Public Management Right
What is the Public Management Right?
The Public Management Right (Droit de Gestion Publique) enables a Public Management Operator to take over temporary management of an unoccupied or substandard property, renovate it and rent it out at a reduced rate for a minimum period of 9 years.
On 23 March 2022, the Brussels Parliament adopted an Opens in new windowordinance amending the Housing Code with regard to the public management right and unoccupied housing (effective from 23 December 2022). The ordinance Opens in new windowclarifies the procedure and strengthens the tools and resources available to Public Management Operators to activate this mechanism more effectively.
For which type of housing?
- Unoccupied properties.
- Housing banned from rental by the Regional Housing Inspectorate (DIRL).
- Housing declared uninhabitable (Art.135).
Who can activate it?
- The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region.
- The 19 Public Centres for Social Welfare (PCSW) in the Brussels-Capital Region.
- Autonomous municipal authorities.
- The Land Management Agency (Régie Foncière) of the Brussels-Capital Region.
- The Brussels Regional Public Service (SPRB)
For what purpose?
The objective of the public management right is to carry out the necessary renovations to bring the property up to the standards required by the Housing Code so that it can be rented to tenants who:
- are eligible for social housing;
AND- are forced to leave a property that does not meet or no longer meets the requirements for sanitation, safety and facilities;
OR - whose property has been the subject of a rental ban by
order of the mayor.
- are forced to leave a property that does not meet or no longer meets the requirements for sanitation, safety and facilities;
A regional unit at your service
The Redevelopment Unit of the Regional Service for Unoccupied Housing is a multi-disciplinary team comprised of legal experts, administrative managers, architects and construction supervisors.
It provides legal, technical, administrative and financial support to Public Management Operators in their efforts to return unoccupied housing to the rental market.
Steps of the public management right
Our practical guide for professionals explains the step-by-step procedure for implementing the public management right and how the Redevelopment Unit can assist you in your efforts:
- Analysis - Appropriateness of the operation
- Visit - Diagnosis of the property
- Preliminary studies - Feasibility
- Management proposal - Analysis of owner's feedback
- Management takeover - Administrative procedures
- Renovation - Framework agreement and works
- Rental- Rental management
- End of management - End of procedure
Downloads (only available in French and Dutch)
Guide and brochure
Documents
- Courrier de demande de visite(DOCX / 30.44 KB)
- Courrier de demande de visite – dernier rappel(DOCX / 34.49 KB)
- Formulaire de demande d’autorisation auprès du Tribunal de police(DOCX / 41.14 KB)
- Proposition de prise en gestion à destination des propriétaires(DOCX / 39.5 KB)
- Contrat de gestion type(DOCX / 36.37 KB)
- Notification de prise en gestion publique(DOCX / 42.47 KB)
- Contrat de gestion type quand plusieurs titulaires(DOCX / 42.49 KB)
- Notification de prise en gestion publique quand plusieurs titulaires(DOCX / 38.82 KB)
- Mise en demeure (réponse insuffisante)(DOCX / 93.61 KB)
- Mise en demeure (absence de réponse)(DOCX / 50.24 KB)
- Notification au Service de l’Urbanisme communal(DOCX / 91.56 KB)
- Courrier d’accompagnement de la notification du droit de gestion publique(DOCX / 91.45 KB)
- Rapport annuel à destination du propriétaire(DOCX / 29.56 KB)
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Legal basis
- Opens in new windowDecree of 10 November 2022 implementing Articles 15 to 19 of the Brussels Housing Code
- Opens in new windowOrdinance of 31 March 2022 amending the Brussels Housing Code with regard to the public management right and unoccupied housing
- Opens in new windowOrdinance of 12 December 1991 creating budgetary funds