• Activities

       

      Assistant Professor of Housing Management at Delft University of Technology

       

      Member of the Supervisory Board of Housing Association Rochdale, Amsterdam.

       

      Member of the Supervisory Board of Housing Association Het Grootslag, Wervershoof

       

      Board member Forum Fonds, Association supporting the knowledge exchange between students and professionals in the housing domain.

       

      Board member of the Dutch Tenants Union (Woonbond), Advocating affordable and adequate rental housing in the Netherlands.

       

      Fellow of The Midfield

      [Netwerk voor goed bestuur in het middenveld]

       

      You can find more information in my bio.

    • "Neighbourhood regeneration is a job that cannot begin too soon. But on the other hand it is also a job that is never over and done with, and never will be, in any given place.'

      Jane Jacobs

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    • Publications

      Below you will find a selection of recent publications.

      More publications can be found here (TU Delft Pure).

       

      Book (2019)

      Affordable housing governance and Finance: Innovations, Partnerships and Comparative Perspectives.

       

      Gerard Van Bortel, Vincent Gruis, Joost Nieuwenhuijzen and Ben Pluijmers (Editors)

      This book explores innovations in affordable housing governance and finance, with a focus on developments across Europe, and comparative chapters from the USA and Australia. The book presents new thinking in collaborative housing, co-production and accompanying finance mechanisms in order to support the quantity and the quality of affordable rental housing.

       

      More info

       

      Acticle

      An exploration of concepts and polices on ‘affordable housing’ in England, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands

      2018

       

      Darinka Czischke and Gerard van Bortel

      This paper focuses on affordable housing developement in England, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands. Findings show that affordable housing in all four countries is becoming a more distinct field, in parallel to developments in social housing. In addition, the paper describes some innovative policies undertaken to develop affordable housing solutions.

       

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      Book chapter (Dutch)

      Sociale huisvesting en de invloed van de EU-staatssteunregels

      2017

      Gerard van Bortel

      Mijn hoofdstuk verkent de invloed van Europese staatssteunregels op de sociale huisvesting in Vlaanderen en maakt daarbij een vergelijking met ontwikkelingen in Frankrijk, Nederland en Zweden.

       

      Het hoofdstuk maakt deel uit van de publicatie Twintig jaar Vlaamse Wooncode: Hoe sterk is porcelein. Het boek is samengesteld door Bernard Hubeau en Tom Vandromme van de Universiteit Antwerpen

       

      Het boek is gepubliseerd bij de Vlaamse uitgever Die Keure. Een digitale versie kun je vinden op Jurisquare (abonnement noodzakelijk).

       

      Rapport (Dutch)

      Tevredenheidsmeting Sociale Huisvesting

      2016

      Sien Winters, Gerard van Bortel, en Annelies De Coninck

      Dit onderzoek heeft tot doel een gebruiksvriendelijk en flexibel instrument te ontwikkelen dat Vlaamse sociale huisvestingsmaatschappijen moet toelaten de tevredenheid van hun klanten met hun dienstverlening te meten.

       

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      Article

      Exemplary Urban Practitioners in Neighbourhood Renewal: Survival of the Fittest… and the Fitting

      2015

      Ton van der Pennen and Gerard van Bortel

      Using empirical case study data from the Netherlands and the UK, this paper demonstrates that there should be more attention for the role of individual urban practitioners.

       

      This paper explores the characteristics of these practitioners by analysing empirical data from neighbourhood renewal case studies using Habermas system/lifeworld
      concept.

       

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      Book

      Hybridising Housing Organisations: Meanings, Concepts and Processes of Social Enterprise in Housing

      2013

       

      David Mullins, Darinka Czischke and Gerard van Bortel (eds.)

      This book presents recent international research applying concepts of social enterprise and hybridity to illuminate organisational behaviour
      in the housing sector. It addresses critiques of the explanatory value of these concepts by exploring their underlying meanings and their
      application to diverse case studies worldwide.

       

      This book was also published as a special issue of Housing Studies. Volume 27, Issue 4, 2012

    • Visitaties woningcorporaties en sociale huisvestingsmaatschappijen

      Sinds 2006 ben ik actief als visitator van Nederlandse woningcorporaties. In de afgelopen jaren heb ik de prestaties van enkele tientallen woningcorporaties beoordeeld. Mijn doel is corporaties te ondersteunen bij het leren en verbeteren. Nederlandse visitaties voer ik uit via Raeflex en zijn gebaseerd om de visitatiemethodiek die wordt beheerd door de Stichting Visitaties Woningcorporaties Nederland.

       

      Sinds 2012 visiteer ik ook Vlaamse huisvestingsmaatschappijen. Als voorzitter van de Visitatieraad Sociale Huisvestingsmaatschappijen coördineerde ik in opdracht van de Vlaamse overheid de activiteiten van een team van 15 visitatoren in de periode 2012-2016. Vanaf mei 2017 ben ik opnieuw benoemd tot lid van de Visitatieraad. Die Visitatieraad is nu bezig met de tweede visitatieronde die is gestart in het najaar van 2017.

