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The housing market in Belgium is strongly determined by national policies since the late XIXth century. The post war housing developments depend mainly on two laws, these being the ‘De Taeye Law’ and the ‘Brunfaut Law’. Their targets were, and continue to be, to offer financial contributions to individual builders and to give subsidies to cities or building societies to built new housing. The main part of the housing market consists of houses for one family occupancy, and only a very small percentage of the market involves multi-storey buildings from three to over eleven stories high. The structural and architectural characteristics relate to urban aspects, architectural models, load bearing structures and the level of prefabrication. The mayor part of the overall housing stock (about 70 %) is in good condition. Problems that demand attention are the urban concept, safety and comfort, and building physics. This contribution will highlight some aspects concerning the buildings envelope.
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