Social Housing

Like a human being, a building ages and develops physical and functional maladies. Unlike a human being, a building doesn't have a general practitioner, exerting its influence in a prophylactic and healing manner. Consequently, buildings develop a ...

This study examines the image (representations) of life and housing in the former workers' colony of Dornkappel, today the Bratislava district of Trnávka, during the period before the Second World War and the socialist era. The settlement emerged as a workers' colony on the outskirts of Bratislava in the late 1920s and early 1930s, acquiring a reputation as a backward, poor and socially inferior neighbourhood with harsh living conditions. In the second half of the 20th century, the growing locality, now renamed Trnávka, was gradually integrated into the urban fabric. Nevertheless, its image as both a territorial and social periphery within Bratislava persisted. After 1989, the situation changed and Trnávka transformed into a desirable and attractive place to live.

Financiación de la vivienda de interés social La financiación de vivienda es un elemento esencial de la política habitacional en todos los países del mundo. Primordialmente son dos los aspectos que deben considerar las alternativas de financiación de vivienda con el fin de ser viables y sostenibles. Por un lado, se deben diseñar alternativas que ofrezcan rentabilidad a los sectores participantes en el mercado, con el objeto de atraer la inversión de recursos privados hacia el sector de la vivienda. Al mismo tiempo, se deben diseñar alternativas adecuadas a la capacidad de pago de los potenciales usuarios, para que la población con menores ingresos pueda acceder a dicha financiación y no quede marginada de las operaciones del mercado inmobiliario, dado que como resultado de la investigación DEMANDA DE VIVIENDA EN EL VALLE DE ABURRÁ, realizada en el 2004, se evidenció que en el Valle de Aburrá el sistema financiero no está siendo dinamizador para la adquisición de vivienda. El objetivo de este artículo es proporcionar una visión general del mercado hipotecario, en lo concerniente a la financiación de vivienda de interés social (VIS) en Antioquia, con el fin de aprovechar la experiencia acumulada en dicha actividad y contribuir a reactivar la industria de

Background: Australia is facing an unprecedented housing crisis, with median house prices reaching $764,000 and rental vacancy rates below 1.5%. Political rhetoric increasingly blames migration for housing unaffordability, echoing dangerous scapegoating patterns seen in the United States and the United Kingdom. Objective: Australia faces an unprecedented housing crisis with median house prices reaching $764,000 and rental vacancy rates below 1.5%. Political rhetoric increasingly blames migration for housing unaffordability, echoing dangerous scapegoating patterns seen in the United States and the United Kingdom. Methods: Comprehensive analysis of housing data from the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council, Reserve Bank of Australia, state productivity commissions, and independent research institutions. Comparative assessment of domestic policy impacts versus migration effects using natural experiment data from the COVID-19 period. Results: Evidence demonstrates that the housing crisis stems from chronic supply constraints (zoning restrictions inflate prices by up to 73%), declining construction productivity (a 53% decrease since the 1990s), systematic social housing divestment (from 6% to 4% of the housing stock), and tax policies favouring speculation over homeownership. During the COVID-19 border closures, with negative net migration, house prices surged 20%, definitively proving that domestic factors drive the crisis. Migration contributes 35-50% of recent demand pressure but less than 20% of longterm price inflation. Conclusions: Australia's housing crisis represents a policy failure across multiple domains, not a migration-driven phenomenon. Political scapegoating of migrants risks replicating social division seen internationally while distracting from evidence-based solutions. Comprehensive reform targeting supply acceleration, construction productivity, social housing restoration, and tax system rebalancing offers a viable pathway to housing affordability for all Australians.

The French phrase “grand ensemble” designates a modernist residential housing typology consisting of the repetition of standardized units into vast-scale compositions. The grands ensembles were imported from France to Algeria by way of colonialism. At the onset of the postcolonial era, the dense migration of groups of people in the other direction, from Algeria to France, where more grands ensembles were constructed to house them, brought this episode of architectural history full circle. How have French-Algerian residents of postcolonial grands ensembles perceived, metabolized, and responded to this circulation of people and architectural forms in time and space? To answer this question, this chapter turns to the collages of Kader Attia (b. 1970), a French-Algerian artist who spent his formative years as a resident of grands ensembles in postcolonial France. This chapter argues that Attia’s collages tell a resident-centric architectural history of the grands ensembles across France and Algeria, thus proposing alternative conceptions of modernity and its relation to vernacular traditions.

