A second explosion in less than a week has rocked the Wingerd street in the Ypenburg neighborhood of The Hague The latest blast occurred late Saturday night into early Sunday morning The explosion caused significant damage to the front of a house but This explosion follows a similar incident just days earlier another home on Wingerd was targeted by an explosion around 3:30 a.m Neighbors reported hearing a loud bang that was audible from a considerable distance One person was injured in that blast and was treated by emergency medical personnel Significant damage was also reported at that location The explosion on Thursday left the front door of the targeted home blown off One neighbor described the incident as “totally bizarre,” adding that “the kitchen cabinets fell off the wall from the force of the blast.” The door of the house affected by Sunday’s explosion was also destroyed Local police are investigating both explosions Authorities have not yet determined why the two homes were targeted “We don’t know yet why these two homes were chosen,” said a police spokesperson and law enforcement is urging anyone with information to come forward Sign In Subscribe Now We are proud Canadian citizens living in Surrey We take vacations to the United States of America Our favourite destinations are Waikiki and Las Vegas We travel to Las Vegas every year for three nights Once again we travelled there for three nights to celebrate my husband’s 65th birthday We didn’t encounter any issues crossing the border at the airport The Americans that we encountered in Vegas apologized for their President Trump and said that they love Canadians Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. 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To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines dutch design studio vanberlo has established its second major office in the former ypenburg air base in the netherlands as part of a massive renovation to the building vanberlo aimed to mix the building’s rich historic style with an iconic and contemporary interior the new office is located in the former ypenburg air base the original building was designed by famous dutch architects jan brinkman and leendert van der vlugt. built in the 1930s, ypenburg airport was considered ahead of its time; a minimalistic example of modern architecture with a style that zeroed in on light, air and space. in creating their new office, studio vanberlo was keen to retain the character of the building while marking it with its own creative stamp ‘we wanted to make the office ours without overlooking the rich history of the building itself,’ says CEO thomas paulen by naming our café after operation manna a famine relief military operation staged to airdrop food over the hague during world war 2.’ elsewhere the diepen meeting room is named after frits diepen diepen founded the company frits diepen aircraft nv while faithful to the location’s history contemporary space of creative and collaborative energy a series of brainstorms were organised to collect prospective design concepts additions include an updated experience lab to prototype creative ideas the ‘magic glass’ is paired with an app and motion detectors and has the ability to turn individual glass windows opaque for private meetings the windows can used for projections and are also equipped with a motion sensor allowing panels to respond to passing bodies additions to the space include an updated experience lab an open office plan connects teams across the agency enabling them to creatively collaborate in multi-purpose communal areas the interior fittings are defined by the use of minimal ‘honest’ materials including concrete ‘we spoke with our staff to learn what types of spaces would enhance their comfort and further spark their collaboration kitchen and lunch areas,’ continues paulen ‘we wanted a workplace that would inspire us to look at things from a different angle whether looking through the glass into the other room or chatting about our latest idea with a colleague sitting right next to us.’ the ‘magic glass’ wall is paired with an app and motion sensor clear natural materials are employed for the studio work spaces food trolleys from airline KLM are used to store brainstorm tools lounge areas punctuate the space for relaxing and informal brainstorming built in the 1930s airport by dutch architects jan brinkman and leendert van der vlugt designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style By Walter Jaegerhaus the housing shortage now experienced by many U.S A similar problem plagued industrializing cities of the late 19th century and became critical after World War I especially so in countries that lost that conflict Affected nations took extraordinary remedial steps; many of those were politically motivated and strengthened underlying social democratic ideals But the design professions also participated and responded with numerous innovations and experiments which in turn generated much-needed discussions about the use of shared space and the quality of life that citizens are supposed to be able to enjoy experimentation and innovation are in short supply today Bitterly fought battles between the defenders of single-family homes and those who want most of us to live in ever-shrinking apartments off long multistory corridors make people believe in a zero-sum game for finite resources What’s missing is a new creative spark that can elevate the discussion to a level where everybody can see themselves winning It might be useful to revisit past housing experiments to remind us how innovatively these problems had once been addressed This should inspire designers today to create new housing options in addition to inspiring developers to build them and municipalities to allow for such choices in their codes One of the earliest utopian models for healthy cities was the Garden City Movement The densities achieved in the garden cities are higher than in today’s suburbia; built before the widespread use of the automobile this was necessary to offer affordable mobility through public transit The original garden cities rose near London had little influence on the sprawl that eventually grew around them one of the six Berlin Modernism Housing Estates They have been called the finest Scandinavian example of humane housing The tradition of courtyard housing in a garden city was then continued through the architect Roland Rainer in a garden city in Puchenau The municipality had rejected conventional forms of housing (e.g. which would have destroyed too much arable land The entire garden city comprises 983 housing units with a smaller portion being either terraced houses or flats but there are also units for ownership in up to four-story buildings This building type features unique garden courtyards Perimeter concrete walls replace the land-wasting setbacks and form a protection against insights In a climate where protection from wind and cold is welcome the air temperature inside those walls is about 2 degrees higher these closed courtyards encourage outdoor living But garden cities were only one possible solution For progressive urban planning and municipal administration “Red Vienna” (1919–1934) remains an international reference point this radical municipal project also entailed comprehensive social improvements that included health care The municipal project of “Red Vienna” was not merely a housing program but an urban program to create a more equitable urban environment 200,000 people (10% of Vienna’s population) had been newly housed in 400-plus large projects the city had created a vast new infrastructure of health and welfare services The catalytic effect of the Gemeindebauten (residential buildings constructed by the municipal government) had a symbiotic affinity with Vienna’s new municipal railway the Wiener Stadtbahn (public transit system) was both a major work of engineering that involved the construction of stations and a component of urban design that physically tied the old city and the new infrastructure together modest buildings complemented the rest of the city rather than aesthetically distancing themselves They distribute the social services and cultural facilities provided by the Social Democratic municipality across the city the Gemeindebauten signaled to their working-class tenants that they were no longer “propertyless strangers in a society that was not theirs.” one of the 400-plus public housing projects of Red Vienna Other European cities followed suit: Frankfurt am Main (“New Frankfurt”) and several other cities initiated programs like Vienna’s in the wake of World War I but none were nearly as expansive nor as ambitious Social housing in North America has a much more troubled history a young architecture graduate named Moshe Safdie was given a chance to build his thesis project as an experiment in prefabrication (modular construction) and social housing for the 1967 Expo prefabricated concrete forms arranged in various combinations The complex originally contained 158 apartments but several apartments have since been joined to create larger units The development was designed to integrate the benefits of suburban homes—namely gardens and multileveled environments—with the economics and density of a modern urban apartment building It was believed to illustrate the new lifestyle people would live in increasingly crowded cities around the world Rotterdam’s planners attempted to connect two residential areas over a busy road The answer was