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How can spaces be converted, renovated, and developed into affordable housing while limiting the budgetary burden on public finances? This key question guided the discussions and contributions during our latest Housing Meetup. The exchanges provided several insights while underlining the importance of renovation grants and resident support delivered by the non-profit sector within such projects.

Contributions were made by Arcatim and Les Petits Riens on the Bara project, Fair Estate on the Les Griottes project, and Quares on the Flemish model of “conventioned rental housing”.

The evening concluded with an informal networking drink, offering participants the opportunity to meet and exchange views on key levers (such as social rental agencies rents, planning regulations, habitability standards, and taxation) to encourage investors and developers to engage in building conversion projects with a social housing purpose.

Highlights from the workshop: support and partnerships between social rental agencies and housing operators (09/12/2025)

In December, SoHoNet brought together non-profit organizations, social rental agencies, and housing operators to discuss resident support for vulnerable groups and partnerships between social services and housing managers. Drawing on feedback from the Bara, Village Sainte-Anne, and Maison Deleuze projects, discussions highlighted the importance of building partnerships between stakeholders from the earliest project design stages. Panel participants also stressed the need to secure long-term funding for resident support, a key condition for the success of these models. particularly in a context where achieving financial viability for affordable housing projects is becoming increasingly challenging.

The Housing Deal was identified as a promising pathway to integrate these issues into project development and strengthen collaboration dynamics among stakeholders. As several speakers noted during the morning, participation in SoHoNet events represents a first step in this direction.

Our housing webinars

Review of our webinar “The subdivision of residential buildings as a pathway to creating affordable housing in Brussels” (23/04/26).

En avril dernier, le webinaire du logement #23 était organisé dans le cadre du Social Reno Deal. En première partie, Eva Joskin (Canopea) a présenté en détail l’étude récemment publiée par Canopea, « Diviser pour mieux se loger : de la nécessité de produire du logement autrement », qui se concentre sur le territoire wallon. Ensuite, Marion Alecian a replacé la question de la division dans une perspective bruxelloise, sous l’angle de la rénovation urbaine, ainsi que des dimensions sociale et environnementale d’une telle approche.

Agenda

Carte blanche La Libre ‘Le logement bruxellois nécessite une politique énergétique plus sociale’ signée par SoHoNet

L’entretien ‘Il faut rénover et augmenter la production de logements abordables à Bruxelles’ Le Soir Immo

Table ronde ‘Logement, quelles voies d’accès’ La Libre Immo

Article RTBF : Production de logement abordable à Bruxelles : sans les primes Renolution, les opérateurs sont démunis

Article Le Vif ‘De plus en plus de bureaux vides reconvertis en logements à Bruxelles, mais très peu de biens abordables sont construits’

Communiqué de presse SoHoNet Social Réno Deal

Article Démocratie ‘Un Housing Deal, pour un habitat social, anti-spéculatif et émancipateur‘

Article La Libre Immo ‘Les opérateurs du logement à vocation sociale déplorent l’arrêt des primes Renolution (septembre 2024)

Highlights from our Housing Meetup at the Bara project (27/11/2025)

Review of our webinar “The subdivision of residential buildings as a pathway to creating affordable housing in Brussels” (23/04/26).

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