On July 1st, two HOUSEFUL co-creation workshops took place for the Demo building 4 in Vienna. This workshop was organized by Neues Leben and moderated online by WE&B. Housing Europe participated and was joined by Austrian HOUSEFUL partners. A wide-range representation of various interest groups could be achieved, among them Housing Europe member GBV and other practitioners within the housing sector, from researchers to local architects and financiers. The session aimed at detecting the chances, accelerators and obstacles for circular housing in the Viennese context.
First 2 weeks at Housing Europe and a first business trip to VVH in Antwerp
Our new Communications Director, Diana Yordanova shares her experience
Only two weeks after embarking on a new journey - to communicate about the need of affordable, sustainable homes as part of Housing Europe’s team - I hopped on a train to Antwerp together with our Secretary General, Sorcha Edwards and colleague Clara Mafé, responsible for our OurHomesOurDeal initiative to meet our member in Flanders.
Housing Exchanges: Members Webinar Series | EU Green Recovery
The EU green recovery and the contribution of the public, cooperative and social housing sector.
The public, cooperative and social housing sector forms the 11%
of the total housing stock and is a key player in the green and
fair transition. In the renovation roadmaps coming from the European
Commission, public, cooperative and social housing has been
identified as one of the key tools for recovery, particularly because it’s a labour-intensive sector. The aim of this webinar was to hear about the expectations of the European Commission from the sector and what can be used from the EU as added value from Housing Europe members. But also, to identify any potential economic gaps and whether the existing financial tools are going to help in covering those gaps: renovation of social housing through the Structural Funds, InvestEU, Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Just Transition Fund.
