Transcript 2010_09_14_HfH_lofts

Habitat for Humanity Hungary –
Activities in the 8th district of Budapest
The 8th District
• Traditionally working class and
owners of small businesses
• First railway station in Budapest
• Traditional arrival point for low
status migrants to city
• Interwar era: limit on rents
• Post WW2: nationalisation of
apartments, low rent, lack of
resources for upkeep of housing
stock
• Serious crime issues, widespread prejudice
Magdolna Quarter
• 34 hectares
• 12,000 residents
• Largest metropolitan poverty area of Budapest
• High frequency of crime and drug abuse
Quarter
District
Ppl. with university degree
10%
People without completed primary education
10%
Budapest
20%
Unemployment
12,60%
8,60%
6,50%
Local government owned flats
42,60%
17,50%
5%
Apartments with no amanities
37,60%
19%
9,50%
Rév8 was founded in 1997.
Owners
Budapest City Council
Local Government of
Józsefváros, 8th District of Bp
Tasks
urban and social engineering,
responsible for the regeneration
of Józsefváros
Budapest Magdolna Quarter
Rév8 Zrt / 2008.07.16
Main elements of the
integrated program
Program #1 / Building renewal by
involvement of the tenants
Program #2 / Greenkeys project,
Renewal of the Mátyás square
Program #3 / Mátyás Square Community
House ‘Glove Factory’
Program #4 / Educating program
Program #5, #6, #7, / Crime
prevention program, Employment,
entrepreneurs program, Community
development program
Budapest Magdolna Quarter
Rév8 Zrt / 2008.07.16
Dankó Utca apartments
•
Apartments renovated, attics finished, bathrooms
added
•7 families total, of these 5 applied for Habitat loan
and 4 pledged to participate in construction
• 1 US volunteer team, 2 school teams
• September-November 2009
Karácsony Sándor utca
• Loft
for formerly homeless family
• First floor painted with tenants
• Windows insulated in a number of apartments
Learnings
• Social
work and community development needed
• Buildings in advanced stages of Rév8 program significantly better
performing
• Ability to pay back extremely low – complex poverty relief program
• Failures:
• Unpleasant
volunteer experience
• Difficulty to find good locations for volunteer builds
• Pricing challenges
Thank You!
Further Information:
András Szekér
Program and Partnership Manager
Habitat for Humanity Magyarország
Budapest
Podmaniczky utca 91., fsz.1
1062
Phone: +36 1 354 1084
Fax: +36 1 354 1085
Cell: +36 20 4951 949
email: [email protected]
web: www.habitat.hu