By adopting Western historiographical methods, Orientalists applied a linear system of periodization to the study of Islamic architecture and urbanism. This approach segmented Islamic history according to ruling dynasties (Rashidun Caliphate, Umayyad, Abbasid, and so forth) rendering it fragmented and disjointed, despite its coherence within the broader unifying framework of Islam. Emphasizing the physical architectural end products over the underlying mechanisms that shaped them, each dynastic period was associated with a distinct architectural style. Yet, does this mode of periodization align with the actual history of Islamic architecture? This paper seeks to move beyond the Orientalist approach of dynastic-based periodization by proposing an alternative framework grounded in the actual mechanisms of built environment production across Islamic history. It examines how transformations in political power, jurisprudence, and knowledge intersected to shape built environments across Islamic history. The paper adopts Ibn Khaldun's perspective on political modes and the cyclical rise and fall of states as its theoretical framework. It argues that the transition toward political royal modes and the emergence of rational political practices progressively shifted the mechanisms of built environment production from ones rooted in Sharīʿa rights-based mechanisms to those driven by political power and rationalized statecraft. This shift gave rise to authoritarian built environments. As the dominant discourse remains centered on these politicized built environments, the paper reveals the misconceptions embedded in the prevailing periodization framework, ultimately challenging the validity of its orientalist bases.

A key global challenge nowadays is to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing Australia today. Improvements to energy and water efficiency of existing building stocks can significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce utility bills. With increasing recognition that green buildings outperform conventional buildings, much less known about how green building initiatives can be incorporated into upgrading existing housing stocks. In Australia due to population growth and increased in the size of dwellings coupled with the reduction of number of person per household have put an enormous pressure on energy and water consumption. Existing houses represent approximately 98% of residential building stocks and any improvement to these dwellings will have a profound impact on reducing the negative effects of the environment. This paper examines the sustainable upgrading strategies in improving environmental per...

What is 'community-led housing'? The phrase is used these days with increasing frequency, but what does it mean? How can it embrace the resource and advice hub set up by the London Mayor to build more affordable housing, and which has just been allocated £38 million of funds, and, at the same time, proposals made by campaigners trying to save the Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden in Lewisham, which has been condemned to demolition and redevelopment by a council and housing association acting with the financial support and planning permission of the same London Mayor? Beyond its rhetoric of government decentralisation and resident empowerment, what does 'community-led' mean in practice? Is it an initiative by London communities in response to the threat to their homes of estate demolition schemes implemented by councils in which they no longer have any trust? Is it emblematic of the kind of initiative envisaged by the former Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, in his image of a Big Society www.architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk January 2019 2 that takes back responsibility for housing UK citizens from the state and places it in the hands of entrepreneurs, whether small developers or housing co-operatives? Is it a way to relieve London councils of the responsibility for housing their constituents? Is it just another term in the increasingly duplicitous lexicon of Greater London Authority housing policies designed to hand public land and funds over to private developers and investors under the guise of being 'community-led'? Or is it a genuine, if limited, solution to London's crisis of housing affordability, one that will finally build and manage at least some of the homes in which Londoners can afford to live? In this article we address these questions through looking at 'Brixton Gardens', a proposal for a co-operative housing development that was made last year by Architects for Social Housing in partnership with the Brixton Housing Co-operative. The Architects for Social Housing/Brixton Housing Co-operative proposal was made in response to the London Mayor's Small Sites x Small Builders programme, which was published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in January 2018. According to the guidance for proposals and submission proforma, this programme aims to:] 1 Bring forward small, publicly-owned sites for residential-led development, in a streamlined way; 2 Invigorate new and emerging 'sources of supply', including small developers, small housing associations and community-led housing organisations. The GLA invited bids from small innovative developers, addressing what they call 'challenging' sites with creativity and a desire to deliver new homes. They state that they welcome a range of new entrants to the market, including community land trusts, housing co-operatives, co-housing groups, and custom-or self-builders, as well as registered providers of social housing who may be looking to develop new housing. There is no eligibility criteria for those making proposals, with the GLA stating they are interested in organisations who intend to deliver their proposed scheme and help build more homes for Londoners.

The crisis of housing affordability in the UK is at its most severe in the capital, London, but its effects are the result of global forces whose financial roots reach deep into the world economy. These include the marketisation, privatisation and financialisation of housing provision; the neo--liberalisation of the processes of property development; and the writing of legislation and policy designed to accommodate and promote the financial interests of investors and developers above the housing needs of resident populations. We have all experienced something of the effects of this crisis, which has resulted in the systemic destruction of urban and largely working--class communities and cultures for short--term financial gain and at the cost of increasing social and economic inequality and environmental degradation. It is within this global context that the challenge of sustainable cities - or, more accurately, the question of how we can develop sustainably - has become one of the most urgent issues of our time, in which architects and built--environment professionals have the opportunity and duty to take a decisive role. The relatively recent rise in public awareness about the need for environmental sustainability is overdue and welcome; however, sustainable development that meets social need must go beyond the simplistic notions of the environment that characterise so--called 'green architecture'. If it is to be truly sustainable, architecture must not only contribute to countering the negative effects of development on the environment, but it must, in addition, be socially beneficial and economically viable for its users and inhabitants, and therefore, also, politically progressive. To be sustainable, in other words, architecture must be socialist. When we founded Architects for Social Housing (ASH) in 2015, we were not responding to the theoretical question of urban sustainability, but to the immediate and practical realities of the ongoing demolition and privatisation of the remaining social housing in London. In particular, we wanted to oppose the negative social, economic and environmental consequences this was having for the existing housing communities, as well as the wider, long--term and more structural effects the loss of such housing was and is creating. Architects for Social Housing, Opposed economies of architecture The diagram above was created during ASH's residency in Vancouver last summer, where we delivered a series of lectures under the title 'For a Socialist Architecture'. 1 Through this diagram we tried to show opposed economies of architecture. Under capitalism, the economy is equated purely with the financial sphere, which apportions resources to the social and environmental aspects of production solely in these terms (as, for