      Visitaties in Nederland

      2020

      • WonenBreburg, Tilburg/Breda (in voorbereiding)
      • Talis, Nijmegen (netwerkvisitatie, in voorbereiding)

      2019

      • SHS&, Nijmegen/Arnhem (netwerkvisitatie)

      2018

      • Woonstad, Rotterdam
      • Groenwest, Woerden
      • woCom, Someren (netwerkvisitatie)

      2017

      • Woonplus, Schiedam
      • Woonlinie, Zaltbommel

      2016

      • Staedion, Den Haag

      2015

      • Laurens Wonen, Rotterdam
      • Area, Uden
      • Beter Wonen Vechtdal, Hardenberg
      • Dudok Wonen, Hilversum
      • Portaal, Utrecht

      2014

      • Woonstede, Ede
      • De Sleutels, Leiden
      • Woonwijze, Vught

      2013

      • BrabantWonen, Oss
      • 3B Wonen, Bergschenhoek

      In de periode 2007 - 2012 heb ik visitaties uitgevoerd via KWH, het Kwaliteitscentrum Woningcorporatis Huursector.

       

      2012

      • Lefier, Hoogezand
      • Woonlinie, Woudrichem / Zaltbommel
      • SWZ, Zwolle

      2011

      • Woningstichting Kamerik, Woerden (2011)
      • Triada Woondiensten, Heerde (2011)
      • Woningstichting Nieuwkoop (2011)

      2010

      • Ymere, Amsterdam
      • Woonconcept, Meppel
      • Wovesto, Sint Oedenrode
      • Volksbelang, Made

      2007-2009

      • Woonplus, Schiedam (2009)
      • Woonlinie, Woudrichem / Zaltbommel (2008)
      • Accolade Groep, Heerenveen (2007)

      De Nederlandse visitatierapporten kunt u vinden op: www.visitaties.nl

      Visitaties in Vlaanderen

      2020

      • Eigen Hulp, Eigen Gift, Kuurne (gepland)
      • De Ark, Turnhout (in voorbereiding)
      • Vlaamse Ardennen, Oudenaarde (in voorbereiding)

      2019

      • Goed Wonen Rupelstreek, Boom (rapportage fase)
      • Mijn Huis, Harelbeke (rapportage fase)
      • Woonzo, Tongeren (rapportage fase)
      • Eigen Haard, Zwevegem
      • ABC, Antwerpen

      2018

      • De Zonnige Woonst, Halle
      • Zonnige Kempen, Westerlo
      • Woonpunt Zennevallei, Halle

      2017

      • WoninGent, Gent
      • Maaslands Huis, Maasmechelen

      2016

      • Izegemse Bouwmaatschappij, Izegem
      • De Vlashaard, Wevelgem
      • De Gelukkige Haard, Oostende

      2015

      • Vivendo, Brugge
      • De Mandel, Roeselaere
      • Dewaco Werkerswelzijn, Aalst

      2014

      • De Leie, Wervik
      • Eigen Gift Eigen Hulp, Kuurne
      • De Gentse Haard, Gent
      • Kleine Landeigendom Zuiderkempen, Westerlo
      • Volkswoningen van Duffel, Duffel

      2013

      • Eigen Woning, Puurs
      • Bouwmaatschappij De Noorderkempen, Merksplas
      • De Oostendse Haard, Oostende
      • Elk zijn Huis, Tervuren
      • Molse Bouwmaatschappij voor de huisvesting, Mol

      2012

      • Lierse Maatschappij voor de Huisvesting, Lier
      • Sociale Woningen Regio Landen, Landen

      Pilot visitaties in 2009:

      • De Mandelbeek, Ingelmunster
      • Het Volk en De Volkshaard, Gent
      • Dijledal, Leuven (2009)
      • KLE Turnhout, Turnhout
      • Landwaarts, Neerpelt

      De Vlaamse visitatierapporten kunt u vinden op: rapporten.visitatieraad.be

      Interview in Fundamenten (2017-02) over Vlaamse visitaties in de sociale huisvestingssector (April 2017)

      Van 2012 tot 2016 was ik voorzitter van de Visitatieraad Sociale Huisvestings-maatschappijen. In Fundamenten (2017-02), het magazine van de Vereniging van Vlaamse Huisvestingsmaatschappijen (VVH), bespreek ik met de nieuwe Visitatieraadvoorzitter Tom Raes en VVH directeur Björn Mallants de ervaringen en toekomst van het visitatieinstrument.

       

      De eerste visitatieronde werd eind 2016 afgerond en de tweede visitatieronde zal in het najaar 2017 van start zal gaan.

