Housing matters podcast

Amber Howard, Marieke van der Star, Vera Vrijmoeth, and Junru Cui

In this podcast, we sit down with researchers and stakeholders from a range of fields and disciplines to discuss major 21st century housing topics. Looking at causes, consequences, and potential solutions, we unpack the following themes: Housing, accessibility and affordability; Housing, financialization and its economic effects; Housing, ethics and justice. This podcast is brought to you by Amber Howard, Marieke van der Star, Vera Vrijmoeth, and Junru Cui. Sound design is by Pim Bellinga and editing by Jacob Nielsen. This podcast is funded by the Centre for Urban Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

Episodes

  1. 09/10/2021

    Housing, Ethics And Justice (Part 2)

    In the third episode of this series we discuss housing, ethics and justice. In part 2 of this episode we are joined by Leilani Farha, former UN special rapporteur on adequate housing and director of the Shift, to discuss the human right to housing and the political and legal action which can help enforce this right.

    35 min

  2. 09/06/2021

    Housing, Ethics And Justice (Part 1)

    In the third episode of this series we discuss housing, ethics and justice. We are joined by geographer Richard Ronald and political philosopher Lisa Herzog to discuss how housing has become unevenly distributed across generations and social groups, and how mortgage dynamics have undermined access to housing. We then catch up with Melissa Koutouzis and Mieke Megawati Vlamblom to talk about the housing protests going on in the Netherlands right now, followed by Jan de Vries from Bureau Straatjurist to discuss homelessness, how it’s rising in Dutch cities and what can be done about it.

    52 min
  3. Housing, Financialization And Its Economic Effects

    07/28/2021

    Housing, Financialization And Its Economic Effects

    In the second episode of this series we discuss the financialisation of housing and its economic effects. We are joined by human geographer Manuel Aalbers and geographer Desiree Fields to discuss how housing has become financialised in the past decades, what role has this had in rising house prices, and how digital technologies have exacerbated the use of housing as an asset class. We then catch up with Nic Vrieselaar from Rabobank and Stephen Le Fanu from Bristol and Bath regional capital to discuss mortgage and tax dynamics, and alternative means for property investment with positive social impact.

    50 min
  4. Housing, Accessibility And Affordability

    06/23/2021

    Housing, Accessibility And Affordability

    Housing matters is a podcast about major 21st century housing topics. In the first episode of this series we discuss the accessibility and affordability of housing. We are joined by urban geographer Cody Hochstenbach and political economist Lindsay Flynn to discuss the drivers and outcomes of these challenges, how they are spatially and socially variated, and what impacts they’ve had, particularly for young adults. We then catch up with Mirthe Biemans from Rochdale housing association and Pim van der Heiden from Bond Precaire Woonvormen to hear why social housing and squatting are important in tackling these challenges.

    40 min
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In this podcast, we sit down with researchers and stakeholders from a range of fields and disciplines to discuss major 21st century housing topics. Looking at causes, consequences, and potential solutions, we unpack the following themes: Housing, accessibility and affordability; Housing, financialization and its economic effects; Housing, ethics and justice. This podcast is brought to you by Amber Howard, Marieke van der Star, Vera Vrijmoeth, and Junru Cui. Sound design is by Pim Bellinga and editing by Jacob Nielsen. This podcast is funded by the Centre for Urban Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

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  • Creator
    Amber Howard, Marieke van der Star, Vera Vrijmoeth, and Junru Cui
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
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