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elongs to the responsibilities of the this article, we look at social housing in Flanders, the largest of the three Belgian regions. Compared to many European countries, the share of social housing in the housing stock(%) in Flanders is housing is supplied mainly by private anizations, which work within a rather tight regulatory are largely subsidised by the Flemish social housing supply is mainly targeted towards lower ine households, which pay inedependent rents. This article starts with a description of different definitions and models of social housing and the way the Flemish social housing sector is characterized until now Next a brief historical overview of social housing policy in Belgium and Flanders is given,the current debate on social housing in Flanders is briefly described and recent figures on the profile of Flemish social housing are a next section the Flemish social rented sector is positioned in the international article ends with a discussion of policy contribution is largely based on a research carried out for the Flemish government first half of reason behind the study was the intention of the Minister of Housing to reform the regulatory framework of Flemish social researchers were asked to advise the Minister concerning demarcation of the target group, the allocation system, rent setting and the degree of local autonomy regarding rent setting and results of the study are available in Winters et al.(2021). of social housing The term??social housing??covers a wide range of initiatives within Europe,aimed at good quality, affordable has been written in the literature about the need and definition of social and More (1997) claim that social housing is needed when the socially desired needs for housing exceed the effectively desired demand for general, it is agreed that this means affordable housing for vulnerable further search of the literature produces various definitions of social housing (see, for example, Oxley 2021).What is noticeable is that views are far from , for example, social housing can refer to both renting and purchasing. The unchangeable reality of the citystate are nevertheless its land limitations of only 700 square kilometres, as a result of which the public housing?s highdensity and highrise form is likely to be retained. Yet, this form is sustainable given its inherent popularity and established owner of those homes can be a public or private owner and can be looking to make a profit in his business management, or , the affordability of housing can be arranged by supply subsidies as well as demand the remainder of this article we hold the following definition:all rental dwellings allocated by need and not by market mechanisms. Social housing has different shapes in different countries; social housing as a universalistic and a safety model are distinguished for the universalistic model a difference can be made between social housing as for emp