What is 'community-led housing'? The phrase is used these days with increasing frequency, but what does it mean? How can it embrace the resource and advice hub set up by the London Mayor to build more affordable housing, and which has just been allocated £38 million of funds, and, at the same time, proposals made by campaigners trying to save the Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden in Lewisham, which has been condemned to demolition and redevelopment by a council and housing association acting with the financial support and planning permission of the same London Mayor? Beyond its rhetoric of government decentralisation and resident empowerment, what does 'community-led' mean in practice? Is it an initiative by London communities in response to the threat to their homes of estate demolition schemes implemented by councils in which they no longer have any trust? Is it emblematic of the kind of initiative envisaged by the former Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, in his image of a Big Society www.architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk January 2019 2 that takes back responsibility for housing UK citizens from the state and places it in the hands of entrepreneurs, whether small developers or housing co-operatives? Is it a way to relieve London councils of the responsibility for housing their constituents? Is it just another term in the increasingly duplicitous lexicon of Greater London Authority housing policies designed to hand public land and funds over to private developers and investors under the guise of being 'community-led'? Or is it a genuine, if limited, solution to London's crisis of housing affordability, one that will finally build and manage at least some of the homes in which Londoners can afford to live? In this article we address these questions through looking at 'Brixton Gardens', a proposal for a co-operative housing development that was made last year by Architects for Social Housing in partnership with the Brixton Housing Co-operative. The Architects for Social Housing/Brixton Housing Co-operative proposal was made in response to the London Mayor's Small Sites x Small Builders programme, which was published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in January 2018. According to the guidance for proposals and submission proforma, this programme aims to:] 1 Bring forward small, publicly-owned sites for residential-led development, in a streamlined way; 2 Invigorate new and emerging 'sources of supply', including small developers, small housing associations and community-led housing organisations. The GLA invited bids from small innovative developers, addressing what they call 'challenging' sites with creativity and a desire to deliver new homes. They state that they welcome a range of new entrants to the market, including community land trusts, housing co-operatives, co-housing groups, and custom-or self-builders, as well as registered providers of social housing who may be looking to develop new housing. There is no eligibility criteria for those making proposals, with the GLA stating they are interested in organisations who intend to deliver their proposed scheme and help build more homes for Londoners.

The crisis of housing affordability in the UK is at its most severe in the capital, London, but its effects are the result of global forces whose financial roots reach deep into the world economy. These include the marketisation, privatisation and financialisation of housing provision; the neo--liberalisation of the processes of property development; and the writing of legislation and policy designed to accommodate and promote the financial interests of investors and developers above the housing needs of resident populations. We have all experienced something of the effects of this crisis, which has resulted in the systemic destruction of urban and largely working--class communities and cultures for short--term financial gain and at the cost of increasing social and economic inequality and environmental degradation. It is within this global context that the challenge of sustainable cities - or, more accurately, the question of how we can develop sustainably - has become one of the most urgent issues of our time, in which architects and built--environment professionals have the opportunity and duty to take a decisive role. The relatively recent rise in public awareness about the need for environmental sustainability is overdue and welcome; however, sustainable development that meets social need must go beyond the simplistic notions of the environment that characterise so--called 'green architecture'. If it is to be truly sustainable, architecture must not only contribute to countering the negative effects of development on the environment, but it must, in addition, be socially beneficial and economically viable for its users and inhabitants, and therefore, also, politically progressive. To be sustainable, in other words, architecture must be socialist. When we founded Architects for Social Housing (ASH) in 2015, we were not responding to the theoretical question of urban sustainability, but to the immediate and practical realities of the ongoing demolition and privatisation of the remaining social housing in London. In particular, we wanted to oppose the negative social, economic and environmental consequences this was having for the existing housing communities, as well as the wider, long--term and more structural effects the loss of such housing was and is creating. Architects for Social Housing, Opposed economies of architecture The diagram above was created during ASH's residency in Vancouver last summer, where we delivered a series of lectures under the title 'For a Socialist Architecture'. 1 Through this diagram we tried to show opposed economies of architecture. Under capitalism, the economy is equated purely with the financial sphere, which apportions resources to the social and environmental aspects of production solely in these terms (as, for

Este capítulo pretende analisar como Angola se tornou um dos países mais urbanizados de África: como a migração provocada pela guerra iniciou o processo, e como factores como a extração de recursos e as alterações climáticas agravaram a situação. Desde a independência, as políticas governamentais em mudança tentaram redireccionar e gerir o processo de urbanização, resultando em sucessos e fracassos. O capítulo explora como a muito esperada descentralização poderá contribuir positivamente para uma habitação economicamente mais sustentável e como as reformas da governação local podem ser o melhor caminho para gerir as cidades angolanas em crescimento.

