View No. 12 (2024): Making temporary homes

Marjolein Overtoom

278 pagesĀ 

ISBN 9789463668781

Published: 2024-06-24

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  • A housing shortage has been slowly building up in the Netherlands in the last 30 years. Since 2015 more attention has been paid to how the influx of refugees increases the housing shortage and how difficult it is for urgent home seekers, including refugees, to find a place to live. Decreasing the housing shortage by building new houses takes time, while people need to find a space to live now. Temporarily transforming vacant buildings into housing could reduce this need for a brief moment,...