a housing complex featuring Cube Houses With 38 regular units and two “super-cubes,” each slanted cubic residence is held up by a hexagonal pillar some of them atop a pedestrian bridge spanning the four-lane Blaak Street The design solved the urban planning problem and it created some highly unique residences in the process In the U.K., a noteworthy public housing program was carried out in the form of “council housing,”often  through often exciting architectural solutions. One such design was the “ziggurat” type of housing estate, where the design and arrangement of the building often protects against an environmental disturbance, such as a road or a train line. The Alexandra Road estate in the London borough of Camden A most radical attempt to integrate housing with the automobile infrastructure was created in Berlin the city experimented with a housing scheme over the newly opened A100 Autobahn Autobahnüberbauung Schlangenbader Strasse created 520 new apartments for varying income groups while minimally occupying undeveloped land Medical Faculty Housing at the University of Leuven Another method to alter the typical building appearance is to involve artists in the creation The city of Vienna collaborated with the painter F Hundertwasser to create a more humane housing block Although this style was initially used on a social housing project it was quickly adapted for several market rate projects all over Europe a city collaboration with Friedensreich Hundertwasser Ricardo Bofill embarked on massive social housing production outside Paris using symbolic elements that gave the cheaply built housing blocks monumental expressions attempting to create a “Versailles for the People.” Bofill’s “classical” composition was supposed to resolve the monotony of prefabrication The project also experimented with new ownership models and new family models People can inhabit two or three modules horizontally or vertically and sale of the apartments was handled by the architect there were even attempts to create high-rise social living projects as an antidote to the sprawling single-family homes that grew all around and contains  3,200 apartments with all the infrastructure necessary for a neighborhood of this size The terrace towers are still highly valued by their residents for their quality of life, safety, and diversity of use. Glück’s philosophy was “building for the lower classes with the quality the rich people are fond of—close to nature and water.” For this reason nearly all his apartments have broad landscaped balconies and a swimming pool on the roof design experimentation abroad is alive and well contributing to a wide variety of housing solutions several of these possible housing types are not permitted by zoning directing the available building choices to either single detached homes or high-density apartments Having the full spectrum of different building typologies available Shaped by apartments arranged in the form of a giant arch the building has a vibrant market square underneath A series of restaurants activate the ground floor This is market rate development that includes a huge public benefit As a multiyear long clearinghouse of experimentation and innovation the current IBA in Vienna is displaying and celebrating a wide range of built examples These experiments have gone beyond the realm of design creating a completely new ecology of urban housing that involves new forms of ownership models in addition to addressing the many aspects of social integration and sustainability that will remain challenges for the current generation It is to be hoped that the U.S can again embrace its experimental origins and try out new ideas and methods There is ample proof that the conventional methods are not capable of dealing with mounting urban problems housing developers and architects will need to try something new It’s worth asking them: What do we have to lose All images courtesy of Creative Commons unless otherwise noted Walter Jaegerhaus is a global practicing he uses local and global examples to seek inspiration and best practices Get smart and engaging news and commentary from architecture and design’s leading minds a Not-For-Profit website dedicated to reconnecting architecture and design to the public Stephane Wrembel performs during a dress rehearsal for “Django A Gogo” at Carnegie Hall on March 3 has been waving the flag for Django Reinhardt ever since he attended his first Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine as an aspiring player included master classes and performances in Maplewood and culminated in a gala concert at Carnegie Hall on March 3 Wrembel is perhaps best known for his song “Bistro Fada,” the theme song for Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris which won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack in 2012 He served as genial host for this gypsy jazz jam which featured such international guitar stars as the Holland-born Roma Stochelo Rosenbeg French rhythm guitarist-singer David Gastine native New Yorker Thor Jensen and New Jersey native Al Di Meola Wrembel came out first with his working quartet consisting of rhythm guitarist Jensen bassist Ari Folman-Cohen and drummer Nick Anderson dazzling filigrees and wild glissandi up the neck of his acoustic steel-string manouche–style Gitane guitar were directly in the spirit of Reinhardt on his driving Deep-voiced singer Gastine joined the group on a romantic musette popularized by the gallant French crooner Jean Sablon who reputedly had introduced Django to the music of Louis Armstrong in the early 1930s The group then charmed the packed Carnegie Hall audience with Wrembel’s beguiling minor-key waltz “Bistro Fada,” which effectively combined a romantic vibe with a blazing single note solo from the Django disciple Part of Wrembel’s intention for this Django A Gogo concert was to “bring together people that are from the Django world and people who are not of that world but [who] have the touch to go into that world.” And with that who provided a link between Django Reinhardt and Doc Watson in his own dazzling Americana approach to gypsy jazz that “It has been my dream to sing this song in Carnegie Hall.” And with that preamble he launched into John Denver’s “Take Me Home Country Roads,” which turned into a sing-along with the audience on a unique interpretation of Reinhardt’s haunting “Troublant Bolero.” Gypsy guitar great Rosenberg who provides the off-screen guitar parts on a new Django bio-pic that just premiered at the Berlin Jazz Festival told the audience that his last appearance at Carnegie Hall was in 1993 when he performed there with violinist Stéphane Grappelli Reinhardt’s partner in the Swing era Hot Club of France quintet His commanding style and flawless chops were prominent on his gentle “For Sephora,” written 29 years ago for his little sister and a jauntily swinging rendition of “Djangology.” Al Di Meola entered to wild applause and announced to the crowd that his last Carnegie Hall appearance was 42 years ago when he made his debut appearance with Return To Forever at age 19 “Django’s music is a whole different world that I’ve always admired from afar,” adding Following an extended solo piece on nylon string acoustic guitar he joined the group on Django’s dreamy musette waltz “Indifference,” which also showcased his patented speed licks on a blazing solo The first set ended on an exhilarating note with Django’s “Double Jeu,” which had Di Meola injecting some flamenco flair into the proceedings Rosenberg and Di Meola opened set two with a romp through Di Meola’s “Mediterranean Sundance,” a featured number from the 1981 album Friday Night In San Francisco Di Meola’s first of many encounters with Paco De Lucia and John McLaughlin as The Trio Sparks flew on this speed-picking showcase Keel joined the three featured guitarists and rhythm section on a rendition of Chick Corea’s “Spain” and a dreamy interpretation of Reinhardt’s best known composition Vocalist Ryan Montbleau then led the ensemble on a mellow rendition of Hoagy Carmichael’s 1930 Swing era staple “Georgia” and Duke Ellington’s 1931 anthem “It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing,” which also served as a stunning showcase for Rosenberg’s considerable solo prowess The evening concluded in rousing fashion with nine guitarists on stage — including surprise appearances by the Dutch guitar great Paulus Schäfer and Wremble’s 18-year-old student Sara L’Abriola — burning on Reinhardt’s classic “Minor Swing.” Djangophiles in the house went home humming that tune with smiles on their faces “This is one of the great gifts that Coltrane gave us — he gave us a key to the 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Foundation greatly appreciated https://makeawish.ca/donate Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Simba Baumgartner performs May 5 at Town Hall in New York during the 12th Django A GoGo Stephane Wrembel and Sam Bush perform at Django A GoGo at Town Hall in New York on May 5 Dorado Schmitt performs during Forever Django at Carnegie Hall in New York on May 1 Dorado Schmitt and Amati Schmitt perform during Forever Django at Carnegie Hall in New York on May 1 two major Django Reinhardt tributes took place in Manhattan drawing hordes of Djangophiles from across the tri-state area and beyond Pat Philips-Stratta (in association with Leonardo and George DiCaprio) held her Forever Django bash on May 1 at Carnegie Hall That celebration of the legendary gypsy-jazz guitarist