Short-term letting (STL) has grown rapidly as new digital platforms have brought together local accommodation providers with the global tourism market. This has caused numerous problems for cities, their housing markets, and local residents. Indeed, a recent review by the OECD stated that: “the exponential growth in accommodation platforms such as Airbnb in many cities has contributed to a disruption of the local real-estate market.

In Estonia, as a result of mass privatizations of public housing stock in the early 1990s, 97 per cent of people own their own home. Most live in multi-dwelling apartment buildings, which are managed by cooperative-style apartment associations

All tenants of rented housing in Sweden, including for-profit and non-profit provision, have the right to be involved in negotiating rents and tenancy conditions. This builds on a distinctive history of rented housing regulation which treats all forms of rented housing the same.

Asesora, Proyecto Baan Mankong

Tax incentives can be used to steer investment in energy-efficiency measures. The reduction of VAT or tax deductions on renovation activities, mainly on labour costs, has often created win-win-situations for the environment, economic growth, and created/assured workplaces. 

France has extensive experience[1] in developing and applying vacancy taxes, which encourage owners to reintroduce empty dwellings to the housing market in areas where there is unmet demand, in order to improve access, especially by low-income households.

As part of its 10-year housing strategy, the city of Vancouver established an Empty Homes Tax in 2017, applicable to homes vacant for more than six months that were not a principal residence.[1] 

El objetivo es potenciar la participación de cada país en el proceso de normalización técnica internacional, regional o local sobre accesibilidad, regida por Directivas ISO, mediante soporte tecnológico que facilite la actividad no presencial. 

Social housing landlords in most European countries have arrangements for involving their tenants in governance. These arrangements have progressed furthest in Denmark and have evolved into which is popularly known as “tenant democracy”.

Many renovation projects have shown that tenants are often poorly engaged with renovation activities or are even misinformed about the planned works.

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Set up in 2018, the British Columbia Speculation and Vacancy Tax[1] encourages the conversion of empty homes owned for speculative purposes by foreign corporations or individuals, into homes accessible for residents.

Roca se suma al debate global sobre el acceso a la vivienda que promueve el Foro Internacional UIA 2022 “Affordable Housing Activation: Removing Barriers’ a través del patrocinio del Foro Internacional UIA 2022.  

Klimaaktiv is the climate protection initiative of the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism. Since 2004, Klimaaktiv has covered all central technology areas for sustainable energy use with the main topics “Building and renovation”, “Saving energy”, “Renewable energy” and “Mobility”.

Another example of a powerful regulation is the German Building Code – Energy Conservation Act (Energieeinsparverordnung – EnEV)[1] – that requires the replacement of combustion units that are more than 30 years old.

The H22 +50 Session, and Dialogue of Eminent Experts on smart, sustainable, and inclusive cities, which will take place in Helsingborg, Sweden. These two events will focus on approaches to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs at the local level, including through the development of SDG Voluntary Local Reviews and fostering innovative urban financing.

Roca se suma al debate global sobre el acceso a la vivienda que promueve el Foro Internacional UIA 2022 “Affordable Housing Activation: Removing Barriers’ a través del patrocinio del Foro Internacional UIA 2022.