The fundamental 'building blocks' of good housing governance
Podcast with with Dr Julie Lawson, #Housing2030 Lead Writer and Honorary Associate Professor at RMIT University
Welcome to ‘Making a house a home’ - the podcast of Housing Europe, the European federation of public, cooperative and social housing providers. You are listening to the 7th episode of Housing 2030 - the joint international initiative of housing experts from over 56 governments through UNECE and UN-Habitat and 43,000 affordable housing providers represented by Housing Europe. I am Diana Yordanova and I hope you will dive into the ‘new season’ of our Housing 2030 mini-series which will be looking at governance.
EP 2 with the Brussels Office of the City of Vienna
The Affordable Housing Initiative (AHI) - part of the EU Renovation Wave - that will pilot 100 lighthouse renovation districts focuses on creating quality, liveable, affordable homes for people and will mobilise cross-sectoral project partnerships. The initiative is still a blank page, let’s shape it together.
A draft law on Student Cooperatives has been initiated in Polish Parliament
It has now been 121 years since Students Cooperatives in Poland have been playing a significant role in raising awareness amongst young people, running a self-governed organization, learning about democracy, economic and financial issues. Nowadays, around 6,000 student cooperatives have been established and the interest towards them is growing. To function better, the need of a legally regulated status has been recognized by the Polish authorities and a draft law has been proposed.