evolved out of her longstanding Django Reinhardt Festival at Birdland Billed as “Passing the Family Torch,” the Carnegie concert marked the official ascendancy of 38-year-old guitarist Samson Schmitt who is taking the reigns from Django disciple and family patriarch Dorado Schmitt in the lead guitar role with the Django Festival All-Stars drops June 15 on Resilience Music Alliance “It is important for me to take this gift that my father has given me and create something of my own and take the music farther,” said Samson while warming up in his dressing room ahead of the performance on a manouche guitar flashing his own dazzling fretboard facility alongside the elder Schmitt and his older brother and Samson’s two children—17-year-old rhythm guitarist Stan and 13-year-old singer Stephanie—also performing at the show this Carnegie Hall Djangofest was strictly a family affair “I was driven to learn how to play this music,” said the elder Schmitt through an interpreter because Django was not just about technique he was also about melody and he played with heart You can hear all of his deepest emotions and feelings in his music.” the very personification of savoir faire in his Djangoesque pencil-thin mustache shock of white hair and matching white suit squeezed every drop of emotion out of every note on his “Nuages” solo at the Carnegie show as guest vocalist Melody Gardot looked on adoringly though he admits that Django was not his first guitar hero “I started with rock ’n’ roll,” he confessed “I even tried to play a few Jimi Hendrix songs I discovered George Benson and Wes Montgomery It was much later that my father said to me one day ‘Listen to Django and you will understand.’ And ever since then I consider him to be the Mozart of guitar music Django is still the greatest jazzman today.” Stephane Wrembel held his 12th Django A GoGo at Town Hall A native of France and a New Yorker since 2003 Wrembel is best known for his “Bistro Fada,” the theme song from Woody Allen’s 2011 Midnight In Paris His annual concert always has culminated in a week-long gypsy-jazz guitar camp in Maplewood where he instructs all levels of guitarists on the finer aspects of Reinhardt’s techniques This year’s Django A GoGo featured such accomplished Djangophiles as Holland’s Stochelo Rosenberg and Paulus Schafer Finland’s Olli Soikkeli and France’s Pierre “Kamlo” Barré and Simba Baumgartner “I grew up in Fontainebleau hearing Django’s music everywhere,” said Wrembel who plays a hand-made Bob Holo manouche-style guitar “We used to go have drinks in bars and Django’s music would always be in the background The presence of Django has always been there but I never really paid attention to it for some weird reason My big guitar guys growing up were Mark Knopfler I learned Satriani’s whole Surfing With The Alien album note for note But when I finally paid closer attention to Django’s music as a player it struck me like lightning how incredible it was.” Judging by the enthusiastic crowds at both sold-out events it’s clear that the spirit of the Belgian-born Romani still is alive and well 84 years after Django and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France began its groundbreaking run in Paris has been making the rounds of art-house theaters across the country eliciting acclaim for the French-Algerian actor Reda Kateb’s portrayal of the legendary guitarist Sign In Register When the neighbours undertook an addition to the two-storey house next to her in Surrey’s Fleetwood neighbourhood last summer Linda Ypenburg couldn’t help but notice workers had framed up a structure that extended to her fence line “We don’t have any privacy in our backyard,” Ypenburg said “It’s not safe,” she said “All it would take is a major windstorm and the whole thing is going to collapse and it’s going to cause major damage to our backyard.” The project is one of more than 800 investigated last year in Surrey with the number of unpermitted and illegal projects in the Lower Mainland likely numbering in the thousands as homeowners poured billions into home renovations during the pandemic Spending on residential renovations topped $9.2 billion in B.C a 21 per cent increase over the previous year “Most of the complaints that I’ve received have been on the older homes houses that are probably not ready to be torn down and rebuilt but more where people are trying to extend the life of the house You see very little of this in the new builds,” said Surrey city councillor Jack Hundial who presented a motion last summer to toughen the penalties on unauthorized construction in the city which enforces provisions of the province’s Homeowner Protection Act related to new residential construction conducts an average of 900 investigations every year It completed 140 investigations last year into illegal new home construction and 195 into unlicensed builders The investigations resulted in 37 illegal new home sales being stopped and sanctions against eight owner-builders While unauthorized construction has always taken place with illegal suites being a particular issue in the early 2000s the pandemic provided ideal conditions for a resurgence homeowners had the time and money to pursue renovations “Surrey has a lot of people in the trades for residential construction so there were tradesmen available for these smaller jobs,” Hundial explained you had the capital that people were not spending on trips during the pandemic or they had more discretionary income they could invest back into their house.” With municipal approval processes backlogged some homeowners opted to proceed without the required approvals But with more people working from home during the pandemic and calls to city hall increased as work proceeded without due notification usually the result of complaint-driven investigations increased to 821 last year from 415 in 2020 and just 294 in 2018 as the average price for a detached house in the Fraser Valley soared 40 per cent from a year earlier to a record high of $1.89 million Surrey bylaw enforcement officers issued 158 stop-work orders It’s a similar situation in Abbotsford where spending on residential renovations increased 38 per cent last year and the average detached-house price in February 2022 had hit an all-time high of $1.52 million “The City of Abbotsford received 310 calls for service in 2021 related to contraventions to of the city’s building bylaw,” reported Melissa Godbout the city’s communications and public relations officer Abbotsford has worked to discourage unauthorized construction and encourage voluntary compliance with its building bylaw through education and awareness campaigns Compliance and enforcement efforts resulted in 598 fines for noncompliance in 2021 and a further 168 in 2022 Several properties have received multiple fines for several infractions With the current fine for a bylaw violation being $500 that works out to nearly $299,000 in fines last year “If a building permit is subsequently issued for work that commenced without a permit permit fees are increased 50 per cent where work was not completed and doubled where work was completed,” Godbout added The approach is one Surrey adopted in January which had broad support among his fellow councillors The city now charges $1,000 for each violation of the city’s building bylaw But that hasn’t stopped the project next to Ypenburg where workers have sometimes been active as late as 1:30 a.m “We’ve never encountered anything like this in the 33 years that we’ve lived in our house It’s a freakin’ nightmare,” she said Ypenburg is in regular touch with Remi Dube who says the property is one of two that will likely end up in court because the owners keep flouting city bylaws “We’re going to keep fighting until this hideous structure’s torn down,” Ypenburg vowed Other consequences of unpermitted and illegal construction besides legal woes include jeopardizing warranties insurance coverage and other essentials related to the protection of property and lives Homebuilders Association Vancouver (HAVAN) the local affiliate of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association says it is unaware of any specific cases of unauthorized construction “[We] have no direct knowledge or evidence in this regard other than anecdotal,” said HAVAN CEO Ron Rapp “We cannot say definitively that such practices are not taking place and it may be possible that these activities are being realized in rural and less regulated environments but this would be very difficult to accomplish in Metro Vancouver.” Building permits are typically required to obtain financing and utility connections making it hard for builders to opt out of any one step in the process without jeopardizing subsequent ones Rapp said major project would likely involve huge sums of cash changing hands under the table something HAVAN has been battling for years a position to encourage both contractors and consumers to avoid and reject works being undertaken in the underground economy,” he said “We actively support a ‘Get It in Writing to ensure work is done with contracts and subject to all regulatory requirements.” With you placing more 25% taxes on our Canadian exports to your country Your country will feel the impacts that all of you will feel in the future We don’t need your country for support or imports Our country is self-sufficient and has valuable resources You have caused a severe divide between our two countries This is the legacy that you can be proud of Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Peter Bjarnason shakes his head as he said he’s being treated like a “common criminal” by Surrey bylaw officers for living in his motorhome in Guildford Bjarnason is on welfare and said he wonders why the city would want more homeless people living on the streets Do they want more homeless people?” he asked “The amount of times they’ve threatened to tow it…” said he’s been living in the motorhome for the better part of a year with a friend named Joanna He said they park on various city streets in Guildford Bjarnason said bylaw officers came knocking ‘I’m not going to answer that.’ Then again bang.’ I peeked out and it was a bylaw officer at least I know I’m not going to get mugged or killed or anything ‘I’m sick to death of playing cat and mouse with you.’” READ ALSO: Surrey homeless call for housing one year after tent city dismantled vehicles are not allowed to remain parked in the same spot on city streets for more than 72 hours It’s a law that Bjarnason said he abides by There’s no law against living in a motorhome in Surrey,” he said Bjarnason said he’s happy living in his motorhome and that “he might as well get an apartment” if he were to consider paying for a spot at a campsite Bjarnason said he tries to be a good neighbour if we’re littering or having parties all hours of the night why not treat us like human beings and work with us,” he said of bylaw officers “It seems to be when they target you and they get you He guessed the last time he saw bylaw was Sept Bjarnason said he’s found somewhere to park it that’s out of sight READ ALSO: Mixed emotions on Surrey’s Strip as homeless begin moving into modular units SEE MORE: Count finds 49 per cent more homeless people in Surrey A similar situation is unfolding in Fleetwood Fleetwood resident Linda Ypenburg contacted the Now-Leader expressing her frustration over a man living inside an RV – not Bjarnason’s – that had been parked on residential streets in her area for at least a month at that point she’s spotted the same RV in her neighbourhood numerous times “Fleetwood never used to have that problem said she’s contacted city hall about the RV but noted there’s only so much officers can do given the existing 72-hour rule on the books She wonders why more enforcement tools haven’t been afforded to bylaw officers I just don’t want them in my neighbourhood,” she added Ypenburg said it’s no secret that a lack of affordable housing “There’s a shortage of affordable housing so people are left to be living in their vehicles and what was explained to me by the bylaw officer is people who even have jobs are sleeping in their vehicles because they can’t afford to find housing SEE ALSO: The struggles and successes of Surrey’s homeless housing project READ MORE: More than 100 seniors living on Surrey streets: homeless count The head of Surrey’s bylaw department is aware of both situations While the issue of people living in RVs and other recreational vehicles has been prevalent in Vancouver in recent years Kim Marosevich said it is happening to a lesser extent “I think it’s one of those issues that represents a lot of the struggles we deal with in regulatory enforcement across the city and that being that we have two parties who have different interests and different needs and we have one set of rules,” she said referring to frustrated residents and those living in the recreational vehicles Under the Surrey’s highway and traffic bylaw a vehicle is prohibited from parking in the same spot for more than 72 hours Marosevich said there aren’t many enforcement tools at the city’s disposal Marosevich told the Now-Leader that the city has had complaints about Bjarnason living out of his RV She said officers have had conversations with him about 72-hour rule but have also offered to help connect him to support services Bjarnason indicated that he was looking at a rental an RV rental location going back to August,” she said “Obviously the last thing we would ever want to see is people in a situation where they were homeless,” Marosevich added “The city works very hard with our partner agencies to try and ensure that people have stable housing when we receive complaints from residents We are obligated to investigate those complaints and respond to them So there are residents being impacted by what’s happening in their neighborhood and we have a responsibility to respond to and connect with those individuals as well So there’s that sort of balancing act that we’re often doing.” Marosevich is also aware of the RV in Ypenburg’s Fleetwood neighbourbood “We’ve had a few complaints about this particular RV,” she said and other times there’s been nobody present in the vehicle so officers have issued a warning.” “In the conversation one of our officers had but also asked if there are things we can do to help direct individuals – perhaps there’s a campground somewhere that would have water Marosevich said there haven’t been complaints about litter or noise from residents about the Fleetwood vehicle Marosevich said “we want to see people in stable long-term housing” and “not driving around the city.” “I think it’s good for everyone to understand that we’re all people so to be able to understand the different sides of the situation,” she said is this isn’t someone who is wanting to cause difficulty for residents and is oblivious to the other side of the situation We will continue to have a conversation and emphasize how can we get you somewhere that’s going to viable for you going forward… The challenge is it’s likely related to affordable housing in the city It’s very much a symptom of the larger issue.” Marosevich said the issue of people living in recreational vehicles on city streets is not a common one for Surrey bylaw officers but some of it may have to do with the fact that we have some larger properties where it may be easier to hide things like an RV,” she added “It’s more common for us to encounter properties where people may be living in RVs or other vehicles which is also not permitted,” Marosevich explained “We deal with that type of property more commonly but there are different properties where property may be vacant or semi-vacant and a property owner has people living in different types of recreational vehicles on properties.” Marosevich noted the city’s response to these cases is complaint-driven as long as people move their vehicle every 72 hours on public streets amy.reid@surreynowleader.comLike us on Facebook and follow Amy on Twitter Housing corporations are allowed to keep blacklists of bad tenants to protect other tenants from extremely aggressive neighbors and landlords from notorious rent defaulters or drug labs. But more and more people are ending up on these lists for lighter offenses and some are ending up homeless as a result, NOS reports Researcher Nienke Boesveldt has followed a group of around 600 homeless people since 2018 and sees more and more people ending up on these types of blacklists “People who don’t smash everything up and who a housing corporation should be able to deal with.” NOS spoke to two people who have been homeless for four years after ending up on Eindhoven housing corporation Trudo’s blacklist - a man in his seventies and his adult child they’re considered undesirable tenants in Eindhoven and the surrounding area until the end of this year they also can’t find a home elsewhere in the country Housing corporations all over the country require a positive statement from the previous landlord and they can’t afford to get a home in the private sector they have been wandering around the Netherlands The two compare their situation to the benefits scandal agencies had managed to label people as ‘fraudsters.’ And could then do whatever they wanted it happened with the label ‘nuisance maker.’” Not all blacklisted tenants become homeless There are eight in the group researcher Boesveldt is following “You can always ask yourself: what’s the idea behind it?” she told the broadcaster Do people do better when they end up on the streets It is unclear how many people are on these types of blacklists in the Netherlands because Aedes the umbrella organization for housing corporations the blacklist consists of some 440 people this past summer “That makes it very likely that we’re talking about thousands of people nationwide,” the broadcaster said I read Tom Zytaruk’s article in the Surrey Now-Leader on the subject of illegal construction in Surrey: Battling bad builds We had lived with this nightmare for almost three years The owners built an illegal addition to a single two-storey family house without building permits continuing to build even after Surrey bylaw officers showed to issue them warnings they resumed building this addition to the back of their house almost reaching the back yard of our fence We were relentless and kept phoning Surrey bylaws taking photos of the structure and documenting everything and they were ordered to get a demolition permit and ordered to finally tear it down which they did or face thousands of fines and potential jail time It was exhausting to continue to fight them But at the end of the day we got our privacy and sanity back The Court of Appeal in The Hague dramatically reduced the prison sentence handed to 33-year-old Roy B for his role in the drowning death of Orlando Boldewijn of assault where the act resulted in the victim’s death to 44 months in prison when the case was tried in 2020 that term was cut down to just ten weeks on Tuesday arranged to pay Boldewijn for sex during a date