Aluno: Ícaro Ramos Seleme Brasília, abril de 2023 O autor do ensaio é Rem Koolhaas, arquiteto e urbanista holandês vencedor do prêmio Pritzker no ano 2000. Conterrâneo de pintores célebres como Van Gogh, os materiais predominantes da sua arte são o vidro e a palavra. Fez parte do movimento desconstrutivista na arquitetura dos anos 90 -termo que alude ao Construtivismo russo -caracterizado por disposições geométricas não ortodoxas (ângulos agudos e obtusos). Sua primeira formação acadêmica é de jornalista, o que explica, em parte, o impacto de sua obra escrita. Espaço-Lixo foi redigido em 2001, 6 anos após a publicação da monografia de 1300 páginas S, M, L, XL (título que se refere aos tamanhos "pequeno, médio, grande e

RESUMEN Este artículo muestra el desarrollo de un método para la construcción de un modelo de asignación de créditos para la cartera de consumo en la Cooperativa Belén Ahorro y Crédito. Para esto, se parte de la normativa colombiana existente y de la ...

Social housing providers have recently emerged as unlikely innovators of low carbon transitions in the UK residential sector. They tend to have a significant amount of influence over large housing stocks, opportunities to access funding to retrofit on a large scale, can make explicit connections between reduced carbon emissions and improved quality of life for low-income residents, and foster a close relationship with the place and communities they serve. In effect, social housing providers are 'middle actors' who not only facilitate but also realise low carbon transitions through various strategies. This paper uses empirical findings from interviews with social housing providers in Greater Manchester to understand the different ways that low carbon and energy efficiency innovation is being undertaken in this sector. The findings reveal that as middle actors, social landlords influence upstream to policy makers and regulators, downstream to individual households, and sideways to other actors in the social housing sector as well as to other building and energy professionals. The findings reveal opportunities for governments to supplement their existing policies with recognising and supporting middle actors to accelerate low carbon transitions of the built environment.

Brazilian housing policies have been historically based on private property. There is no national policy or fund for rental, and with few exceptions like the program for affordable housing in the city of São Paulo, local policies do not address this issue either. In 2015, a group came together in São Paulo to think about non-speculative property in Brazil. Some points they converged on included: the will to go beyond the outcry over segregation and gentrification; the awareness that regular private property traded on the market cannot meet social demands nor lead to a just city; the idea of ​​offering solutions to the State, instead of simply demanding solutions from public authorities; a desire to reframe the relations between theory and practice in urban studies. Since then, the response has been experimental and incremental, the product being the carving of FICA, a fund run by a non-profit – the Community Property Association. Since 2017, it has run a flat in downtown São Paulo, ...

No contexto da rápida urbanização nos países em desenvolvimento, o déficit habitacional se constitui em grande desafio para o desenvolvimento social e econômico. Este é o caso da América Latina, onde se estima que em 2015 este déficit vá atingir 50 milhões de unidades. No Brasil, em 2008, foi estimado em mais de 5,5 milhões de unidades, sendo 83% em zonas urbanas. Para o Brasil como um todo, as famílias com renda de até 3 salários mínimos concentram 89,6% do déficit habitacional A política tradicional tem focado prioritariamente a promoção da casa própria. No Brasil foi a política predominante desde a Fundação da Casa Popular, passando pelo Sistema Financeiro Habitacional entre 1964 e 1986, nas políticas municipais pós Constituição de 1988, na outorga de cartas de crédito e agora, a partir de 2009, na atuação do programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida. Por outro lado, a demanda da população em geral e dos movimentos organizados também é pela produção/propriedade de novas moradias. Mas a ideia de usar apenas a propriedade da casa como forma de construir um patrimônio familiar tem esbarrado no fato de que grande parte da população necessita de um aporte não desprezível em subsídios para consegui-la. De outro lado, a moradia digna é um direito constitucional. O aluguel pode se constituir em forma complementar na redução do déficit em camadas de renda baixa. Nos países desenvolvidos, o mercado de aluguel apresenta proporção forte: nos Estados Unidos, 32% das casas são alugadas, enquanto que na Holanda este percentual atinge 46%, na França 37% e na Inglaterra 29%.

