Brussels Region Housing Code: Unprecedented Legal Action Against Vacant Property Owner

2023-11-08 19:34:12

Last October, the Brussels Region condemned an owner whose vacancy of a property contravened the Brussels housing code. Such a procedure is unprecedented on a regional scale. Article reserved for subscribers Journalist at the Powers pole By Julien Thomas Published on 8/11/2023 at 8:34 p.m. Reading time: 4 min

In the Brussels Region, a large number of residents have difficulty finding accommodation. The competent Secretary of State Nawal Ben Hamou (PS) is leading various policies to increase access to housing. Reducing housing vacancy as much as possible is one of its areas of work. The socialist intends to force owners of unoccupied properties to put them back on the market. The regional administration generally resorts to fines. More expensive and complicated to implement, a trial however represents another possibility provided for by the housing code. This is the path that the Brussels Region has chosen regarding the owner of a single-family house in the Anneessens district, in the city center. With success. Last October, the court of first instance obliged the latter to put an end to the vacancy of his property. Such a procedure is unprecedented on a regional scale.

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