Corona reduces population growth and number of new homes in Brussels | Brussels
Brussels RegionPopulation growth and housing production in 2020 are historically low in the Brussels region, resulting in the housing crisis persisting. This is apparent from the third social, territorial and ecological diagnosis of the Brussels region on the corona pandemic by the multidisciplinary expertise center perspective.brussels.
The analysis of perspective.brussels reveals the consequences of the pandemic on the lives of Brussels residents, in terms of demographic, economic and social as well as health. The coming ones may serve as a guideline for policies designed in the wake of the crisis.
Housing crisis dire
A first knowledge is that population growth in Brussels was historically low in 2020. For the year 2021 and beyond, the new demographic projections assume a return to normal death rates and population growth. Residential construction was also exceptionally low in 2020.
In the area of work, the support measures have limited job losses. Although it is true that the five-year decline in the number of job seekers from 2015 to 2019 has come to an end. The number of applications for a living wage increased by 14 percent between January 2020 and April 2021. The volume of work has also fallen sharply in 2020.
Lack of green
The lockdown periods have made it clear that there is a lack of green spaces in Brussels. Who are under a lot of pressure. There was also a shortage of quality workspaces for pupils and students. The design of schools must therefore be reconsidered. Perspective estimates the learning loss at half and sees that the inequality in education is effect.
The disappearance of busy traffic in the Brussels area completed in 2020 to improve air quality. The health crisis seems to have accelerated the trend towards more flexible improvements in mobility. The number of cyclists and pedestrians increased and the unbalanced expansion of public space in favor of the car emerged.
“The needs on a small scale are increasing. A strategic regional approach to the ever needed general is more than necessary, through a strong, interrelated and coherent territorial policy”, says Antoine de Borman, director of perspective.brussels.
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