Na cidade de São Paulo, as leis de uso e ocupação do solo urbano e a impossibilidade de cumprir as normas urbanísticas produzem espaços que, de certa forma, são ocupados equivocamente. É pauta na agenda da sociedade que a discussão sobre ordem e irregularidade gera danosas consequências sociais. Os níveis de irregularidades urbanísticas ultrapassam os caminhos da compreensão da aplicação da lei para adentrar nos meandros do viés burocrático. Nesse sentido, pensar o urbanismo na contemporaneidade requer uma reflexão sobre velhas questões em novos contextos urbanos, pois a complexidade crescente e os desafios que a cidade contemporânea nos apresenta, trazem o seguinte dilema: Como resolver a questão entre o discurso legal e a práxis, entre a lógica e o caos. O objetivo é demonstrar que há um longo e tenebroso caminho nas malhas da burocracia para os proprietários de imóveis que precisam mantê-los regulares nos órgãos públicos (que concedem licenças de funcionamento, alvarás etc.). Palavras-chave: Lei de uso e ocupação do solo urbano, licenças, alvará, regularidade e irregularidade.

Why does shadow banking persist in China despite repeated policy efforts to contain it? While studies of informal finance have traditionally emphasized the credit needs of private businesses as a demand-side explanation, this study contends that China’s local public finance also constitutes an important driver for shadow banking. Based on document research and administrative data, we find that China’s shadow banking system has bifurcated into two segments since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). One is the ‘entrepreneurial shadow’ that has long provided informal credit to the private sector, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises. The other is a ‘fiscal shadow’, which serves property developers and local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), the two pillars of China’s land-based local public finance regime. Property developers are major contributors to local fiscal revenues through the land economy, while LGFVs function as off- balance sheet backdoor financing intermediaries for local governments.
Although localities have borrowed from unconventional sources throughout the reform era, the central government’s GFC stimulus plan marked a turning point by fueling a debt-financed real estate and infrastructure construction boom. Property developers and LGFVs were launched onto a highly leveraged model of feverish expansion for over a decade. When the central government abruptly reversed its course by restricting the availability of formal credit, they became further entangled into the fiscal shadow for refinancing. Local public finance has thus become reliant on shadow banking, despite subsequent policy efforts to curb such activity. Our findings suggest the need for a more integrated analytic and regulatory framework that recognizes the mutual dependence between shadow banking and local debt – two major sources of systemic financial risks in China.

Gegenstand ist die Untersuchung der Auswirkungen der privaten, staatlich geförderten Altersvorsorge (Riester-Rente) auf die Alterseinkommen und die Konsummöglichkeiten im Alter nach Wohnkosten. Zu diesem Zweck wurde ein Simulationsmodell entwickelt, dass die Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung von Beispielhaushalten über ihren gesamten Lebenszyklus umfassend abbildet. Berücksichtigt werden sowohl alle bereits heute gesetzlich verankerten Maßnahmen zum Übergang zur nachgelagerten Besteuerung der gesetzlichen Renten als auch alle gesetzlich verankerten Maßnahmen zur Dämpfung des Beitragssatzanstiegs in der Rentenversicherung. Besondere Berücksichtigung finden die aktuellen Überlegungen zur Integration der Wohneigentumsförderung in die staatliche Förderung der privaten Altersvorsorge. --

Planning has been associated with terms like welfare, opportunities etc. But at the same time does planning reflect the aspiration of the masses? Or does it reflect the aspiration of the nation state? This article is an attempt to understand the governing principles and traces the social determinants which influenced the planning of Chandigarh.LeCorbusier, the primary architect of the city was well known for giving 'ideological' meaning to his architectural planning.This article attempts to unfold the various ideological meanings associated with planning and argues how it leads to 'standardization'.

With the aim to enhance sustainability in general including walkability, the recent urban forms of the designs of the Emirati neighborhoods have been denser and more compact, if compared with the older design models. While there are various guidelines and regulations related to the microscale walkability measures for the urban design of neighborhoods in the Emirates but unfortunately the macroscale walkability measures have not received similar attention. So, to investigate how would these denser and more compact recent neighborhoods designs better perform regarding walkability macroscale measures, the research utilized the urban modelling interface (UMI) walkability simulation tool to calculate the UMI Walkscores of these designs because it considers almost all macroscale factors including both urban morphology and urban planning measures and it also allows for the customization of the types, required catchment distances, and weights of the significance of locally provided amenitie...

