Housing Europe
The European Federation of Public, Cooperative & Social Housing. Since 1988, a network of 45 members and 16 partners in 31 countries managing 25 million homes. HQ in Brussels, working towards a #NewHousingParadigm. www.housingeurope.eu
- 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. www.housingeurope.eu/guiding-euro...
- 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/j.p...
- The Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas called on the European Commission and Commissioner Dan Jørgensen to launch a new EU recovery plan dedicated exclusively to housing, warning that cities will be left exposed once the current Resilience and Recovery funding runs out. www.idealista.pt/news/imobili...
- For years, student housing was treated as a niche, seasonal issue. So much that without affordable housing, higher education has become exclusionary. EU’s new Affordable Housing Plan put students at the centre & public housing shows what works. More on it at our EP event, 02/02. tinyurl.com/4p64ws32
- In a talk between our Danish member, BL & Commissioner Dan Jørgensen, he noted Copenhagen wasn’t always liveable, but decades of dedicated housing policy show what’s possible. Time to make “affordable” an adjective, not a noun. 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?...
- 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-...
- Our Sec-Gen insisted at an event by the @epc-official.bsky.social 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. www.housingeurope.eu/as-the-eu-ra...
- 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. ✍️https://buff.ly/L0mp8uK
- 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. ✍️https://buff.ly/L0mp8uK
- Prefab and industrialised renovation are reshaping how we deliver affordable, climate-ready homes.🏡 Our Summit session looks at the tools and models making this possible.🏗️ 👉https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
- With the European Affordable Housing Plan approaching, our Decarbonisation Summit brings EU and sector leaders together to look at how we can deliver affordable, climate-neutral neighbourhoods.🏡🏘️🏡 Join us in Brussels👉https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
- 🚗What if parking took up less space — and people had more? 🏘️Our session looks at how shared mobility can open room for better housing and easier movement. 🪄Sometimes it even makes space appear where you didn’t think any was left. 📆3-4 Dec 📍Brussels ✍️https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
- How can wood construction help cut embodied carbon in housing?🏡 Our session at the Decarbonisation Summit brings together voices from the UN, public housing, industry, architecture and the New European Bauhaus to share lessons from the LIFE BE-WoodEN project.🪵 ✍️https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
- Neighbourhood renovation needs climate ambition, affordability and resident involvement to align.🏡 On 3 Dec, ARV and the Affordable Housing Initiative Partnership discuss practical cases with housing providers, architects, cities and EU policymakers. 🙋https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
- EU support for housing is a drop in the bucket & debt rules still count public housing as national debt, even as countries face tight fiscal limits. EIB’s plan to double lending is key but depends on Member States matching 50%. Will they step up? www.rte.ie/news/europe/...
- Housing is at the crossroads of Europe’s biggest challenges — climate, affordability, and community. But change is taking shape 🏘️ From neighbourhood-scale renovation to shared mobility, prefab methods, wood construction and clean heating, Europe is building a fair path to #decarbonisation.
- Were you among the 2,200 participants of the 5th International Social Housing Festival in Dublin? ☘️ As we are rolling our sleeves up for 🇵🇹ISHF 2027 in Lisbon, we would like your thoughts to guide us. Join the session on November 21 at 14:30 CET. tinyurl.com/34ayd8xf
- In the Netherlands, housing is the defining issue of today’s elections. Our State of Housing report clearly says needs will exceed supply by 1M homes by 2031. The problem is structural, not about scapegoats. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
- When Housing Europe hears financing homes, we ask who decides, who benefits & who gets left behind. We created a space for this. On 18–19 Nov 2025 in Prague, the European Responsible Housing Finance Summit will rethink how investment can serve people. www.housingeurope.eu/evenement/3r...
- Lisbon’s public housing company (and our member) Gebalis turned 30! Managing 27,000 homes across the city, it has quietly transformed lives. In a city gripped by a housing crisis, Gebalis offers stability & hope but the call for more investment, staff & new homes is growing louder.
- The European Council is finally putting housing on its agenda, a historic first. However, recognising the crisis is not the same as fixing it. Subsidiarity should not become an excuse for inaction, Housing Europe told @politico.eu. www.politico.eu/article/the-...
- Policymakers now know: renovation works best at the district level. Shared heating, renewables & common design bring scale & savings. We say, but please make it affordable. Join us on November 18 in Prague for #AffordableHousingInitiative Days to see how. shape-affordablehousing.eu/event/ahi-da...
- Europe’s next generation is running out of room. As our Sec-Gen told @artefr.bsky.social, too few public mission banks & limited-profit housing providers mean the market was left to fail on its own. Upcoming public finance should create stability, not speculation. www.arte.tv/en/videos/11...
- In 2 days, members discussed State Aid, the new EU budget, the Affordable Housing Plan, off-site renovation, wood construction, age-friendly homes & more. This reveals the strain of a sector delivering solutions amid fragmented rules & inconsistent funding. It could be different.
- Our "State of Housing in Europe 2025" shows the crisis in numbers: France needs 518k homes/year (198k social), Germany 400k, Netherlands ~1M by 2031. Production falls short. Waiting lists swell. The data shows urgency but why do politics show hesitation? www.housingeurope.eu/state-of-hou...
