HSP Knowledge

In this month’s HSP knowledge piece, we explore the concept of land value capture. To meet the growing urban, social, and environmental challenges of the 21st century – of which affordable housing is arguably one of the most defining - it is imperative that local authorities find new or ad...

On December 11th 2019, Housing Solutions Platform launched its new publication, 50 Out-of-the-Box Housing Solutions to Homelessness and Housing Exclusion, in the European Parliament. The event was hosted by Katrin Langensiepen MEP. What follows is a brief summary of the three event panels.

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On Monday December 9th, FEANTSA and the Fondation Abbé Pierre launched their joint thematic report on energy poverty in the European Parliament. The event was co-organised with the Right to Energy Coalition.

Mathias Maucher from the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) moderated the first...

This article presents five projects aiming to encourage undertake energy efficiency refurbishing in multi-apartments buildings. It was written based on the presentations made during an UIPI event held in February 2019.

The European Union has fixed an ambitious goal of making buildings carbo...

On 6th June, 2019, the Housing Solutions Platform held a workshop at the 2d Edition of the International Social Housing Festival in Lyon. The Housing Solutions Platform presented 4 innovative projects aimed at answering housing needs in France. The workshop was held in English, which made...

This past week, FEANTSA hosted a workshop at the 2019 FEANTSA Policy Conference in Porto, Portugal. This workshop, facilitated by Juha Kaakinen, CEO of the Y-Foundation, sought to focus on two examples of innovative housing solutions in Europe, in the framework of the “50 housing solutions...

The Onslaught of Private Investors on Social Renting

The Rassemblement Bruxellois pour le droit à l'habitat (RBDH) is a local group of about fifty associations in Brussels that defend the right to housing and indeed access to affordable housing quality .

A crisis of affordable housing

Brussel...

Investment for affordable housing: the private sector to the rescue of welfare state or taking advantage of a financial opportunity?

Inclusio is a Belgian social investment project, responding to the lack of housing for low-income households. It is a joint initiative of Kois, Bank Degroof P...

Documents from the event held on 19th February

Meeting Report (English)

Key Findings (English)

Key Findings (French)

Key Findings (German)

The report, Ethical Renting – Mobilise the Private Rental Market to Provide Social Solutions in Europe published last month by Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEA...

Are home-sharing services taking housing off the long-term rental market and therefore playing a significant role in driving up rents to unaffordable levels? Is rent rising faster in neighbourhoods where sharing economy platforms are most popular? What is the role for cities and rental-pla...