This study examines the development of Urban Green Spaces (UGSs) in West Bengal, focusing on the impact of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) on small towns. Rapid urbanisation has led to significant reductions in green spaces across India, affecting environmental sustainability and quality of life. The study identifies three key aspects of urban green space management: availability, financial allocation, and public awareness. The findings indicate that smaller towns, particularly those outside the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA), have shown notable improvements in green spaces, largely due to AMRUT's focus on less developed regions. However, green space per person remains below the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended levels, especially in larger KMA towns. Financial analysis reveals that mid-sized KMA towns allocate more resources to green space, suggesting stronger urban planning frameworks. Conversely, larger non-KMA towns show limited investment, highlighting financial constraints and lower prioritisation. Public surveys indicate different patterns of engagement between genders, with males engaging more in structured activities like exercising, while females predominantly use green spaces for walking. The study emphasises the need for continued investment and strategic planning to promote equitable green space development, ensuring sustainability and improved living standards across urban centres.

This book examines the experiences of single professionals living in shared housing in London, focusing on how language, communication, and social inequalities shape these living arrangements. It frames shared housing not only as an economic condition but also as a communicative, social, and identity-laden experience.

Drawing on the discourse analysis of interviews conducted with London’s millennials sharing a house with strangers, the book introduces a language socialisation framework to illustrate how they learn to become competent housemates. It explores how individuals internalise unspoken norms, manage routines, and negotiate relationships within multilingual, multicultural households.

The book also highlights what it means to be single and living in London today, particularly in the context of housing. It examines how house sharers navigate spatial and social boundaries and experience precarity, especially through the lenses of migration, ethnicity, and linguistic background.

Stvaranje jugoslovenske države nakon Prvog svetskog rata odrazilo se i na istoriografiju. Malobrojne profesionalne istoričare, okupljene oko univerziteta u Beogradu, Zagrebu i Ljubljani, novonastala politička situacija usmerila je ka reinterpretaciji dotadašnjih, najčešće partikularnih, nacionalnih istorijskih narativa. Predmet istraživanja u ovom radu biće radovi jugoslovenskih međuratnih istoričara koji su, analizirajući prošlost „jugoslovenskih plemena”/„jugoslovenskog naroda”, u njoj pronalazili zajedničke srednjovekovne heroje čija su pregnuća bila preteče potonjeg jugoslovenskog ujedinjenja 1918. godine. Analizirajući reprezentaciju zajedničkih heroja u istoriografskim radovima Stanoja Stanojevića, Vladimira Ćorovića, Viktora Novaka, Ferda Šišića i Milka Kosa, posvetićemo se zajedničkim karakteristikama i razlikama u strategijama konstruisanja istorijskog narativa u tri najvažnija centra jugoslovenske istoriografske produkcije. Najpre, definisaćemo ograničen broj istorijskih ličnosti koje su isticane kao najznačajniji srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenački (jugoslovenski) heroji srednjovekovlja. Zatim, bavićemo se pitanjem čime su oni zaslužili značajno mesto u nastajućem jugoslovenskom istorijskom narativu i u kom su odnosu međuratne predstave o srednjovekovnim herojima sa predratnim.

This article proposes an innovative solution for constructing durable, cost-effective, and eco-friendly roads in hilly and rural areas of Odisha using prefabricated modular panels. The panels are reinforced with bamboo and recycled plastic waste, providing high tensile strength, water resistance, and load-bearing capacity. The solution reduces construction time, maintenance cost, and environmental impact while promoting local employment and sustainable waste management. Simulations for load, stress, moisture absorption, and replacement time confirm the panels’ effectiveness. This approach offers a practical and scalable alternative to traditional road construction methods in challenging terrains.

Celem niniejszego opracowania jest przedstawienie rekomendacji odnośnie do kształtowania środowiska zamieszkania seniorów w Polsce na poziomie mieszkania,
budynku i miasta sformułowanych na podstawie badań jakości środowiska zamieszkania seniorów i ich preferencji mieszkaniowych.

L'auto-production entre discrédit et valorisation Une rivalité historique De la maîtrise de soi et du chez-soi à la maîtrise d'ouvrage et d'oeuvre… Les valeurs paysagère et patrimoniale comme conditions de sens pour l'auto-réhabilitation Contextes incomparables d'auto réhabilitations comparées L'effet de la condition sociale précaire et du statut résidentiel de locataire à Kallisté L'effet d'une double patrimonialisation : culturelle, paysagère et domaniale à « Sous la Rose » Perspectives de l'auto-réhabilitation Conclusions 2OO tras Institut d'Aménagement Régional COMME RECONSTRUCTION DE L'HABITAT, DE L'HABITANT ET DES METIERS...

