Appels en peren van het voorraadbeleid: Uitkomsten van een interviewronde onder negen corporaties

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Improving energy performance of Dutch homes: coping with general investment behaviours

Purpose: Recent findings from a monitor containing around 1.5 million homes in the Dutch non-profit rental sector show that the improvement of the energy performance of the respective homes is mostly carried out in small steps: single measures per dwelling dominate and deep energy renovations are rare. From the way in which housing providers conceive and implement their portfolio and asset management strategies, the purpose of this paper is to explain for the dominance of the small interventions and investigate the argument for a more concentrated allocation of budget resources. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 12 housing providers with different energy investment policies were selected and interviewed. Findings: Results show that energy investments, as most other investments, must fit in regular investment schemes and have to follow general decision criteria such as the lifespan of the respective building element and the market position of the respective dwelling. As these schemes are limited in budget and time, the room for a more concentrated allocation of budget resources is small. Research limitations/implications: The number of organisations interviewed is obviously not statistically representative, but gives a good indication of the investment planning practice in the Dutch non-profit housing sector. Originality/value: Much has been written about the (slow) progress of the energy performance in the housing sector, but not about the more structural organisational forces behind this progress.Accepted Author ManuscriptOLD Housing Quality and Process Innovatio

Asset management strategies and sustainability in Dutch social housing

With 35% of the total housing stock in the Netherlands (Ministry of VROM, 2004), the social rented sector plays an important role in Dutch housing, and its management can be of great importance to the success or failure of sustainability programs. Although sustainable building has been high on the national political agenda, and although this was in a period of intensive policy developments in the Dutch social sector, there are indications that sustainability plays only a minor role in housing management decisions (Sunikka and Boon, 2002 and 2003). This paper is about recent strategic innovations in housing stock policy and investment decisions of social landlords, and the role of sustainability in these innovations. The paper deals with several case studies on this subject, and also goes into a recent survey among social landlords on investment policy and technical management, which gives a more comprehensive picture of the sector. We compare the results with those of an earlier, similar survey, held in 1997 (Straub, 1997). We conclude this paper with some recommendations for enlarging the role of sustainability in housing management.OT

Improving energy performance: many small interventions or selective deep renovations?

Recent findings from a monitor containing around 1.5 million homes in the Dutch non-profit rented sector show that the energy improvement pace in the sector in the last years is too slow to meet the nationally agreed level in 2020. The findings also show that the improvement of the energy performance of the respective homes is mostly carried out in small steps: in many of the improved dwellings only one single measure is applied, and deep energy renovations are rare. Advocators of such renovations nevertheless believe that such improvements are the most appropriate way to substantially reducing energy consumption and argue that the developments and proliferation of energy renovation concepts is the best way forward. Others, however, do not see this as realistic and argue that reality forces us to proceed on the path of small interventions. This study sheds more light on this debate from the way in which housing providers conceive and implement their portfolio and asset management strategies. From these investment policies, it seeks explanations for the dominance of the small interventions and investigates the room for a more concentrated allocation of budget resources. To this end, housing providers with different energy investment policies are selected and interviewed. Results show that current practice leaves little room for deep renovations, but that a more mixed picture of small and deep interventions may be expected when zero-energy renovations grow out of their experimental status.OLD Housing Quality and Process Innovatio

Corporaties: Koers bepalers of wind vaantjes?

Corporaties maken met betrekking tot hun werkveld een beweging terug richting hun kernactiviteit, namelijk het beheren en ontwikkelen van woningen voor lage-inkomensgroepen. Dat economische en politieke ontwikkelingen hierin een rol spelen lijkt voor de hand te liggen, maar is dat het hele verhaal? Wat zijn de motieven van de corporaties achter de terugtrekkende beweging? Wijzen deze motieven op een eigen doelbewuste strategie of juist op een strategiearme situatie waarin corporaties de externe ontwikkelingen slechts volgen?Real Estate and HousingArchitectur

Strategic housing management: An asset management model for social landlords

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Inclusion of Different Energy Performance Levels for New Buildings in National Residential Building Typologies: Chapter 3.14 The Netherlands

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Apples and oranges: Recent innovations in housing asset management in the Netherlands

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The continued retreat of non-profit housing providers in The Netherlands

After the abolishment of object subsidies for housing construction and renovation in the mid1990s, Dutch housing associations, the main non-profit housing providers in the country, heavily relied on market activities, such as selling homes to owner-occupiers, to generate income for their social activities and to contribute to urban development policies. This worked well, which was one of the main reasons that these housing providers could adopt a wide field of operations, including not only the management and development of affordable housing for low-income groups, but also housing in other market segments, plus activities regarding care, welfare, local economy, employment and education. Recent economic and political developments, however, have caused housing associations to return on this path. This paper presents the results of the second wave of a research among Dutch housing associations, consisting of a panel survey and interviews with selected panellists. Central in the research are the values, the strategic positioning and the strategies of these housing providers. It is expected that after the first wave of the research, held in 2010/2011, new regulations, such as the national implementation of European rules on state support and the introduction of a new property tax, have resulted in a further retreat from non-social housing activities. The paper reveals to what extent this is the case.OTBArchitecture and The Built Environmen

The continued retreat of non-profit housing providers in the Netherlands

After the abolishment of object subsidies for housing construction and renovation in the mid 1990s, Dutch housing associations, the main non-profit housing providers in the country, heavily relied on market activities, such as selling homes to owner occupiers, to generate income for their social activities and to contribute to urban development policies. This worked well, which was one of the main reasons that these housing providers could adopt a wide field of operations, including not only the management and development of affordable housing for low-income groups, but also housing in other market segments, plus activities regarding care, welfare, local economy, employment and education. Recent economic and political developments, however, have caused housing associations to return on this path. Central in this paper is a research among Dutch housing associations about their values, strategic positioning and strategies. The research was executed in two waves (conducted in 2010/2011 and in 2013/2014, respectively), each consisting of a panel survey and interviews with selected panellists. This paper presents the results of the second wave. It is expected that after the first wave of the research, new regulations, such as the national implementation of European rules on state support and the introduction of a new property tax, have resulted in a further retreat from non-social housing activities. The analysis shows that this is indeed the case, but that the main shifts in priorities have not taken place directly after the credit crunch, but in later years.Architecture and The Built Environmen