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Housing Policy and the Role of Housing Associations: Urban Renewal in the Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam

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This chapter focuses on the activities of housing associations and municipality in urban revitalization of the Bijlmermeer neighbourhood in Amsterdam against the backdrop of regime changes in national and local housing policy. The Bijlmermeer case is a clear example of partnership between local government and non-profit housing associations in deprived neighbourhoods as mentioned in the Chap. 1 of the book. This chapter shows that in Bijlmermeer urban restructuring and mixed-income development resulted in an increased socio-economic mix and higher satisfaction with dwelling and neighbourhood conditions. Displacement of vulnerable tenants was prevented by policy measures like priority for another house in Bijlmermeer.

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  1. Amsterdam Federation of Housing Associations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jeroen van der Veer

  2. Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Geerhardt Kornatowski

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  1. Graduate school of Geography, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan

    Toshio Mizuuchi

  2. Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Geerhardt Kornatowski

  3. Department of Japanese Cultures, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan

    Taku Fukumoto

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van der Veer, J., Kornatowski, G. (2023). Housing Policy and the Role of Housing Associations: Urban Renewal in the Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam. In: Mizuuchi, T., Kornatowski, G., Fukumoto, T. (eds) Diversity of Urban Inclusivity. International Perspectives in Geography, vol 20. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8528-7_15

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