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Capital for affordable housing is needed—but without strong safeguards, it can quickly end up in the wrong hands. Denmark’s National Building Fund–self-sustaining, tenant-funded, reinvested–shows how to prevent speculation & bring social value. @epc-official.bsky.social 📺 youtu.be/zkj33jT7GOc?...

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Last week, mayors in Europe demanded from Commissioner Jørgensen & the Parliament, more EU investment in social & affordable housing, reallocation of unspent recovery funds, reforms to State Aid rules & the Stability and Growth Pact to allow for greater public investment. 💪

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In our first podcast of 2025, MEP Brigitte van der Berg and our Policy Director, Julien Dijol, discuss the fair energy transition we need, featuring plus-energy neighbourhoods in social housing—communities that generate more renewable energy than they consume. 🎧 bit.ly/41peXS5

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All eyes on Germany this Sunday. 🗳️ Rising housing costs fuel a paradoxical trend—far-right forces capitalise on cost-of-living fears but offer no real solutions. The opposition must act boldly—invest in public, cooperative & social housing or risk leaving the field open. truthout.org/articles/exp...

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At the #IMCO hearing on housing rentals, we called on MEPs in charge of consumer protection to curb speculation & steer investment toward healthy public, cooperative & social housing models. Decarbonising districts & better signals in the EU Semester are key steps forward. 14:58:00 bit.ly/3XcoidL

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🇦🇲 🇦🇹 🇦🇺 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇭🇷 🇨🇿 🇧🇻 🇪🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇸 🇮🇳 🇮🇷 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇺 🇳🇱 🇳🇿 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇨🇭 🇹🇼 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 To our incredible International Social Housing Festival community, you have truly outdone yourselves. A record 339 proposals are in—this will be an antidote to the status quo. www.socialhousingfestival.eu

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How to say "I ♥️ you" to those living through the housing crisis? 💌 Advocate for better public, cooperative, and social housing policies. 💌 Invest in long-term housing solutions that remain affordable after decades. 💌 Make homes warm, healthy, and secure for everyone.

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Housing policies on an 🌴 attractive island–what is happening in Malta? Our local partner, the Housing Authority is cutting social housing waiting lists—by building, leasing, & even recovering 228 misused or vacant homes to reallocate them to those in need. www.housingeurope.eu/housing-poli...

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Good examples are lurking everywhere and Europe has the housing solutions. The Affordable Housing Initiative Partnership, which we are coordinating, sets a critical benchmark for the first 🇪🇺 Affordable Housing Plan. Here is why 👇 sustainable-energy-week.ec.europa.eu/news/europes...

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New "Making a House a Home" podcast is in the making. We discussed with the Co-President of the 🌻 European Greens, also known as the MEP behind the recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive #EPBD, @ciarancuffe.bsky.social about the power of district renovation. Live soon. 🎧

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Congrats to Irene Tinagli, elected chair of the 🇪🇺 Parliament’s Special Committee on Housing. There is a growing realisation that leaving everything to the market will not magically deliver affordable housing. We need to dig deeper. Yes, we do. We are ready to bring the right expertise.

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Housing is at a tipping point, and voices are getting louder. Knowledge, tried policies, values & innovation must cut through the noise—especially when it comes to a fundamental right: housing. That’s what we’ve worked on our brand-new housingeurope.eu together with Karma Agency. Take a look.

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Inspiring projects on #housing wanted! ⏱️The deadline for the Responsible Housing Awards has been extended until the 15th of February to give everyone a chance to apply🏆 Read more & apply➡️https://responsiblehousing.eu #ResponsibleHousing2025 @coebank.bsky.social

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The International Social Housing Festival always brings a wealth of knowledge and new housing ideas to the forefront. It is a unique chance to connect and understand how real solutions have come to life. This is the last week to submit your event ideas. www.socialhousingfestival.eu/submissions

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🧠How can governments make smarter use of public support for housing? Our Sec-Gen, who was a member of Ireland’s Housing Commission, explains how the cost-rental model allows states to cover the true cost of providing housing—not inflated market rates. www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...

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It’s easy to say #BlueMonday is too gloomy. For a change, look at Spain PM Sánchez’s plan prioritising public housing, curbing speculation, tackling tourist rentals & supporting young people—making housing a right, not a commodity. Will others follow suit? elpais.com/espana/2025-...

