Access to Housing - Pierre van Rossum

Pierre van Rossum Director city development department

is it possible to keep Amsterdam international competitive and socially inclusive?

“Access to housing” as a key factor

Downturn on inhabitants between 1963 - 1984 870.000 ďƒ 690.000 (- 180.000)

Jan Schaefer

Alderman urban renewal 1978 - 1986

40 years later…!

Amsterdam offices: highest price increase in the world!

Economic growth 2018: 3,4%

867.000 Annual growth since 2009 > 10.000

The third golden age of Amsterdam?

Access to housing: consequences rapid growth  Price owner occupied home doubled between 2012 – 2018 (from 220.000 up to 448.000 Euro)  Price private rental property increased 37% (average Euro 1.610 a month)  Waiting time social housing 18 years  Airbnb  Buy to let

Housing market totally out of balance

To whom belongs the city?

Policy towards a healthy housing market 1. High building program for apartments 2. Measurements to stimulate affordability of housing

1. High building program for apartments

Goal 2018 - 2025  52.500 new apartments  10.000 student housing  7.500 a year  2.500 for social housing  1.670 for middle income housing

Building ambition in historical perspective 10.000 9.000 8.000 7.000 6.000 5.000 4.000 3.000 2.000 1.000 1906 1910 1914 1918 1922 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

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gemiddeld aantal opleveringen 1906-2018

Ruimte de city Stad Space voor for the Route 2025 Koersto2025

2. Measurements to stimulate affordability of housing        

Programming all new projects: 40% social / 40% middle / 20% high Middle income housing: 25 years fixed rent/forbidden to sell Pilot middle income housing: everlasting fixed rent Apartment < 40 sq. m is ‘social housing’ ‘Emergency button’ to fix the rent op existing apartments Constraints to rent out owner occupied apartments Limitation in selling social houses by housing corporations Stimulating building coöperatives with a social approach

Discussion

The real estate investors are...  Angry about affordable housing measurements  Afraid for loosing financial benefits  Threatening with pulling back from the Amsterdam development market  Also confronted with rising construction costs and huge climate requirements  In the meanwhile: they keep investing and building

The city has many things to solve at onceâ&#x20AC;Ś

What will the future bring?

Do we have 1 million inhabitants in 2034?

Can we keep it relaxed?

Is Amsterdam (going to be) overcrowded?

Place for families and eccentric nomads?

Is the brown cafe surviving next to the hipster bar?

Our goal: 180 nationalities living together peaceful and equal in opportunities with access to suitable housing

is it possible to keep Amsterdam international competitive and socially inclusive?