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Vinex (''"Vierde Nota Ruimtelijke Ordening Extra"''; ''Fourth Memorandum on Extra Spacial Planning'') is a policy briefing note of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (''Ministry of VROM'') that was released in 1991.Jelte Boeijenga, Jeroen Mensink: ''Vinex Atlas'', 010 Publishers, 200 The policy designated large outer city areas for massive new housing development. Neighbourhoods built based on the note are known as ''Vinex-wijken'' (Vinex neighbourhoods). To accommodate the increasing population of the
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the Ministry of VROM determined a number of main points in the Vinex-document for the construction of new housing districts starting in 1993. New districts had to be placed near existing town centers and had to contribute to the following aims: * Endorsement of existing malls (increasing the potential number of customers) * Limiting the removals of unsatisfied inhabitants in medium-large cities * Protecting open areas by concentrating the agglomerations around existing medium-large cities * Limiting traffic between residencies, work and stores (short distances offer more possibilities for
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, bicycles and walking) The Vinex-locations also had to diminish the unfair pricing of housing. That means that certain households live in housing that is too affordable for their income and so it no longer becomes available to households with a lower income. The authorities tried to solve the shortage of
affordable housing Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on af ...
by luring wealthier households to the more expensive Vinex-locations. Nevertheless, the Vinex-locations had a determined share of affordable rentable houses.


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Google Earth Community Downloadable Google Earth placemark of Vinex-locations
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