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While submissions for events at the 5th International Social Housing Festival are in full swing, we are excited to connect with the community online on January 14. Get your conferences, workshops, exhibitions, study visits or performances ready by registering for the info session: bit.ly/3C6oovX

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First up the AMAZING #HastingsCommons wins a GOLD #WorldHabitatAward Yes its a #CLT, it's #CommunityLed it's #lowcarbon AND so much more - Congratulations #JessSteele Commoner at Large and everyone behind this inspirational new model world-habitat.org/world-habita... youtu.be/hCd8OL3oGW4?...

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In 2024, housing took centre stage in the EU agenda. ✅ A Housing Commissioner ✅ Commission Task Force ✅ EU Parliament Committee on Housing 2025 must be a moment to translate ambition into action that is felt by people in their daily lives. youtu.be/jkaJfF7H9Uo

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Another first 💪 This day is memorable for Housing Europe & our community as the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of creating a special committee dedicated to addressing the ongoing #housingcrisis across the EU. Big ambitions, 12 months, let's make it work.

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Having a job with a societal impact can be difficult to find. We are offering you one. Housing Europe is looking for an experienced #Communications Director to lead our Brussels-based outreach work for several months. Apply by January 12, 2025: bit.ly/49HCWhP #JobAd #BrusselsJobs #socialhousing

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@theguardian.com writes about #Copenhagen's trendy Nordhavn district, where everything is just a 5-minute stroll away. Being quite pricey, plans to increase #socialhousing from the current 20% could prevent it from becoming a gated community. Hear, hear. 👂 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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The Foundation for Access to Housing marks 15 years of impact in #Luxembourg. 🎯 Our member's work of fighting precarious housing has been crucial in a country where social housing is less than 3%. 700 #socialhousing units collaborating with 57 local authorities Staff of 52 & 1/3 of #socialworkers

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The #AffordableHousingInitiative Accelerator Programme–coordinated by Housing Europe–is offering individually designed & free training with the tools, resources & skills needed to deliver housing solutions in today's reality. Apply by the end of February & be one of the selected 15: bit.ly/4gmsa2K

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Learn how to build future #socialhousing with wood 🪵 You have the opportunity to explore how to incorporate more wood into construction through an upcoming workshop in mid-February in 🇸🇮Slovenia organised as part of our Be-WoodEN project. bit.ly/3ZlZPTw

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Congratulations, Commissioner Dan Jørgensen, and the entire College! As Europe’s housing sector takes centre stage, the big question remains: where & how do people want to live❓ Here is a glimpse into what could be your strongest ally for better housing systems. youtu.be/MrtBMO2dQQo

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Just a stone's throw away from the NATO headquarters in Evere in #Brussels, lifeless, empty office buildings are being transformed into vibrant #socialhousing at Le Jules. This is one of the 1,000 buildings that our member, SLRB has acquired since 2018. www.housingeurope.eu/resource-196...

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Public, cooperative & social housing cannot be a sector we turn to only when we see inability to take care of people fleeing wars or people sleeping rough. It is a strong basis, not a last resort. ⏳ With just days before the new College of 🇪🇺 Commissioners begins its mandate, we hope this resonates.

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We can advance a lot by getting inspired by the Austrian #limitedprofit housing model: cost-based rent, subsidies for vulnerable groups, retaining equity for re-investment. Local knowledge is key—outsiders without will struggle, our 🇦🇹 GBV member, Bernd Riessland says at 🇪🇺 EESC.

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Sorcha Edwards: 🆕 EESC report rightly shows that public, cooperative & social housing is a point of reference. Dutch #socialhousing has already invested EUR10 billion but they also must be supported by economic rules at different levels & we must build these entities where they do not exist.

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At 🇪🇺 Economic & Social Committee: MEP @mrossemp.bsky.social says 🌹the S&D Group will call on the Energy & Housing Commissioner to deliver "a firm, strong budget as part of #CohesionPolicy focusing on housing for investments to be made in #renovation & for homes in the EU to be produced publicly."

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"We need to see housing as a basic part of infrastructure that is as important as health & education. It is necessary for an efficient society where everyone can be part of the economy & society," our Sec-Gen tells Danish journalist Christoffer Frendesen bruxellesogomegn.substack.com/p/organisati...

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Housing Europe's Responsible Housing Finance Summit in 🇮🇹Milan underlines that the historical attention to #housing by the EU must offer funding only to players who promote enduring social equity & stability. Leaders urge focus on long-term impact, not speculation. #PressRelease: bit.ly/4fxAEUH

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Bring your story to the stage — your insights can paint the #NewHousingParadigm we need in Europe. ICSH, CHI & Housing Europe invite you to submit event ideas for the International Social Housing Festival in 🍀 Dublin in 2025, #ISHF2025. What & when? socialhousingfestival.eu/submissions

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