at his enclosed pontoon boat in the Ypenburg neighborhood in The Hague picked the boy up with a smaller boat on February 18 and they sailed to the floating cabin on De Blauwe Loper where B brought Boldewijn back to shore and returned to his cabin Boldewijn left his public transport card at B.’s home Police were able to track down video footage from 12:56 a.m showing Boldewijn returning back to the location where he had been dropped off with prosecutors reasoning that he wanted to recover the public transport pass A review of data from his phone suggests he entered the water later told his close friends and his father that he heard someone scream out about 15 meters from his pontoon he said he saw hands just above the surface and believed the person may have attempted to swim despite the temperature By the time he got dressed and sailed to the area the hands had disappeared under the surface even after the boy’s disappearance was reported by authorities also told his friends that he destroyed the boy’s public transport card afterwards After police and Boldewijn’s family spent more than a week trying to find him Police later determined the tip came from one of B.’s close friends The question that was central to the appeal was the reason the suspect did not immediately contact authorities when seeing someone in the water and the law violated by the lack of action Expert testimony and research presented suggested that the extremely cold water could have increased the boy’s chance of survival if he had been found fast enough for medical personnel to keep him alive was reasonably suspected of assaulting Boldewijn by failing to provide assistance and by failing to contact authorities The lower court said it was plausible that Boldewijn could have been quickly pulled from the water giving paramedics a chance to try and revive him less than 20 minutes after a call to emergency services he was guilty of assault resulting in someone’s death saying that it was “unrealistic to assume that” resuscitation efforts would have started even 15 minutes after a call to emergency services It took a look at more research and expert testimony and came to the conclusion that Boldewijn “would have had a small chance of surviving the drowning.” Even though that chance was reduced to zero by not calling emergency services the facts of the case were “insufficient to reasonably attribute” the boy’s death to the suspect’s inaction it is important that due to the cold ice temperature of the water the suspect could not be expected to jump into the water and save the boy.” The man exercised his right to remain silent during the appeal but convicted him of failing to provide assistance to someone knowingly in a life-threatening situation where the victim wound up dead The lesser charge carries a maximum sentence of three months but the court instead ordered him to serve a ten-week term noting that it took nearly four years for the appeal to be concluded and the suspect relocated after receiving threats “The suspect should have called 112 instantly when he saw the victim close to drowning Prosecutors in the appeal wanted the court to again find B similar to what the District Court had ordered Boldewijn’s mother later said that the punishment was an injustice considering her son died from the incident The case can still be appealed further to the Supreme Court Dutch housing corporations and renters’ organizations say the national government’s proposed compensation for a two-year freeze on social housing rent increases falls far short of what is needed. Corporations estimate a loss of over 3 billion euros in rental income, while the government is offering 1.1 billion euros in total compensation spread over three years, according to NOS. Housing Minister Mona Keijzer announced the freeze earlier this week stating that rents for social housing units will not increase on July 1 She followed the announcement by promising compensation for housing corporations the government revealed the specific amounts: 270 million euros in 2026 and 405 million euros in both 2027 and 2028 the national association of housing corporations “It’s a drop in the ocean,” the organization told NOS Aedes chair Liesbeth Spies warned that the freeze will hurt both existing tenants and prospective ones “The rent freezes are leaving tenants out in the cold,” said Spies She added that without the expected rent increases housing corporations will have to cancel tens of thousands of planned new social housing units The funding shortfall will also limit corporations’ ability to upgrade existing properties “We will be able to insulate fewer homes or install electric heat pumps in place of gas-fired boilers,” Spies said “It’s an insult to tenants who won’t see their energy bills go down and to everyone waiting for an affordable social housing unit.” the government had allowed housing corporations to raise rents by an average of 4.5 percent in 2025 corporations had reached an agreement with Minister Keijzer to ramp up construction of social housing—from fewer than 18,000 new units in 2023 to 30,000 per year after the compensation figures were made public “It’s really a pittance,” Woonbond director Zeno Winkels told NOS “All the good intentions are now in jeopardy This cabinet is shrinking the social housing sector.” Winkels pointed to the likely drop in new construction as a direct consequence of undercompensation tenant incomes are expected to rise due to annual increases in wages and benefits the government expects to save around 500 million euros per year in reduced housing benefit payments these savings will be redirected into what the coalition is calling a “boodschappenbonus”—translated as “grocery bonus.” The measure is a one-time increase in housing benefit payments in 2026 Only those who already receive housing benefits will be eligible for this bonus the government plans to permanently reduce housing benefits even though it will continue saving approximately 500 million euros per year on the program Please get it in your head: CANADA IS NOT FOR SALE The only people suffering from your illegal expensive tariffs are your own American citizens Canada can survive without any of your help We own valuable resources which we can stop exporting to your country Most Americans that we encountered when we spent a few days in Vegas told us that they love Canada and us Canadians your devious actions are going to be karma It is going to come back and bite you in the butt a scholarship for promising Utrecht-based writers who has published fiction and essays in literary magazines He talked to DUB about his development as a writer and his tips for students with writing ambitions Max Urai (1991) used to write movie reviews and scripts when he was pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre it still needs to be produced and Urai didn’t want to do anything else but write “When I found out about that side of myself I started creating more and more stories but I didn’t do anything with them they teach you what it is like to finish a new story every three months Since then, Urai has written many things, including a plea about activism in the Netherlands, which was nominated for a Joost Zwagerman essay prize. In this essay, Urai writes sharply and humorously about the lessons he as an activist. His body of work is political: an autobiographical essay talks about masculinity ‘’Another important lesson I learned during my studies was that it’s not just about the story There are endless possibilities for how to tell a story that doesn’t necessarily mean those feelings will come across to the reader.” ‘’I always have to work extremely long hours to completely get into that world finish your piece so you can move on to the next one.’’ Supreme Court judge has awarded a group of Surrey residents ordinary costs for court proceedings in their 2022 court fight against the City of Surrey over the constitutionality of its signs bylaw but he declined to grant the petitioners’ application for special costs “I am simply not persuaded that this dispute transcended partisan politics and personal animus or that it was not possible to pursue the litigation with private funding,” Justice Nigel Kent concluded “this is not a truly ‘exceptional’ matter of public interest.” Kent rendered his decision in Vancouver on Oct The six residents in 2022 challenged the constitutionality of amendments to a City of Surrey bylaw which were approved in 2021 arguing they prohibited displaying political signs on private property Kent ordered the city to amend the “poorly drafted” amendments to the bylaw to eliminate ambiguity which he found arose from the definition of a political sign extending past city provincial or federal elections “to also include political ‘issues’ generally,” with the result of capturing signage related to such things as “Keep the RCMP in Surrey” READ ALSO: Judge orders Surrey to rewrite its sign bylaw following constitutional challenge READ ALSO: Surrey’s political sign bylaw being challenged in court Tuesday READ ALSO: Surrey’s political sign bylaw condemned as anti-democratic 2021 presented an unconstitutional infringement on the petitioners’ freedom of expression under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms Smith argued that the mayor at the time – Doug McCallum – and his supporters aimed to “silence the opposition of the petitioners.” the lawyer representing the City of Surrey argued during the 2022 trial that the contentious bylaw amendments were driven by