Société du Logement de la Région Bruxelles-Capitale (SLRB)

Social housing

The SLRB collects information on housing in the Brussels-Capital Region and advises providers on the market with the ultimate aim of ensuring that everyone can afford a place to live.

The Sociétés Immobilières de Service Public (SISP, public service property companies) play a major role in the field of social housing. The SLRB is tasked with recognising these companies and monitoring their activities. In addition to providing support to SISPs, the SLRB also buys land and property to build social housing.

Information and advice

The SLRB has a number of important duties:
 

• keeping a permanent inventory of housing needs in the Brussels-Capital Region. This information is used to plan new social housing projects and renovations of existing stock;
• studying housing-related problems to ensure that social housing is clean, safe, hygienic and properly equipped;
• conducting research with a view to reducing social housing construction costs and improving quality and appearance;
• running an information centre and library of housing studies and reviews;
• providing advice on housing on the request of the competent minister or secretary of state of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Sociétés immobilières de service public

The SLRB also has a number of duties with regard to SISPs:
 

• approving, funding and monitoring SISPs;
• granting loans for the development and beautification of social housing stock;
• making ground available to the SISPs to build social housing;
• where the approved companies are unable to meet demand, building and renovating social housing itself. It can also sell or lease social housing.

Info updated on 29 October 2020