In May 2025, DASH’ers met for the annual project thematic workshop. Through previous meetings and secondments, we have gotten to know each other well which provides the ground for in-depth, engaging discussions and fun times. The German hosts had prepared a busy and extremely interesting five-day program in Stuttgart and Tübingen.
We would be delighted to have you join us for the Symposium on social and affordable housing next week on 19 May from 9h30-10h30 and 21 May from 9h30-12h30 that is organised in the framework of the DASH thematic workshop 2025. We are excited to welcome researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world, and we look forward to engaging and thought-provoking discussions.
After Denmark in 2023 and Portugal in 2024, the annual DASH thematic workshop 2025 will take place in Germany from 19 to 23 May. Make sure to put these dates in your calendars
On 3 April, the DASH team visited Évora. During the morning civil servants from the municipalities of Évora and Tubingen gave two presentations on urban history and housing strategies, while during the afternoon the team visited the Bairro do Legado do Operário, an affordable housing project built between the 1930s and the 1940s, which marked the first eastward expansion of the city core
As announced in the previous newsletter, the DASH Thematic Workshop took place on 9 April 2024 at ICS-UL. This year's theme was "The role of the private sector in delivering below-market rent options". Keynote speakers included Nuno Travasso from DARQ - Coimbra University, who talked about access to the rental market in Portugal – specifically the affordable rent programme; and Patricia Canelas from Oxford University, who presented her findings on the governance of affordable housing through PPPs – specifically the limits of private/public dichotomies. If you missed it, check out their contributions on YouTube.
On April 10th, DASH members assembled at the Palácio D. Manuel for an exciting day in Évora. The day’s programme was organised by the Municipality of Évora, partner of the DASH project. It included a discussion with the President of Évora City Council; information about Évora's successful bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2027, as well as its activities related to the "1st Right" national housing programme; and was topped off with a visit to the Malagueira neighbourhood designed by Álvaro Siza.
As part of the programme of DASH project activities that preceded the mid-term meeting and the thematic workshop, the hosts organised a working visit to Montemor on April 5. The goal was to get acquainted with the functioning of the Minga Cooperative, to discuss the project’s current obligations, to hear presentations about individual components of the cooperative, and to exchange knowledge about mechanisms for affordable housing.
After meeting up in Aalborg last year, this year the DASH team is meeting in Lisbon. And you can be part of this: on 9 April, ICS-UL is organising the second DASH thematic workshop, which is open to anyone interested.
The joint meeting at Aalborg was organized from the 21st to 23rd of August. The focus of the meeting revolved around Denmark's social housing system, specifically examining Alborg's experience with it.