- #Cooperatives & the #SocialEconomy are building Europe’s housing future 🏡 From right-of-use models in 🇪🇸 to community land trusts in 🇧🇪, they combine affordability, sustainability & participation. Coops aren’t a niche — they’re essential to a fair, inclusive #HousingEurope.
- What should the 🇪🇺 EU do to better support housing cooperatives? Join the conversation online 14 Oct (10–12 CET) with MEPs, practitioners & EU partners on scaling cooperative housing across Europe. 🏡 Register here 👉 buff.ly/zu1Lp0N
- Big interest from Germany in the EU’s upcoming Affordable Housing Plan. Our big question: will municipal & non-profit housing providers, who deliver up to 30% of affordable homes in some places, be part of it? What’s the plan? 🗞️ Alina Leimbach table.media/en/europe/fe...
- Next week at the European Parliament, our "State of Housing in Europe 2025" report will show that construction is at a decade low while social housing waiting lists are swelling. We will push for answers to these tough and real questions that create lasting change, not just temporary relief.
- At the UNECE ministers’ meeting in Geneva, Housing Europe President Marco Corradi said it clearly: We’re at a crossroads. Either we invest in public, cooperative, and social housing OR we keep pretending the market will fix it all. The choice is about courage and long-term vision.
- 📅 Final day to register! On 14 Oct, the 🇪🇺 Parliament hosts a debate on how cooperatives & the social economy can shape the EU Affordable Housing Plan. From Europe’s housing diversity to real cooperative solutions for inclusive, sustainable & energy-efficient homes. 👉 buff.ly/JTYOmO2
- 📅 14 Oct, European Parliament: Debate on how cooperatives & the social economy fit into the EU Affordable Housing Plan. Shaping Europe’s housing future with affordability, sustainability, inclusion, resilience. Register by 7 Oct: buff.ly/rBs7ulM
- How are not-for-profit housing providers - Approved Housing Bodies – delivering in different parts of Europe? This report examines & compares the experience in 4 regions. Read 🏠 Unlocking potential: A Comparative Analysis of Approved Housing Body Models in the European Union buff.ly/lr2SGIT
- This #SOTEU address was an important one for housing, with President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu highlighting the social and economic effects of the housing crisis. Here's our analysis of what was said: tinyurl.com/35vehv8n
- The annual #SOTEU address this week from Ursula von der Leyen was an important one for housing. Here’s what she said (and should have said), and what it means
- 🏘️ How do we finance homes where people can truly thrive? Join us in Prague | 19 Nov for the 3rd European Responsible Housing Finance Summit. 📌 Save the date — registration opens soon! ➡️https://buff.ly/zxphKeK
- This June Housing Europe elected a new President, Marco Corradi. Get to know him (and us!) in 2 minutes.
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- 🏆 At #ISHF2025 we celebrated the #ERHA2025 winners— powerful public, social & cooperative housing initiatives driving climate justice, inclusion & community. “These are blueprints for EU housing policy.” –Matthew Baldwin “Public housing must lead.” – Bent Madsen Press release👉 tinyurl.com/3d3shz9m
- ⚡ Energy communities’ potential for the future of electricity markets: robust and green energy for all⚡ Join: 11/06/25 ~ 16:30-18:00 ~ hybrid ~ #EUSEW2025 How energy communities can deliver reliable, green power for a fair, citizen-led transition. buff.ly/mEcUTcW
- 🚨Starting now in the Auditorium 'When cities lead the way for the country: lessons from the international social housing festival hosts'. #ISHF2025 Join us to find out! ➡️https://www.socialhousingfestival.eu/programme
- The last two days at #ISHF25 have been packed with inspiring ideas💭 But the fun isn't over! Here's your selection of events this Friday. See you there! @coophousingie.bsky.social
- What are the key ingredients for a housing system that works? What will it take to deliver homes which boost social capital & competitiveness? Find out at 🧭 GUIDING EUROPE HOME: The compass for a New Housing Paradigm 🧭 Today @ 9:30 // Liffey Hall 1 // #ISHF25 buff.ly/oSSOOWa
- What an amazing first day at #ISHF25 ! Thanks to the team in Dublin and everyone who joined events. Today’s set to be even bigger and busier, with a packed lineup of events from the Housing Europe network. Don’t miss out 💬 buff.ly/1VmHXt5
- 🎉 It's here! #ISHF25 kicks off today, and we can't wait to welcome you to Dublin! 🇮🇪 🗓️ On June 4th, our network is hosting some unmissable — check the highlights below. For more more info? Stop by our stand in the exhibition hall. See you there! 👋
- Join us at #ISHF25 on 5th June for 🧭Guiding Europe Home: The Compass for a New Housing Paradigm Discover the Housing Compass, best practices in Member States & how the EU can support dedicated social and affordable housing providers. 🔗 buff.ly/oSSOOWa
- Thanks to EU Housing Commissioner Dan Joergensen for a great talk this week on why public, social & cooperative housing is Europe’s ace card. To play it, we need: 🏠 Better info 📜 Better regulation 💶 Better finance Full messages: buff.ly/MtIHhJu
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