The 420,000 municipal and limited-profit housing units also generally help to maintain affordable prices:
- Social security and financial predictability through tenancy agreements of unlimited duration and affordable rents
- Supporting social cohesion through communal areas as well as facilities and initiatives which promote a sense of neighbourhood
- Increased quality of life, reduction in energy consumption as well as the upgrading of older districts through subsidized regeneration projects
- Creating and securing thousands of jobs
- A good social mix throughout the city.
- No segregation or “renovictions” due to the “gentle urban renewal” programme. Rents are capped for a 15-year period
- Social stability and financial predictability due to long-term tenancy agreements and affordable rents
- Balanced social mix and equality for lower and middle incomes
- Comprehensive tenant protection provided, alongside a broad range of free services
- No price surges – rents develop in line with the consumer price index
- Environmentally sensitive construction methods in the interests of creating a healthy living environment and contributing towards improved environmental protection
