National Housing Expert Team - 2010/present
The national Housing Expert Team advises municipalities on their housing plans. My interest and expertise: how is a construction economy organised from the bottom up? With a fair chance for a multitude of initiatives and a mix of clientship. From the Expert team, I am available to advise on these forms of development. Depending on the local issues, six months after an administrative 'go' the land can be for sale. This is fast compared to regular tender and tendering procedures.
Self-construction creates a multitude of housing forms such as small(er) homes, housing cooperatives, multi-generation homes, entrepreneurial homes, etc. The aim of this project is to develop a new and more sustainable way of living for people with disabilities. Types of housing for which there is little room in the current development and zoning plans. A first experiment in Amsterdam shows that the housing cooperative is an affordable and realistic alternative through self-construction.
Broadcast AWToday 29 August, 2018, report: Caroline van den Heuvel, editors: Henriette van Rijsingen (video opens in a new window).
Read more
- Self-construction is the cure for growing inequality - Financieel Dagblad 20-01-2018 (pdf)
- Letter to Parliament on various motions and commitments for the housing market - Letter to Parliament, reference 2018-0000513558, 04-07-2018 (pdf)
- Letter to the House of Representatives on the action plan to strengthen local democracy and governance - Letter to the House of Representatives, reference 2018-0000584190, 05-07-2018 (pfd)
- https://dezwijger.nl/programma/recht-op-zelfbouw, 23-02-2018 - YouTube
- Does the municipality own the land itself? Read here the summary (chapter 3) on how municipalities can use their zoning plans. Uiteraard is also open to municipalities in regular ways: private law agreements (land contracts), anterior agreements, covenants.