One of the conditions of the municipality is ‘that the new neighborhood must meet the current demand for housing. They must be affordable homes and quickly available.’
“When drawing up the new housing vision, it turned out that many young people want to buy,” says alderman Stegen. “But there is also a lot of demand for (social) rental housing.”
The municipality therefore wants to build approximately fifty percent owner-occupied homes and fifty percent rental or social housing. “But it is also possible that there will be a smaller percentage of rent,” says the alderman. “Nothing is cast in concrete yet.”
During the walk-in evening it appears that a rumor is circulating that half or more of the social rental homes in the new district are intended for status holders. But that is not the intention, according to Stegen. “Of course, social rent is also intended for the target group status holders and we do not exclude that some homes will go to them, but not at least half,” the alderman assures.
“The municipality wants to create a neighborhood with a lot of diversity, a mix where there is room for everyone from Coevorden, which creates cross-pollination and naobership,” continues Stegen. “In any case, we will no longer build Vinex neighborhoods, with all the same types of owner-occupied homes and people. That is no longer of this time.”
Rita Rave, project leader Ossehaar C of the municipality of Coevorden, will be at concept one all evening to talk to residents. “There are a lot of questions, mostly positive and we are very happy with that.”
All comments will be collected at the end of the evening. In March, a new drawing will be presented on the basis of these comments during a new walk-in evening.
“And if all goes well, we hope to be able to start building in about a year and a half,” says project leader Rave. “And that seems like a long time, but that’s how it works in this country.”