been enriched by a Programme undertaken with Accord housing association.