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1 Group 3 Cara Allonsius Gayané Naroyan Axel Jensen Antoaneta Irikova Marta Silva Fournaraki Domna Rosanne Dobbelaar

2 Adressing inclusion and exclusion issues in/of communities and neighborhoods (Dis)affiliation, segregated communities and/or within neigborhoods

3 Belgium Past projects of city development

4 100 Social housing in Antwerp Share of social housing [%] ,5 47, ,2 22,4 0,2 1,1 4,2 0,6

5 Bulgaria

6 Roma population Current situation segregated areas and ghettos deprivation of access to affordable quality housing, basic utilities and work opportunities Policies to mitigate the issue National Roma integration strategy ( ) Regional Roma integration strategy ( ) Health and social community center in the neighborhood Faculteta

7 Turkish ethnic group Compact groups in the eastern regions of the country (94% of them are concentrated in 4 districts) No policies to integrate them

8 Greece The inclusion and exclusion attempt consists of: NGOs Local government To a lesser extend: central government General approach: ARSIS Climax

9 Special approaches Elderly CAPIS Financial Grant Refugees/Migrants Ecumenical Refugee Program(ERP) Greek Council for Refuges Drug Users OKANA KETHEA

10 The Netherlands Geographic concentration of one kind of housing Low income Low educational level Non-western Disabled Single parent families

11 Approaches Manicupalities: -Differentiation of the housing by reorganizing neighborhoods - Higher rent and housing subsidies - Balancing house-ownership between corporations and private landlords Social care organizations - Promoting independence, self-reliance and participation Social skills + place in society - Encouraging independent living.

12 Portugal Ways to promote affiliation: Residents association and manicipalities Social Integration Income that is a measure of social protection created to support people and families who are in a situation of serious economic distress and at risk of social exclusion.

13 Social housing The Lisbon City Council says that who can have access to social housing are All nationals or foreigners with valid residence in Portuguese territory, who do not live in adequate housing to meet the needs of their household To get access to a social house people need to: Be homelessness or have lack housing conditions of current residence; Situation of the household according to time of family formation, age group, children and parent residents; Monthly income for the household head; Location of employment; Special situations, including health, physical or mental disability.

14 Sweden

15 Policy National strategy for social protection and social exclusion ( ) Swedish integration policy ( ) Municipal responsibilities

16 Issues and approaches Public housing Allmännyttan (For the benefit of everyone) Ethnically-driven segregation Area based urban policy Swedish for immigrants

17 Switzerland Integration policy: Law First reception Support canton s integration projects

18 Comparatieve analysis Social housing Differences Downside Target group Big, homogenousminority Divers group Approach Self managment support Social security

19 Conclusion Social housing Target group Approach Social security

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