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The housing paradox: what can local municipalities do?

Article 18 April 2019

The negative consequences of the financialisation of housing can be felt first and foremost on a local level, in the urban housing markets. Thus the...

by ivan.tosics

Article 18 April 2019

The housing paradox: what can local municipalities do?

The negative consequences of the financialisation of housing can be felt first and foremost on a local level, in the urban housing markets. Thus the...

Article 09 April 2019

The housing paradox: more financing - less affordability?

Programme expert Ivan Tosics , vice chair of the European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) and executive committee member of the European Urban...

Article 10 January 2019

Are you working on fringe?

Maarten van Tuijl takes a look at the “ sub>urban, re-inventing the fringe " network, across 9 cities, re-thinking city fringes over the past 2,5...

Article 20 December 2018

Gender Equal Cities: Inspiration from Vienna

Vienna (AU) is famous for many things: classical music, exquisite architecture and good cakes too. Less well known is its reputation as an exemplar...

News 27 February 2018

URBACT at URBAN FUTURE Global Conference (UFGC), in Vienna (AT)

Passionate City Changers from all over the world meet in Vienna: The URBAN FUTURE Global Conference (UFGC), one of Europe’s largest events for...

Article 09 June 2017

Bologna innovates to help its most fragile communities

Three of the cities selected in the first call of Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) are working, or have worked, within URBACT on topics similar to...

Article 10 March 2017

From non integrated to integrated urban development: an illustrated story

There are many ways to explain what integrated urban development is, or should be. One of the ways is to show examples on the opposite, i.e. on non-...