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🇵🇹 Portugal
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European cities share policy insights, legal hurdles, funding tricks, and inclusive housing models for collaborative living.
NETCO Network of Cities for Collaborative Housing - 2023-2024 Peer Exchanges Policy Recommendations
Network of Cities for Collaborative Housing
2024 · April
Explores EU‑funded RE‑DWELL project’s cross‑sector collaboration, co‑design methods, and sustainable housing policies.
Transdisciplinarity for Affordable and Sustainable Housing
Edicions La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull
2026 · March
EU housing crisis: rents up 28.8%, house prices surged 60.5%, 1.3 million homeless, ambitious EU solutions.
REPORT on the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
European Parliament
2026
Europe faces soaring rents, 30‑year mortgages, tourism‑driven shortages; EU launches new homes agenda.
Access to Affordable and Quality Housing for All People
ESPON
2025 · November
EU fuels housing commodification via mortgage liberalisation, capital markets, and competition law, deepening inequality.
Housing in the EU: The EU as a Commodifying Force
Institute for International Political Economy Berlin
2025
Maps EU grant/instrument routes for social economy, plus 2028–2034 shifts and ESF+ updates.
The 2026 European Funding Toolkit For Social Enterprises And Their Support Organisations
Euclid Network
2025
EU OpenHeritage research distills nine reuse labs, commons governance, and inclusive financing for neglected sites.
Open Heritage - Community-Driven Adaptive Reuse in Europe: Best Practice
Birkhäuser
2025 · December
OECD‑EU report shows social economy employs 11.5m Europeans, pioneering affordable housing and circular building solutions.
Social Economy in Europe: Contributing to Competitiveness and Prosperity, Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
OECD/European Union
2025
Mayors’ survey shows housing priority surge; handbook cites €270B gap and 10-city pilots.
Housing for the Common Good: Rooting European Efforts in Local Approaches
Eurocities, Heinrich Böll Stiftung
2025 · September
Resident-led clusters enable micro-heat networks, shared renewables, and semi-public gardens—yet face rigid planning regimes.
Learning from co-housing initiatives — Between Passivhaus engineers and active inhabitants
Delft University of Technology
2017
Parliament study maps STR rules, data gaps, and 2026 platform data-sharing law shaping city enforcement.
The regulatory aspects of short-term rentals in the EU
European Parliament
2025 · September
Tax loopholes and REIT regimes funnel billions into funds, triggering evictions from Berlin to Milan.
Europe’s governments inflate housing prices with huge tax privileges for real estate
Investigate Europe
2022 · December
Portugal study links Airbnb expansion to price rises in Lisbon/Porto historic centers after 2014 reforms.
The impact of Airbnb on residential property values and rents: Evidence from Portugal
Regional Science and Urban Economics
2021 · March
2018 zoning freeze cut values 8%, with 20% drops for two-bedroom homes; Airbnb listings unchanged.
Short-Term Rental Bans and Housing Prices: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Lisbon
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
2022 · November
Benchmarks 75 city prices, Amsterdam needs 15.4 salaries; Luxembourg rents hit €43.4/m² monthly.
Property Index - Overview of European Residential Markets
Deloitte
2025 · August
Case studies of ethical banks, anti-speculation foundations, crowdfunding and CLTs securing long-term community-run civic spaces.
Funding the Cooperative City: Community Finance and the Economy of Civic Spaces
Cooperative City Books
2017
Official overburden rates fall, yet 14% face 30/40 stress; renters and young adults hit hardest.
Housing affordability: Approaches to measurement and key data insights
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
2025 · September
Claims 300km² empty space, 1,000km² brownfields; mid-teens returns; taskforces to scale private regeneration.
Urban Regeneration - Turning obsolescence into value for society, nature, climate – and investors
Systemiq
2024 · September
Atlas of reparative housing practices—from Lagos building occupations to European co-housing and queer elder cooperatives.
A map of imaginations for broader housing futures
Hub for Housing Justice
2025 · August
Ten case studies show land leases, public guarantees, and equity caps keeping resident-run homes affordable.
International policies to promote cooperative housing
La Dinamo Fundació
2020 · April
Data from 26 cities shows apartments exceed low wages; Vienna’s social housing bucks trend.
Europe’s rents are on the rise: Who’s hardest hit? - European Data Journalism Network - EDJNet
European Data Journalism Network
2025 · February
