Share of households living in public housing SLSP

The indicator relates the number of public dwellings owned and rented by one of the public service housing corporations (PSHCs) to the number of private households in the entity. This indicator is used to estimate the share of households in the entity living in social housing. SLSPs rent several types of housing: ‘social’ housing, ‘medium’ housing, ‘integration’ housing, ‘transit’ housing, ‘equilibrium rent’ housing and ‘student’ housing. Access and rental conditions vary from one type to another. Note that only dwellings owned and managed by SLSPs are counted here. Other public operators (CPAS, municipalities, AIS, etc.) also rent accommodation for similar groups. Note: the numerator therefore does not take over only social housing stricto sensu (some housing owned and managed by an SLSP is not rented at a social rate) and does not take over the entire supply of public housing. Some public housing is managed by an SLSP but is not owned by one of them (e.g. housing owned by a municipality but managed by an SLSP), other social housing is owned by an SLSP but is not managed by one of them (e.g. housing owned by an SLSP but whose rental management is delegated to a CPAS), other social housing still has no link with an SLSP (e.g. housing owned and managed by a CPAS). SLSPs occupy a very important place among the owners and managers of public housing. Having both the status (rented, non-rented, non-rentable) and the type of housing (house, apartment, etc.) for these dwellings allows us to calculate a series of indicators characterising the occupation of public housing in Wallonia. The denominator is the number of private households based on data from the National Register. Break in series: Following a transfer of responsibility for housing to the German-speaking Community, housing on its territory is not included in the SWL statistics as of 1/1/2021 and will no longer be included in the future. This implies a decrease in numbers and proportions on the aggregates including the 9 German-speaking municipalities.