Housing Europe members and partners gather twice a year for the Working Committee meetings. The 2025 spring session of our Social Affairs, Urban Affairs, Observatory, Economics, Finance & Internal Market, and Energy, Construction & Standardisation Committees will take place in Brussels on the 19th and 20th March.

EXCLUSIVE FOR HOUSING EUROPE MEMBERS & PARTNERS

Meeting venue for DAY 1 & 2: Manhattan Centre,  Av. du Boulevard 21, 1210 Bruxelles

DRAFT AGENDA

19 March 2025 (Wednesday)

11:00 – 12:30
Social Affairs Working Committee

  • Exchange of views/practices on the involvement of tenants in key decisions/activities
  • Disability Housing Solutions for Independent Living project: state of play
  • EPOCH – DG EMPL / FEANTSA/ Experience from Austria (GBV)

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch break

13:30 -15:00
Energy, Construction, Standardisation

  • Exchange of views/Practices on modular construction
  • Exchange of views on the potential of heat pumps for decarbonization (project install.res)
  • State of play of the implementation of the EU EnergyDirectives

15:30 – 17:30
Field visit about modular construction in Flanders – Woontrots (Tervueren)

Meeting point: Manhattan Centre (Brussels) Bus transfer to Tervueren

19:30
Dinner

20 March 2025 (Thursday)

9:30 – 11:00
Economics, Finance, Internal Market Committee

  • State of play regarding the revision of the State Aid rules for social housing
  • Housing Europe contribution to the review of the Public Procurement Directive
  • Presentation of the new EIB/EC investment platform

11:30 – 13:00
Housing Europe Observatory

  • State of housing 2025

14:00 – 15:30
Urban Affairs Committee

  • Update on the new institutional landscape for housing at the EU level: European Parliament’s Special Committee on Housing and the European Commission Task Force on Housing
  • Exchange of views on sustainable mobility practices with the Flemish social housing provider, Woonland
  • Presentation of Housing Europe’s Climate Change Adaptation briefing
  • State of play of the International Social Housing Festival
  • Affordable Housing Initiative call for experts
REGISTER

If you would like to add a topic to our agenda, please reach out to our Policy Director, Julien Djiol.

For questions on logistics and the roll-out of the Working Committees, get in touch with our Events and Membership Coordinator, Abderrahim Khairi.