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Exchange and debate about private rental regulation between New York City, Vienna, Berlin and Barcelona.
Keynote presentation by: Elena Sytcheva, Deputy Chief of Staff and Development, New York City, Department of Housing Preservation & Development
- Javier Burón, City Housing Manager, Barcelona City
- Susanna Bauer, Senior Housing Researcher, City of Vienna
- Thomas Thrun, Department for Urban Development and Housing, Berlin Senate
Private rent regulation is definitely a lively debate in many cities globally and this session will bring us the opportunity to learn and share policy solutions not only from European cities like Barcelona, Berlin or Vienna but also with New York City, where almost 1 million housing units are currently rent stabilized covering almost 2.5 million tenants. The EUROCITIES Housing Working Group will discuss the housing challenges for cities at EU level.
Open debate and Q&A: facilitator Maite Arrondo, Consultant on Innovation in Housing Policies
Debates about the private rented sector are typically deeply polarized and this has been reflected in policy with different administrations tightening or loosening regulatory controls. However as private renting has grown and changed in size and the composition of both tenants and landlords there is increasing recognition that governments cannot stand back from rent regulation policies.
The debate will be focused on the need to ensure that this instrument does operate effectively to deliver good homes and services to the growing number of population who rent privately, while at the same time accommodates the landlords needs, which in the vast majority of countries are individuals rather than institutional investors.
Rent prices are out of control in many European cities, and private rented regulation must be part of the housing policy puzzle, although delicately placed in order to balance interests and needs. Otherwise, urgent gentrification and residential exclusion trends will continue to expand.
Event supported by EUROCITIES