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20 Jul 2021-06-09: Advice living groups Bo-Ex

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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...

25 Jun 2021-03-05: Advice IP-TV

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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...

17 Mar 01-01-2021 Request for official advice Bo-Ex

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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....

14 Mar 2021-01-22 New cooperation between student tenant organisations: Landelijk Overleg Studentenhuurders

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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...

02 Mar 2020-12 Performance agreements Utrecht, Zwolle, Zeist and Bunnik 2020

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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...

17 Nov 14 oktober 2020: constitutional overhaul

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On the GA of October, constitutional amendments were passed by the assembly. As of October 14th, the new constitution is in effect. The overhauled constitution is more fair, more complete and better applicable. The constitution has also been made in accordance with new legislation. The...

10 Nov October 13: biannual General Assembly

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On October 13th BoKS the online GA was organized. Once again due to national restrictions it wasn’t possible to meet in Utrecht together. At the opening we kept a moment of silence in memory of Sander Funcke, secretary of the Vletweide residential board in Bunnik. The online...

08 Nov Board weekend

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After our General Assembly on October 13th we gathered as a board to introduce the new members to BoKS. We informed them about our organization structure and our local tenants’ committees. And of course our external relations such as the ‘Woonbond’, SSH, other tenant organizations,...

02 Sep Committee Evening 10 March 2020

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On March 10, 2020, BoKS organized an informative evening for all tenant committees with the theme “The rights and obligations of tenants, tenant committees and the housing association.” We invited Marloes from the consultancy firm StadeAdvies to give a presentation on this subject. Marloes organized...

02 Sep Agreement Student Housing Rotterdam

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The agreement student housing Rotterdam, ‘Akkoord Studentenhuisvesting Rotterdam 2020-2025’, between different organisations such as the municipality of Rotterdam, university, SSH/Jebber and organisation as ourselves, BoKS, is meant to prevent injustice in the housing market. There will be built more rooms in order to have an...

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