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Our Annual General Meeting on 18 May was followed by a Housing Apéro, providing an opportunity to discover the project to transform the convent in Jette into affordable housing.

– Bie Vancraeynest (Toestand) presented the Mona project and explained her non-profit organisation’s work through temporary occupancy.

– Benoît Velge (Arcatim) discussed the technical, financial and heritage-related challenges involved in redeveloping the site.

– Alexis Picavet (SoHab) presented their solidarity-based real estate agency (AISOL) approach and the concept of “fair rent”.

The evening concluded with a friendly networking drink, giving participants the opportunity to meet one another and exchange ideas on the levers for transforming these unique buildings into a mixed-use project that includes socially oriented housing.

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).

Last April, Housing Webinar #23 was organised as part of the Social Reno Deal. In the first part, Eva Joskin (Canopea) gave a detailed presentation of Canopea’s recently published study, “Dividing to House Better: The Need to Produce Housing Differently”, which focuses on the Walloon territory. Marion Alecian then placed the issue of subdivision in a Brussels context, looking at it through the lens of urban renewal, as well as the social and environmental dimensions of such an approach.

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