city staff recommendations “There was no improper purpose there,” Voell argued The petitioners appear to want change in the city – they can effect change at the ballot box.” the petitioners sought a declaration from Kent that the amendments were inconsistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that they be declared of no legal force or effect or be quashed altogether “I deny the substantive relief that the petitioners seek,” Kent declared at the end of that trial I agree that the amendments were poorly drafted and that clarity of ambiguity is required I grant interim relief and direct Surrey city council to further amend the Surrey Sign Bylaw to clarify its intended effect and to eliminate the said ambiguity.” Kent noted in his subsequent Oct. 20, 2023 decision related to awarding costs that the Supreme Court of Canada decided special costs should be awarded in the context of public interest only when certain conditions are met the case must involve matters of public interest that are truly exceptional It is not enough that the issues raised have not previously been resolved or that they transcend the individual interests of the successful litigant: they must also have a significant and widespread societal impact,” the judge noted in addition to showing that they have no personal proprietary or pecuniary interest in the litigation that would justify the proceedings on economic grounds the plaintiffs must show that it would not have been possible to effectively pursue the litigation in question with private funding it will be contrary to the interests of justice to ask the individual litigants (or pro bono counsel) to bear the majority of the financial burden associated with pursuing the claim,” he added Kent said he found no basis in which the City of Surrey’s conduct could be said to have engaged a public interest—much less an “exceptional” public interest – that had “a ‘significant and widespread societal impact’ outside of this local political context.” Kent accepted the city’s “benign intent of the bylaw amendments” and found the petitioners’ claims of “bad faith or an improper purpose” hadn’t been proven in this “rather unusual” case While the city “was clearly not the successful party in this proceeding,” the judge noted the petitioners had “appropriately sought judicial review of the Surrey Sign By-law amendments in the circumstances and obtained a remedy albeit one that neither party anticipated” and were “thus the substantially successful litigants and are entitled to costs of the proceeding.” The coalition’s plans to freeze the social housing rent for two years will lead to approximately 85,000 fewer homes in the coming 10 years Housing Minister Mona Keijzer said in a parliamentary debate It is also not yet certain that the measure will benefit all social housing tenants and BBB coalition want to freeze social housing rent for two years But this will mean that housing corporations receive less rental income the corporations will be able to borrow less for housing construction That deficit could increase to tens of billions of euros in the coming decade the industry organization for housing corporations calculated that housing corporations will fall about 50 billion euros short Keijzer will talk to the corporations in the coming period to see what is possible Angry opposition parties and organizations from the sector raised concerns about the housing shortage becoming even worse as a result of this measure It is also not yet certain whether all tenants in the social sector will actually pay the same amount of rent in the coming two years The measure seems to mainly benefit tenants of housing coproprations and not the aorund 400,000 households in the social sector that rent from private landlords “No detailed agreements have been made here,” Mooiman said to the great surprise of the opposition parties The PVV parliamentarian wanted to know from Minister Keijzer what options there were for social tenants with private landlords That caused great indignation from the other parties The PVV promised to reduce all rents by as much as 20 percent and now it is uncertain whether all social rents will remain the same Mooiman only said that “as far as the PVV is concerned,” all social rents will be frozen Keijzer also could not provide clarity on this point She will incorporate the coalition’s agreements into a ministerial regulation and then it will have to be seen whether it will be possible to freeze rents for this group as well The Minister hinted that this will be a difficult task because all private landlords who rent out social housing will have to be properly compensated unfeasible exercise.” According to Keijzer it concerns hundreds of thousands of landlords Welcome to 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This site uses cookies. Read our policy By and Hans van der Heijden Hans van der Heijden2008-08-15T00:00:00 The solid massiveness of Rapp & Rapp’s mixed-use development for Ypenburg a new district located on a former Nato airfield near The Hague reports Biq Architects’ Hans van der Heijden Only logged in subscribers have access to it Existing subscriber? LOGIN A subscription to Building Design will provide: Subscribe today Alternatively REGISTER for free access on selected stories and sign up for email alerts Site powered by Webvision Cloud Seven Surrey residents who were barred from council chambers by the Safe Surrey Coalition majority last year – a move council later rescinded – will get no apology for “any hurt that they may have experienced as a result of council’s actions.” unsuccessfully presented a motion to that end during Monday afternoon’s special council meeting “It’s my intent for council to offer a formal apology for the pain and suffering arising from council’s motion,” she said The council majority last year prohibited Keep the RCMP in Surrey members Ivan Scott Linda Ypenburg and Marilyn Smith from attending and participating in council meetings “I do believe that the actions by some on this council were actually reprehensible and that subsequently they did change their minds so with that I think it is only proper from this point that council offer a genuine Locke’s motion failed with Mayor Doug McCallum and Councillors Allison Patton Doug Elford and Mandeep Nagra voting against it and Steven Pettigrew Linda Annis and Locke voting in favour of it “We sure as hell weren’t vindicated,” she told the Now-Leader “I’m taken aback because they retracted that charge against the seven of us and then they don’t do an apology.” passed a motion it said was designed to “protect the democratic process” by banning the seven from attending public hearings in council chambers and to ensure “a safe and respectful environment” for council and staff A press release issued by the City of Surrey claimed the seven senior citizens “repeatedly disrupted and verbally harassed” council and city staff during public hearings but would be “provided the opportunity” to submit questions and comments by writing.” A petition to the court was filed by Lidstone & Company on behalf of the City of Surrey on Oct asking the court to prohibit the seven “from physically attending City of Surrey Council and Committee meetings in person The banned residents responded by filing a petition in B.C council rescinded the ban but offered no apology READ ALSO: Surrey council blocks some speakers from public hearing to ‘protect the democratic process’ READ ALSO: Surrey councillor feels stymied in quest for answers on legitimacy of mayor’s ban Councillors Laurie Guerra and Allison Patton spoke at length to Locke’s motion before voting against it “I’ve tried not to be too vocal as to the shenanigans that have been played out by this group of people the seven mentioned and I won’t say their names again,” Guerra said “And even when I shared that two in this group had showed up at my home Councillor Locke was the first one to pooh-pooh that away and say well that’s just the price that elected people have to pay this is not the Surrey that I know nor do I want that to be the Surrey going forward that I know “In council chambers we’ve been flipped the bird I’ve been told to go ‘F’ myself,” Guerra claimed try to intimidate and harass me throughout the city and why All because I voted for the Surrey Police Service.” READ ALSO: Surrey asking court to block seven residents from council meetings ‘outrageous overkill,’ former mayor says READ ALSO: Surrey council rescinds ban on 7 residents from public hearings, but won’t apologize Patton said she stands up “against bullies.” “I’m a little bit concerned about what I can only guess is the lack of empathy of my colleague Councillor Locke who’s also been through her own challenges with not necessarily this group but perhaps other groups in proposing this notice of motion,” Patton said I’m just shocked that you would suggest that I would do anything else but stand up against this ever suggest that you apologize to your harassers or those who’ve terrorized you so I won’t be able to support this motion today council on Monday also gave final approval to amendments to its political signage bylaw with McCallum Nagra and Guerra voting in favour and Hundial “I think that the bylaw was rushed,” Locke told council “I think it actually is more ambiguous than it was before.” Supreme Court Justice Nigel Kent ordered the city to rewrite its contentious political signage bylaw after members of the aforementioned group of seven Surrey residents challenged its