Besides being a successful rapper, Fatih De Vos is also a sociologist and youth worker. He grew up in one of Ghent’s social housing in Belgium, the Rabot towers. "The Rabot towers were an important source of inspiration for my hip-hop music. It will always be the neighborhood where I feel most at home. From a purely ecological point of view and due to a lack of space, we have no choice but to build more high-rise buildings. And then the compact of high-rise buildings is a solution," Fatih says. Read the feature of our communication colleague and member from VVH, Els Matthysen.

Embarking on an inspirational journey, the social services department of central Brussels (CPAS) has turned a former abandoned and decontaminated soap factory into a ‘village’ of 42 sustainable social housing studios and small houses.

Finabita and Legacoop Abitanti are exploring the possibility to build up a consortium within the Housing Europe network to apply for EU funding. Their interest mainly focuses on upcoming calls such as the New European Bauhaus, the Affordable Housing Initiative, Horizon Europe (HORIZON), European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and the European Urban Initiative.