à l'ENSA-M, le 27.11.2020 (cours « Habiter les Intérieurs », Nadja Monnet) (HAL : ) D1 (numérotation des diapos du PPT qui accompagne l'exposé) Mon exposé sera divisé en 2 parties : -la première sera consacrée à l'histoire et à la méthode du relevé, architectural, d'une part, et habité, d'autre part. -la seconde me donnera l'occasion de présenter quelques travaux de recherche personnels, fondés sur cette méthode, et de dire deux ou trois mots sur son intérêt pour la pratique opérationnelle… D2 Donc, première partie de mon exposé : LA METHODE ET SON ORIGINE Le relevé est une pratique ordinaire de l'architecture, nécessaire lorsque l'on intervient sur une construction existante (p.e. en réhabilitation). Mais le relevé a aussi des applications plus savantes, dans le domaine de l'archéologie, comme dans celui de la connaissance du patrimoine, de sa protection, voire de sa restauration. Exemple de l'Eglise de Carbini en Corse du Sud, avec -le relevé qui en en a été fait, -le projet de restauration proposé, -et à droite le résultat de son exécution. (Base Mérimée du Ministère de la Culture) Photo D. Pinson D3 Qu'est ce qui fait alors l'originalité du relevé habité ? Ce qui le distingue du relevé architectural, c'est qu'il fait apparaître les traces d'occupation de l'espace, de son appropriation par ceux qui en sont les destinataires. Au fil de l'histoire architecturale, à la domination de la technique et de l'esthétique s'est ajoutée la préoccupation de l'usage. A l'origine, la destination d'un bâtiment s'élaborait empiriquement dans la discussion entre le commanditaire et l'architecte. L'architecte ne portait sur les plans que la mesure des pièces (p.e. Palladio dans ses « Quatre livres d'architecture ») ; plus tard, on voit apparaître la destination des pièces, et plus rarement l'emplacement d'un meuble. Sur le document présenté ci-contre (P. Le Muet : Manière de bien bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes, 1647 : ) apparaissent : -le nom des pièces (salle, chambre, cabinet, garderobe, cuisine, gardemanger…) -et, pour l'une d'entre elles, l'emplacement du lit. D4 Les choses vont changer à la fin du XIXe et au début du XXe siècle, avec les programmes de logement et la consécration du modèle bourgeois de la famille. Les architectes s'efforcent de concilier : -l'hygiène (grande affaire du XIXe), -la distribution (c. a d. la préservation de l'intimité) -et l'économie de surface. On assiste donc à un début de normalisation. La normalisation va atteindre son apogée avec le Mouvement Moderne.

Le médiévalisme comme miroir.
Il est partout dans la pop culture : séries, jeux vidéo, littérature, musique. Le Moyen Âge s’invite dans notre imagi- naire contemporain, mais aussi dans nos pratiques. A Chavornay, un tournoi de béhourd, sport de combat en armure de chevalier, se tiendra en octobre. Tandis qu’à Lausanne, un atelier d’arts martiaux médiévaux est proposé aux personnes trans. Ces activités fleurissent et témoignent d’un engouement croissant. Mais ce n’est pas tant le passé historique qui nous at- tire que les représentations que nous en faisons. William Blanc, historien spécialiste du médié- valisme et auteur du livre Win- ter is coming: une brève histoire politique de la fantasy, décrypte ce phénomène.

Em vista dos novos padroes espaciais no urbano, bem como as novas formas de representar esses fenomenos atraves das geotecnologias, um novo âmbito de estudos urbanos se abre. Esse trabalho tem como objetivo tracar um panorama da segregacao socioespacial em Sao Paulo, por meio da analise de um condominio de alta renda cercado por favelas na regiao do Campo Limpo, distrito de Sao Paulo. Para isso caracterizou-se a formacao das periferias na cidade, entendendo como tecnicas de analise espacial podem tornar mais clara a visualizacao dessas desigualdades. Utilizando-se do metodo IDW (Inverse Distance Weighting), foram construidos mapas que otimizam a visualizacao dos dados de vulnerabilidade social, constatando-se a presenca de niveis extremos em locais muito proximos, bem como a omissao do poder publico na realizacao de melhorias e politicas para diminuicao da desigualdade social.

Acting on energy consumption related to urban mobility and housing means to know and to understand the organization of the daily lives of individuals, the space designed by mobility, their relation with equipment, their way of living in the dwelling. It is particularly necessary to identify, on a day-to-day basis, the reasons for changes in practices leading -largely indirectly and unintentionally-to greater or lower energy consumption (e.g. changes in the household composition, in supply of transport and services…). Recent researches on sociology of energy address energy consumption as a set of practices, whose investigation requires transverse and interdisciplinary approaches. Therefore, the energy demand is a social construction structured by norms and conventions and depending on habitus, cultural models and distinctive social practices that govern the everyday life. By shifting the focus to the energy behavior of individuals or groups, sociological, anthropological and geographical approaches carry out studies involving residential practices, lifestyle, energy consumption and mobility. This contribution presents the results of a qualitative survey (i.e. semi-structured interviews), carried out in 2013-2014 within 34 households in two towns of the Ile de France region. The aim was to understand better their practices of mobility and use of energy, to question the place of environmental issues (environmental awareness, "green" gestures, sustainable choices) in their speeches and actions and to identify resistances or adaptation dynamics in their lifestyles. Concerning the ability of households to act on and modify their uses of energy through their mobility or their domestic experiences, it is possible to observe that it is very low in the short term. This is, in part, the effect of habitus and standards. This is also the effect of a cognitive day-to-day economy. Once the households have found a way of doing that keeps them satisfied, they do not wish to question it at any time. But it is also the effect of how the available instrumentation and control modes are developed and installed in the dwelling. This makes it sometimes difficult to gradually change practices, forcing the households to abrupt and important modifications taking part during important biographical transitions and allowing consistently different organizations in lifestyles. In both practices patterns -mobility and energy uses-is it therefore possible to observe a short-term and strongly conservative approach, with a stable anchorage in lifestyles claimed by the households. In return, most of the changes take place on the occasion of breaking points: move to another dwelling, birth of a child, renovation, etc. This hiatus between two opposite temporal registers is accentuated by the devices within reach of households that do not allow them to change their practices gradually.

