At BoKS, we are committed to representing all students, including our international community. We recognize that international students face unique challenges in SSH housing, and we want to ensure their voices are heard. As a board, we are taking proactive steps to address this by...
Ray Polman, together with the Uithof housing associations, organized a major event on Saturday, September 27. There was something to do at all the complexes, and residents were encouraged to visit all the buildings with stamp cards. Several restaurants and cafés even opened especially for...
RTV Utrecht interviewed Patrick about the quality of life at the Science Park. There is no sense of community, and buildings and restaurants are often closed in the evenings and on weekends. To change this, BoKS is working with other parties to set up a...
Last July, Trajectum published an interview with two of our board members. In it, they talk about the USP. They would like to see more resident participation and are working with other organizations to achieve this. Several initiatives are already underway. You can read the entire...
The SSH wants to focus on limiting energy demand, purchasing sustainable energy and limiting the burden on the environment. They do this on the basis of 4 focus areas. Sustainable new construction, sustainable portfolio, sustainable living and sustainable working. BoKS gives a predominantly positive advice with...
BoKS advises positively regarding the changing allocation system for tenants who do not want or cannot form a living group. This concerns more than three quarters of the tenants and this also confirms the assessment of the SSH that these tenants are a good fit...
BoKS states that it is important to meet the legal 70% consent limit before major changes are made to the service costs. At the moment, this has not yet been met and we advised not to stop providing this service. The tenants’ committees as a...
In the fall of 2020 the SSH made a request for official advice to BoKS, concerning an exchange of housing with housing association Bo-Ex. The exchange entailed the sale of 375 small homes by SSH and the acquisition of about 500 student rooms from Bo-Ex....
Together with Amsterdam tenant organisation VBU, BoKS has taken initiative to create a new cooperative network for student tenant organisations. A total of 10 tenant organisations from across the Netherlands have joined the Landelijk Overleg Studentenhuurders (LOS) as of the writing of this article. The...
As in previous years, BoKS has signed Performance Agreements (Prestatieafspraken) with the municipalities of Utrecht and Bunnik. For the first time, BoKS and SSH have also signed agreements with the municipalities of Zwolle and Zeist. In Utrecht, the signatories have focussed on the continuation and...