constitutionality Kent concluded the 2021 amendments gave rise to “an ambiguity in the bylaw that arguably prohibits the posting of political signage on private property except during limited specified periods of time and that such a restriction would infringe s 2(b) of the Charter which guarantees the petitioners’ constitutional protection for freedom of READ ALSO: Judge orders Surrey to rewrite its sign bylaw following constitutional challenge READ ALSO: Controversy continues as Surrey council approves new sign bylaw amendments Kent also noted in his reasons for judgment that “these particular petitioners have been directly targeted by certain members of Surrey city council for special treatment; they were the subject matter of a (quickly and appropriately rescinded) bylaw prohibiting their attendance at council meetings and an injunction lawsuit seeking to enforce that bylaw Their organization (KTRIS) has even been accused of inflicting physical injury on the mayor.” the Keep the RCMP in Surrey issued a press release announcing it is endorsing Locke and her Surrey Connect slate in their bid to be elected to council on Oct tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.comLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram  and follow Tom on Twitter USA) is expanding its mission to develop carbon-free hydrogen-powered aircraft to Technology Park Ypenburg (TPY) in The Hague British/American ZeroAvia was founded in 2017 and is developing hydrogen-fueled powertrain technology to compete with conventional engines in propeller aircraft, with an aim of zero-emission and lower noise. TPY in The Hague was chosen as their first base within the EU due to the presence of high-tech manufacturing companies at the park and the proximity of knowledge and talent in the vicinity Vice-President Europe Sergey Kiselev explains that the business mindset of Dutch stakeholders in sustainable aviation was one of the main reasons for expanding their activities to the Netherlands: “we were impressed by the willingness and preparedness of Dutch knowledge institutions and the potential supplier network to work with us to achieve our ambitious and revolutionary goals It’s that same can-do spirit that underpins our own start-up mentality and seems to fit perfectly.” Kiselev heads ZeroAvia’s European headquarters in Cranfield So far the company has secured nearly $ 74 million of funding since its inception Last December the UK government granted £ 12.3 million ($ 16.3 million) to deliver a 19-seat hydrogen-powered aircraft that will be ready for market in 2023 Kiselev: “Our Dutch expansion will focus on finding cooperation and partnerships in the Netherlands and throughout continental Europe to further develop our solutions.” ZeroAvia is currently looking for a Business Development Manager Europe to work from the office at TPY in The Hague “TPY is delighted that such a progressive and industry-changing company such as Zeroavia has recognised the benefit of connecting with the 100+ years established aviation cluster in the Netherlands and has chosen Technology Park Ypenburg (TPY) as the ideal location to base and grow their mainland European business and talent base” commented Meine Oosten InnovationQuarter has assisted ZeroAvia in setting up operations in the Netherlands and will continue to support them in their ambition to develop zero-emission aviation Privacy beleid Wij gebruiken cookies om ervoor te zorgen dat onze website zo soepel mogelijk werkt. 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Aangezien deze providers persoonlijke gegevens zoals uw IP-adres kunnen verzamelen, kunt u ze hier blokkeren. Houd er rekening mee dat dit de functionaliteit en het uiterlijk van onze site aanzienlijk kan verminderen. Wijzigingen zijn pas effectief zodra u de pagina herlaadt Photo: politie.nlA 27-year-old man from The Hague has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenager who went missing on a Grindr date The body of 17-year-old Orlando Boldewijn was found in a canal in Ypenburg had arranged to meet two men via the gay dating app on the night he went missing The Telegraaf named the 27-year-old suspect as Roy B. and reported that he often took dates out on his fishing boat in Ypenburg. Police refused to confirm his identity but said Orlando had been on board a boat which was confiscated as part of the investigation. Divers recovered his body after receiving an anonymous tip-off from the Meld Misdaad Anoniem hotline. Earlier Orlando’s friends had appealed through the media for information after he had not been seen for a week. We could not provide the Dutch News service, and keep it free of charge, without the generous support of our readers. Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter, and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day. Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days! We could not provide this service without you. If you have not yet made a contribution, you can do so here. Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey. The Rotterdamsebaan is the new road between the Ypenburg exchange and the Centrumring (central ring road) in The Hague. Part of the Rotterdamsebaan includes the Victory Boogie Woogie tunnel. The road opened to traffic in February 2021. The Rotterdamsebaan was constructed to ensure good accessibility to The Hague and the region as a whole now and in the future. The new route is advantageous in particular for cars driving to and from Rotterdam, Delft and Ypenburg. It offers a better distribution of the traffic flowing to and from the motorways, relieving the pressure on Utrechtsebaan. The result will be fewer delays during rush hour. The Rotterdamsebaan is 4 kilometres in length and it connects the A4/A13 motorways with the Centrumring in The Hague. The route starts at the Ypenburg exchange with a tunnel under Voorburg and emerges at the Binckhorstlaan. There the road connects to the Mercuriusweg at the Centrumring. Cars driving from Rijswijk or Ypenburg can use the Laan van Hoornwijck to get to the Rotterdamsebaan. The Victory Boogie Woogietunnel is 1 of the most sustainable tunnels in Europe. The design incorporates: The solar panels on the roof of the service building located at the mouth of the tunnel in the Vlietzoom area provide 1 of the most striking energy-saving measures. They generate enough energy for the service building. Service personnel work from this building to monitor and operate all the tunnels, bridges and retractable traffic barriers in The Hague 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. the company plans to close or refit its three large gas-fired power stations and invest more in renewable energy and city heating schemes ‘We hope to be able to help our clients switch away from gas-fired central heating over the coming 15 years,’ chief executive As Tempelman said Eneco currently has contracts with hundreds of thousands of people to service their gas boilers and will continue to do that ‘We won’t leave our clients in the cold,’ he said To make the transition to a gas-free society the Netherlands will need a government with an effective climate strategy means shifting taxation away from sustainable options towards gas and fossil fuels The Netherlands’ climate agreement aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 49% in 2030 the local authority shareholders who owned Eneco agreed to sell their stakes to a Japanese consortium made up of Mitsubishi Corporation and Chubu for €4.1bn Mitsubishi Corporation had ‘great ambitions’ in the area of energy transition the 3rd largest Japanese energy company with about 10.2 million retail customer contracts We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey No direct trains between The Hague and Utrecht until MondayBookmarkBookmarkBy Mina SolankiJan 4 2020There will be no direct trains running between The Hague Central station and Utrecht Central station until at least Monday This is due to repairs taking place on this route all railroad transport between The Hague Ypenburg station and The Hague Central has been cancelled NS had announced that services on this route would resume on Friday afternoon cancellations on this route have now been extended to Monday morning The extra travel time will be up to 45 minutes The Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) is investigating how the train derailment came about Seventeen year old Orlando Boldewijn from Rotterdam has been missing since Sunday He never returned home after going to The Hague for a date he made on dating app Grindr The police are very concerned that something may have happened to him and urgently call on anyone with information about his whereabouts to come forward Over this past week the police spoke with Orlando's family as well as the man he had a date with in The Hague The man told the police that he dropped Orlando off on Böttgerwater in the Hague neighborhood of Ypenburg after their date Family and friends told the police that Orlando regularly made dates online or through apps "He also never misses school or work obligations" There's also been no activity on Orlando's phone or bank account after Sunday "This makes the police take into account that something has happened to Orlando The police are urgently looking for witnesses who saw Orlando on Sunday or later or who can tell us more about Orlando's possible whereabouts." Shortly after midnight Orlando sent a few messages to his mother saying that he was on his way home among other things His family told