       

      Klik hier voor de PDF van het volledige interview.

      Interview in WoonWoord (VMSW) over de Visitatieraad Sociale Huisvestings-maatschappijen als kritische vriend (April 2016)

      Klik hier voor PDF van het volledige rapport.

      Vijf jaar corporatie visitaties: Balanceren tussen verantwoorden en leren (2012)

      Onderzoek uitgevoerd door het TU Delft Onderzoeksinstituut OTB in opdracht van
      Stichting Visitatie Woningcorporaties Nederland

       

      Klik hier voor PDF van het volledige rapport.

    • 'Is dit beleid, of is er over nagedacht?'

      Jan Schaefer, PvdA politicus

    • 'Make lives noble, homes happy and family life good'

      Octavia Hill

    • Networks and Fault Lines

      PhD Thesis on the role of housing associations in neighbourhood regeneration:

      a network governance perspective

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      PhD-thesis / Proefschrift

      Gerard van Bortel

    • Verdediging Proefschrift

      PhD Defence

      Op vrijdag 4 maart 2016 heb ik succesvol mijn proefschrift verdedigd aan de TU Delft

       

      On Friday March 4th 2016 I succesfully defended my doctoral thesis at Delft University of Technology

      After the PhD Defence

      Top row (left to right): opponents Prof. Bo Bengtsson, Prof. Michael Oxley, Prof Erik-Hans Klijn, Prof. Ellen van Bueren.

       

      Bottom row (left to right): chairman representing the Rector Magnificus, promotor Prof. Peter Boelhouwer, paranimph Darinka Czischke, myself, paranimph Ada Jongkamp, promotors Prof. Marja Elsinga and Prof. David Mullins and the Beadle.

    • Pictures PhD Defence

      Friday, 4 March 2016

    • 'Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.'

      Mahatma Gandhi

    • Bio

      Gerard van Bortel

      A long but 'scenic' educational route

      Gerard van Bortel was born on November 8 1963 in Breda. He followed a rather long but ‘scenic’ educational route. After finishing his general secondary education (MAVO) in Breda, he followed a vocational technical study Architecture in the same city. During that study, he became inspired by affordable housing and urban regeneration, and followed the specialized Social Housing track at the Tilburg Polytechnic Architecture department (HTS). He attained his title as Architectural Engineer (Ing.) in 1989 with a study on the regeneration of a deprived housing estate in the city of Groningen.

       

      Parallel to his career in housing, Gerard continued studying in part-time. After attaining his propedeuse in Economics at the University of Amsterdam, he studied Organisational Sciences (‘Bedrijfswetenschappen’) at the Open University. In 2003 he attained his Masters title with a thesis exploring the link between the organisational strategies and performance of Dutch housing associations.

      Working as a housing professional

       

      After completing his alternative military service, he started
      working for housing associations in Zwolle (SAVO, later DeltaWonen, from 1989 - 1997) and Groningen (De Huismeesters, from 1997 - 2004) in various functions: housing officer, ICT-officer, quality manager, manager of a Research and Development  department and, finally, senior strategy consultant.

       

      The move from practise to research

       

      In 2004, Gerard quit his job at housing association De Huismeesters in Groningen, and moved with his wife (Neeltje Reijnders) and two young children to Belgium were Neeltje became a Minister in Brussels for the United Protestant Church of Belgium. It proved to be a pivotal year. Without employment, Gerard started to look for new opportunities in the domain of social housing. This exploration led to a career shift with to a stronger focus on consultancy, research, training and education. He became a social housing strategy consultant working for the Amsterdam-based firm RIGO Research en Advies. Parallel to his work for RIGO, Gerard conducted a study on governance networks in neighbourhood regeneration in The Hague working as an independent researcher for the OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, part of the Delft University of Technology.

      A PhD was born

      Working for OTB Gerard’s ideas to do a PhD matured. He started his PhD in 2005 under supervision of Prof. Dr. Ir. Marja Elsinga, Prof. Dr. Peter Boelhouwer (both TU Delft) and Prof. David Mullins. In 2007 Gerard left RIGO and started working at OTB, where he specialised in studies on social housing management, finance, governance and institutions. In 2013 Gerard moved to the TU Delft Management in the Built Environment department, part of the Architecture faculty, to strengthen the balance between governance & management and research & education in his work.

      Family

      Gerard is a proud father of a son (Gideon, 23) and
      daughter (Emma, 20) and lives near Delft in the beautiful village of Naaldwijk.

    • Contact me

       

      I would be delighted to share thoughts, answer questions, discuss ideas and work on housing initiatives; do not hesitate to get in touch. Drop me an email or connect through one of the links below.

       

      g.a.vanbortel@tudelft.nl or gerard.van.bortel@xs4all.nl

       

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    © 2017 Gerard van Bortel / g.a.vanbortel@tudelft.nl

     

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