Acting on energy consumption related to urban mobility and housing means to know and to understand the organization of the daily lives of individuals, the space designed by mobility, their relation with equipment, their way of living in the dwelling. It is particularly necessary to identify, on a day-to-day basis, the reasons for changes in practices leading -largely indirectly and unintentionally-to greater or lower energy consumption (e.g. changes in the household composition, in supply of transport and services…). Recent researches on sociology of energy address energy consumption as a set of practices, whose investigation requires transverse and interdisciplinary approaches. Therefore, the energy demand is a social construction structured by norms and conventions and depending on habitus, cultural models and distinctive social practices that govern the everyday life. By shifting the focus to the energy behavior of individuals or groups, sociological, anthropological and geographical approaches carry out studies involving residential practices, lifestyle, energy consumption and mobility. This contribution presents the results of a qualitative survey (i.e. semi-structured interviews), carried out in 2013-2014 within 34 households in two towns of the Ile de France region. The aim was to understand better their practices of mobility and use of energy, to question the place of environmental issues (environmental awareness, "green" gestures, sustainable choices) in their speeches and actions and to identify resistances or adaptation dynamics in their lifestyles. Concerning the ability of households to act on and modify their uses of energy through their mobility or their domestic experiences, it is possible to observe that it is very low in the short term. This is, in part, the effect of habitus and standards. This is also the effect of a cognitive day-to-day economy. Once the households have found a way of doing that keeps them satisfied, they do not wish to question it at any time. But it is also the effect of how the available instrumentation and control modes are developed and installed in the dwelling. This makes it sometimes difficult to gradually change practices, forcing the households to abrupt and important modifications taking part during important biographical transitions and allowing consistently different organizations in lifestyles. In both practices patterns -mobility and energy uses-is it therefore possible to observe a short-term and strongly conservative approach, with a stable anchorage in lifestyles claimed by the households. In return, most of the changes take place on the occasion of breaking points: move to another dwelling, birth of a child, renovation, etc. This hiatus between two opposite temporal registers is accentuated by the devices within reach of households that do not allow them to change their practices gradually.

Social housing has been experiencing a global trend toward residualization, primarily targeting vulnerable groups through non-market methods. Meanwhile, it is undergoing a parallel trend of financialization, where it is increasingly treated as a financial asset for trading and speculation. In contrast, social rented housing in China is transitioning to a mass model and embracing financialization, exemplified by the government's proactive promotion of the Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) program and the introduction of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) for social housing investment. However, the combination of seemingly non-profit social housing with profit-driven REITs remains an understudied phenomenon. This paper addresses this gap by drawing on theories of overaccumulation and state entrepreneurialism. We explore the rationales driving the promotion of ARH (-REITs) and investigate the state's role in facilitating this process. We argue that China's development and financialization of ARH is increasingly adopted as a national strategy to mitigate the overaccumulation crisis in the homeownership sector through a 'spatial fix' wherein capital circulates within the secondary circuit rather than switches between circuits of capital. This strategy involves establishing legal frameworks and institutions to make ARH profitable, stimulating demand by expanding target groups to include middle-to high-income "talents" with additional benefits, stimulating supply by reducing costs and political directives, and promoting financial innovation and credit enhancement. We conclude with concerns about the potential long-term 'crisis-magnifying' effects of this spatial fix and its implications for vulnerable households.

Through analysing how the housing crisis, and specifically gentrification and temporary accommodation for the homeless, contribute to the exclusion from mainstream education of pupils from ethnic minority and newly arrived migrant and asylum-seeking families, this article considers the production, in a neoliberal London, of a young 'multiracial surplus population'. The author discusses the causes of the housing crisis, followed by a more detailed analysis of its racialised effects. Drawing on interviews with specialist lawyers who campaign on behalf of excluded children, she illustrates the impact living in temporary accommodation has on mental health, potential behaviour and school exclusion. And as gentrification has spread from inner to outer London, the author shows how it is accompanied by a rising number of children excluded from mainstream education and placed in Pupil Referral Units and educational 'Alternative Provision'.