Housing Europe was delighted to bring together its members recently to discuss the crucial issues of homelessness and housing exclusion.
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Housing Europe was invited to speak at the workshop ‘National Housing Policy in Albania: Financing for affordable housing and the role of housing agencies’ which was held on Thursday 18 of June. This online workshop was organized by the Albanian Ministry of Economy and UNECE, in cooperation with Housing Europe, UN-Habitat, UNDP Tirana and the Union for Mediterranean. The objective of the workshop was to discuss the challenges and opportunities of housing finance and the present and future role of the National Housing Agency (NHA) in Albania based on relevant international best practices. The outcomes will be used for the revision of the National Housing Strategy of Albania and the future role of the NHA and for developing local housing plans for three pilot municipalities in Albania.
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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.
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