“The sector is leading the way,” concludes Aedes chairman Martin van Rijn. “We want to continue with this in the coming years.”
The corporations have agreed with outgoing Minister Hugo de Jonge (Public Housing) that by the end of 2028 there will be no more social rental homes with an E, F or G label. The decline of almost 12 percent in the past year brings that goal increasingly within sight, Aedes concludes.
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Nearly 40 percent of all rental properties owned by corporations now have energy label A or better. Last year, the number of houses with label A or better increased from more than 713,000 to 814,000. The figures also show that tenants value their home more as it becomes more energy efficient.
At the beginning of this month, reporter Marloes Boesaard visited a social housing home where there were fungi on the walls. The Housing Association receives complaints every day about mold and moisture problems in rental properties:
Making homes more sustainable goes hand in hand with higher expenditure by corporations on home improvements and planned maintenance of homes. Nevertheless, Aedes concludes that significant steps still need to be taken in switching to more efficient installations and sustainable heat pumps with less or no use of natural gas.
This is the tenth time that Aedes has published the annual benchmark figures. This includes data on various aspects of the social housing sector. By bundling data, Aedes gains insight into the performance of the corporations and improvements can be implemented.
In addition to sustainability, this also concerns tenant satisfaction, the availability and affordability of social housing, new construction and the quality of life in neighborhoods. This year, 272 housing associations participated. They manage approximately 98 percent of all housing association homes.
2023-11-28 10:59:51
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