UNECE considers the future of social housing to be central to achieve sustainable urban development. To support its member states in the development of social housing programmes, an international task force has been set up by the Committee on Human Settlements in September 2002 to develop new guidelines on social housing. After two years of work these guidelines will be presented to the public at this Symposium.
At this international symposium, hosted by the City of Vienna, experts from the 55 UNECE member states were invited to comment and to discuss the finalized guidelines on social housing and to enrich the compendium with examples of best practice. The symposium brought together different participants of the social housing sphere: policymakers, experts, housing providers and researchers, as well as members of international and non-governmental organizations. The conference therefore provided a platform for delegates and experts from across the UNECE region to contribute to an international dialogue on social housing.
Background documents
UNECE Guidelines on Social Housing
Chapter 1: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL HOUSING (pdf)
Chapter 2: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN HOUSING POLICIES (pdf)
Chapter 3: THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK (pdf)
Chapter 4: THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK - first draft (pdf)
Chapter 5: THE MACRO-ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK (pdf)
Chapter 6: FINANCING OF SOCIAL HOUSING (pdf)
Chapter 7: SOCIAL COHESION (pdf)
Chapter 8: SOCIAL HOUSING DESIGN (pdf)
Chapter 9: PILOT PROJECTS AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL HOUSING (pdf)
Documentation
| Title | Presenter | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Report of the symposium | ||
| Opening message |
Werner Faymann |
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| Introduction - The Guidelines on Social Housing | Wolfgang Förster | |
| Session 1: The role and evolution of social housing in society | ||
| Presentation of the UNECE guidelines - The role and evolution of social housing in society | Martti Lujanen | |
| On the term "social housing" | Christian Donner | |
| Pre-fabricated housing estates - a social challenge? | Christoph Gollner | |
| Stock transfer - processes of tenure restructuring in Great Britain | Mary Taylor | |
| Social Housing in Supportive Environment | Branislava Zarkovic | |
| Session 2: The institutional and legal framework | ||
| Presentation of the UNECE guidelines - The legal framework | Iris Behr | |
| Starting from scratch in Kosovo | Malcolm Boorer | |
| Responsibilities for Housing Development on Different Institutional levels in Slovak Republic | Alena Kandlbauerova | |
| Social Housing in Latvia | Inara Marana / Valdis Zakis | |
| "Wohndrehscheibe"- Housing information system for the disadvantaged | Christian Perl | |
| Session 3: The macro-economic framework and social housing finance | ||
| Presentation of the UNECE guidelines - The macro-economic | Alexander Puzanov | |
| Presentation of the UNECE guidelines - social housing finance | Claude Taffin | |
| Macro-economic framework and social housing finance. Financing systems | Stephen Duckworth | |
| Financing the non-profit housing in Switzerland | Ernst Hauri | |
| Funding for Social Housing | Jorge Morgado Ferreira | |
| Low Cost Building Society Today | Zdzislaw Slabkowicz | |
| Session 4: Social cohesion and social housing design | ||
| Presentation of the UNECE guidelines - Social housing and social cohesion | Iskra Dandolova | |
| Women and Social Cohesion in Housing Policies | Emmy Galama-Rommerts | |
| Developers competitions and environmentally sound modernization of the building stock as key instruments of Viennese Social Housing Policies | Robert Korab | |
| Strategy on Access to Housing | Nermina Dzepar-Ganibegovic | |
| New approach to social and functional mix in housing of Belgrade after 2002 | Zlata Vuksanovic | |
| Special Event: The Austrian model of Limited-profit Housing | ||
| Presentation of the Austrian model of Limited-profit Housing | Karl Wurm | |
| Bau- und Siedlungsgenossenschaft Frieden | Karl Blahna | |
| Gemeinnützige Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgenossenschaft Neunkirchen | Hans Knoll | |
| Further contributions | ||
| Quality Standards of Social Housing | Herbert Ablinger | |
| The Importance of Housing Systems In Safeguarding Social Cohesion in Europe - SOCOHO | Karl Czasny | |
| COOP - Integrated Forms of Cooperation in Housing Stock Policy for the housing provision of risk groups | Heidrun Feigelfeld | |
| Social Myopia | Joanna Giecewicz | |
| Institutional arrangements of non-profit housing organizations in Slovakia | Koloman Ivanicka & Alle Elbers | |
| Social Housing in Azerbaijan | Azer T. Khanlarov | |
| Montenegrin Labour union housing support plan: pro at contra | Aleksandar Radulovic | |
| Plurality of Methods in Conflict Management in Council Estates. Two Best Practice Examples from Gebietsbetreuung Storchengrund | Elisabeth Ratzer | |
| Integrated Strategies for the Creation of Sustainable Communities in Madrid: The "Eco-Valle" Operation | Francisco Jose Rubio Gonzalez | |
| Towards a Stronger Role of the Local Level in Social Housing: Innovative Housing Strategies of Local Governments in Germany | Christian Schlosser | |