Housing Europe

In 4 years, more than 2.5m homes in Ukraine, 13% of the stock, have been damaged or destroyed, with at least €72bn needed for reconstruction. Will rebuilding it restore the past or lay the foundations for a new housing paradigm? Read 🇺🇦 State of Housing housingeurope.eu/state-of-ho…

Public, cooperative & social housing providers face high costs to build parking spaces that are often under-used as well as rigid parking requirements to prioritise homes over cars. A lot can be done to change this pattern. Join us on March 5 - tinyurl.com/5662e6eu @mrossemp

The Parliament has its own plan against the housing crisis. In it we saw progress for public, cooperative, and social housing, but key safeguards are still missing. Read our view - tinyurl.com/5n8m5z58

With the EU Affordable Housing Plan now on the table, our debate at the European Parliament (2 February) clearly showed that we need to guide Europe home with substance and public purpose to define our common housing response. Read how. housingeurope.eu/guiding-eur…

Today at 15:00 CET, at the European Parliament, public, cooperative and social housing providers from all corners of Europe take the floor to discuss the EU Affordable Housing Plan. 📺 Watch the live stream here. europarl.webex.com/europarl/…

Lisbon's Mayor, Carlos Moedas called on the European Commission & Commissioner Jørgensen to launch a new EU recovery plan dedicated exclusively to housing, warning that cities will be left exposed once the current Resilience & Recovery funding runs out. idealista.pt/news/imobiliari…

For years, student housing was treated as a niche, seasonal issue. So much that higher education has become exclusionary. EU’s new Affordable Housing Plan put students at the centre & public housing shows what works. More on this at our EP event, Feb 2. housingeurope.eu/from-dorms-…

In a talk between @almeneboliger & Commissioner @DanJoergensen, he noted Copenhagen wasn’t always liveable, but decades of dedicated housing policy show what’s possible. Time to show in 2026 that we learn from history. youtu.be/Asox5jafeKg

Our Housing Europe team closes 2025 with gratitude to all of you who supported more decent and fairer homes throughout the year. 🫶 Watch what our Secretary General, Sorcha Edwards has to tell you. youtu.be/-MRfEDpDKZk?si=g2ID…

Housing Europe sees the EU Affordable Housing Plan as a 1st step to build a framework allowing Europe to join forces. Success will depend on local capacity to meet diverse housing needs, and public, cooperative and social housing should remain central. housingeurope.eu/new-era-for…

Up for a watch party? We will be glued to the screen from 15:00 CET today, as the EU Affordable Housing Plan is presented for the very first time. Not your typical binge-watch but one that would be decisive for homes in Europe. europarl.europa.eu/plenary/e…

Our Sec-Gen insisted at an event by the @epc_eu that Europe must ensure efficiency gains reach households. Private finance has a role, but public interest cannot be sidelined, especially through public-private partnerships that risk favouring private over social outcomes.

More and better decarbonised homes are not a contradiction if policy chooses to treat public, cooperative, and social housing as the backbone of a long-term investment strategy. Read about our Decarbonisation Summit last week. housingeurope.eu/as-the-eu-r…

Join the Decarbonisation Summit — days before the European Affordable Housing Plan🏘️ • neighbourhood renovation • shared mobility • prefabrication • bio-based construction • fair clean heating The sector is delivering, just ask and give the tools. ✍️tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu

Hot as the sun or cold as ice — heat pumps can help, when they’re affordable and accessible. Our Summit session looks at what it takes to make clean heating work for all households.🏡 Can’t join in Brussels? It will be streamed. ✍️tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu

Make room for a new wave on the block🏗️ Prefab & industrialised #renovation can speed up deep renovation and new delivery while keeping 🏠 affordable. Our Summit session looks at how modular, off-site&digital solutions can scale up climate-ready housing. 👉tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu

🏡Ahead of the European Affordable Housing Plan, next week’s Summit brings together EU and sector leaders to discuss how Europe can deliver affordable, climate-neutral neighbourhoods. A strong line-up for a crucial moment. Join us in Brussels👉housingeurope.eu/evenement/d…

🚗Less space for parking — and more for people? At the Summit we look at how shared mobility can free up space and support affordable #housing. Sometimes it even makes space appear where you didn’t think any was left🪄 📆3 Dec 📍Brussels ✍️tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu

Private finance in housing… isn’t really private? Ops! 😯 Instead, we are talking about public-interest finance wearing private-sector clothes and not Wall Street. Bust the myth with our new paper on the optimal use of private finance 👉housingeurope.eu/how-to-use-…

Surprise, surprise. The 3rd Responsible Housing Finance Summit in Prague is already showing that Europe can only deliver affordable homes with long-term support for existing and successful housing systems, and structural backing for those that are still emerging.