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
- Presentation of the state of play on EIB housing action and contribution to pan-European investment platform on affordable and sustainable housing – Gerry Muscat, Director, EIB & Discussion with Daniel Koerhuis, European Commission
- Discussion on potential doubling of cohesion policy funds for social and sustainable housing – with Jonathan Denness, DG Regio, European Commission (TBC)
- State of play regarding the revision of the state aid rules for social housing – Robin van Leijen, AEDES
- HE contribution to the review of the public procurement directives – Julien Dijol, Housing Europe
11:30 – 13:00
Housing Europe Observatory
- Classification (public/private, on/off balance sheet) of investment by not for profit housing providers in Austria – Gerald Kössl (GBV) followed by tour de table on what classification applies to other countries
- Preparation of the 2025 edition of the State of Housing report – Alice Pittini, Housing Europe
- Presentation of the study for the Irish Government – Dara Turnbull, Housing Europe
- Presentation of Housing Europe report on the use of Recovery and Resilience Funds – Johanne Philippe, Housing Europe
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
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
- Reaction to the new institutional landscape and update on the European Parliament Special Committee on Housing – Sorcha Edwards, Housing Europe
- Exchange of views on sustainable mobility practices with the Flemish social housing provider – Kristof Penders, Woonland
- Presentation of Housing Europe’s Climate Change Adaptation briefing briefing – Clara Mafe, Housing Europe
- Information point on the ISHF 2025 – Alexandra Latham, Housing Europe (10 mn)
- AHI call for experts – Margherita Marinelli, Housing Europe
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.