AD that they doubt those messages were written by the teenager himself - some words were spelled differently than Orlando usually writes them Close friend Noha den Hartog told RTL Nieuws that she did not know about this date Orlando had with the 20-year-old man from The Hague "He always uses me as an excuse when has dates Then he says: 'I'm going to Noha tonight.' Normally when he uses that excuse he will let me know and tell me where he is." she said to the broadcaster "But we did not know anything about this date." There are unfortunately no surveillance cameras on Böttgerwater The police combed the street and the area around it also looking at surveillance camera footage from elsewhere in the area the police approached passersby in the Ypenburg area Glasgow Housing Association has earmarked 70 mid-market homes for the former Garscadden Primary in a fast-track approach which it is hoped will serve as a model for future off-site construction by contractor CCG Anderson Bell + Christie have been appointed to lead the design which includes a mix of flats houses and wheelchair accessible properties on the site of a disused 1920’s Glasgow Corporation school formed from red terracotta brick and decorative stone elements The plan calls for these buildings to be demolished to allow the street edges to be reinforced with new-build terraces fronting onto central communal gardens designed by HTA The project has been modelled on MVRDV’s Ypenburg Waterwijk development at the Hague in the Netherlands All comments are pre-moderated and must obey our house rules Companies in The Hague which consume large amounts of energy will not be granted a new power grid connections for the next ten years electricity grid operator Stedin announced on Wednesday The decision mainly affects the center of The Hague a large portion of the electricity grid in the Provinces of Groningen and Overijssel will also be closed Applicants for new major connections in The Hague will be placed on a waiting list Organizations that can no longer be connected include companies that want to replace their fleet of motor vehicles with electric vehicles and plan to install five or more charging stations A connection for a commercial property with an elevator may also not be possible It will take until 2033 before they can be connected when the power grid has been structurally expanded and strengthened Residents and companies based in The Hague that already have connections will not notice the measure The construction of new homes can also continue as normal "This measure leaves room on the electricity grid for households and small entrepreneurs heat pumps can still be installed in homes people can switch to electric cooking and small-scale consumption connections can be set up for individual new-construction homes," says Stedin the power grid in The Hague is nearing its maximum capacity due to the growing demand for electricity "The demand for electricity in The Hague is expected to increase by around 60 percent until 2030 This is comparable to the consumption of the whole of Ypenburg," Stedin said referring to an entire district in The Hague "This means that the demand for electricity exceeds the limits of the current infrastructure." The solution to the grid capacity shortage is to expand and strengthen the current electricity infrastructure National grid operator TenneT and Stedin are jointly implementing this expansion and reinforcement of the power grid The expansion work is expected to last until mid-2033 "This long lead time is partly due to the availability of scarce space in the city and the required permits TenneT and Stedin are having productive discussions with the municipality of The Hague about this." The investments required are estimated at around 100 million euros Stedin wants to conduct a study together with large-scale energy consumers regarding a more efficient use of the grid By better coordinating when large customers consume electricity The problems are not hardly isolated to The Hague and similar capacity issues and waiting lists have been implemented in parts of Gelderland Wednesday also brought the announcement that a large portion of the grid serving Groningen and Overijssel will also be closed to new major users as more companies and consumers increasingly demand extra capacity amid moves away from natural gas The decision by TenneT and Enexis in Groningen and Overijssel also mainly affects businesses which will not be able to have their electricity needs met Grid operators have not been able to expand the grid to match increased demand “We are working tirelessly to expand the electricity grid,” said TenneT director Marc de Zwaan “We realize that this is a very unpleasant situation.” TenneT and Enexis will ask entrepreneurs whether they can be flexible with their electricity use and reduce consumption at busy times or on busy days in exchange for a fee the problems will continue to exist for some time Expansion of the grid is not expected to provide additional capacity until 2029 "Our power grid is one of the most reliable in the world But it was not ready for the rapid developments and the sharp increase in demand," said Enexis director Daphne Verreth To address the growing demand for electricity grid operators are focusing on accelerating the construction of electricity stations and expanding the network of cabling they emphasize that governments must make faster decisions about where and when this can happen They also argued for making land available at an accelerated rate and speeding up the approval of permits and other necessary procedures grid operators will invest more than five billion euros in power networks across the Netherlands this will increase to eight billion euros per year Four people died in an accident on the A12 highway near Prins Clausplein in The Hague during the early hours of Wednesday morning the car carrying the four victims ended up on its side and crashed into a traffic portal Multiple ambulances as well as a mobile medial team responded to the scene The A12 was closed in both directions near the Prins Clausplein junction The highway was released after the heavily damaged wreck was removed The police confirmed to NU.nl that four victims died but can not yet give any information about their identity Witnesses told the newspaper that they were four young men On Monday another four young men were killed in a one-sided accident on the A1 near Deventer. In verband met een zwaar ongeval op de #A12 richting Den Haag is de weg afgesloten tussen afrit Nootdorp en knooppunt Prins Clausplein. Brandweer, ambulance en MMT zijn reeds ter plaatse. pic.twitter.com/JFfL0gKcWD Social housing associations in the Netherlands are standing firm on their insistence that the reception of Ukrainian refugees is not at the expense of those who have been waiting for a low-priced rental home for a long time Vestia and Ymere have indicated along with other housing associations that they will not withdraw any homes from their stock due to the shortage on the housing market they've said that they are helping in other ways Ymere is active in the municipalities of Amsterdam the housing association has found spaces where about a hundred displaced Ukrainians can be accommodated Amsterdam housing associations have come together to arrange five complexes where Ukrainian refugees can be housed Those buildings can be made suitable for temporary occupancy with minor renovations The corporation emphasized that regular homes are not an option for emergency shelter so it does not run through existing agreements about home seekers," said a spokesperson Amsterdam has asked all active housing associations within its municipality to find places for refugees to be accommodated a spokesperson for the Amsterdam Federation of Housing Corporations (AFWC) explained The Netherlands is faced with a tight housing market and in Amsterdam the pressure on the housing stock is even more than in other areas of the country there are not many options for offering alternative accommodation in the city a Limburg housing corporation was able to temporarily offer homes set to be demolished as refugee shelter Those spaces in Amsterdam are already being used for people who are without a home for economic reasons and who do not have issues with addiction or problems with mental health Housing and Spatial Planning Minister Hugo de Jonge has said that despite the lack of housing stock he recognizes how important it is to provide Ukrainians with emergency shelter in the short term he stressed that "all the options that are available are currently being utilized." It will be no easy feat to provide Ukrainian refugees with desperately needed housing "That is very hard work because the shortage on the housing market is of course already very great," De Jonge said He also mentioned that he would be willing to amend housing laws and regulations if this would speed up the process Vestia has said they are doing their party by offering more than fifty "guest houses" for the reception of refugees in Delft These are available to residents who have to temporarily leave their rented homes due to renovations or major maintenance work can stay Vestia also said that no homes will be withdrawn from the housing association stock Guesthouses offer a temporary solution for the reception of Ukrainian refugees but there is still no date for when refugees may be able to move in It will also depend on when those guest homes are needed for a renovation or maintenance project