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This report explores diverse financing strategies for social housing across 27 European countries, highlighting innovative funding mechan...
Finance for Affordable Housing: Review of Policy and Practice in Europe
EqualHouse
2025 · September
This resource explores transdisciplinary approaches to address Europe's pressing affordable housing crisis and sustainability challenges.
Transdisciplinarity for Affordable and Sustainable Housing
Edicions La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull
2026 · March
Explore Europe's housing crisis, revealing affordability challenges, policy impacts, and diverse governance structures.
Access to Affordable and Quality Housing for All People
ESPON
2025 · November
This report analyzes how institutional investors drive housing financialization, affecting affordability across seven European cities.
Housing policy under the conditions of financialisation - The impact of institutional investors on affordable housing in European Cities
Sciences Po Urban School
2023 · June
Explore innovative financing mechanisms for social housing across Europe, addressing affordability and market challenges.
Financing Social Rented Housing in Europe
EqualHouse
2025 · September
This resource reveals how strategic land policies can dramatically influence housing affordability and equity.
Land Policy Instruments for the Provision of Social and Affordable Housing
EqualHouse
2025 · January
Housing is a human right intertwined with environmental justice, demanding a systemic transformation for sustainability.
Modern housing - An environmental common good
Council on Urban Initiatives
2024
Manchester's property-led development model exacerbates inequalities, capturing wealth while failing to provide affordable housing.
Centripetal Cities: A critique of supply-side urban development
SSRN
2026 · February
House prices in London are now 13 times median earnings, highlighting severe affordability issues.
Banking on Property - What is driving the housing affordability crisis and how to solve it
Positive Money
2022 · March
The EU's housing policies significantly contribute to rising rents, homelessness, and gentrification across member states.
Housing in the EU: The EU as a Commodifying Force
Institute for International Political Economy Berlin
2025
This study reveals how data practices in housing cooperatives can enhance sustainability and community engagement.
Management, Cooperation, and Sustainability: Unpacking the Data Practices of Housing Cooperatives
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2025 · April
Explore Europe's shifting real estate landscape amid geopolitical tensions, evolving investment strategies, and emerging sectors.
Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Europe 2026
PwC
2026
Explore how Italian regional public agencies struggle with social housing management amid critical maintenance challenges.
Process View to Innovate the Management of the Social Housing System: A Multiple Case Study
Sustainability
2022 · July
Explore EU funding opportunities, including support for social enterprises and innovative projects across Europe.
The 2026 European Funding Toolkit For Social Enterprises And Their Support Organisations
Euclid Network
2025
Discover how adaptive reuse can address the housing crisis and enhance urban sustainability in the Netherlands.
Adaptive Reuse for Housing
Delft University of Technology
2025
Czechia and Poland face rising housing costs, impacting affordability for low-income households significantly.
Housing Reforms in Czechia and Poland
OECD
2025
The summit highlights Europe's urgent housing crisis, emphasizing financial frameworks and collaboration for sustainable solutions.
2025 Responsible Housing Finance Summit in Prague
Housing Europe
2025 · December
Global corporate landlords have intensified tenant struggles, leading to new demands for housing justice and policy reforms.
Global corporate landlordism and a new cycle of tenant contention
Urban Studies
2025 · August
Discover how cooperatives tackle global challenges, promote sustainability, and enhance community well-being through democratic participa...
Facts and Figures of the Cooperatives (Focus on Germany)
DGRV
2025
Co-housing can optimize energy systems and promote social cohesion while addressing urban challenges.
Learning from co-housing initiatives — Between Passivhaus engineers and active inhabitants
Delft University of Technology
2017
Despite stable housing affordability indicators, market renters face increasing cost burdens and poverty risks.
Housing affordability and poverty in Europe: on the deteriorating position of market renters
Cambridge University Press
2024 · January
Institutional landlords in Europe have doubled housing asset values, worsening affordability for citizens.
The Financialization of Housing in Europe - My Home is an Asset Class
The Greens/EFA
2022 · January
Citizens in the EU show initial reluctance to downsize living spaces despite potential benefits.
Living smaller: acceptance, effects and structural factors in the EU
Buildings & Cities
2024 · June
Explore how housing cooperatives adapt across diverse global contexts, influencing housing systems and affordability.
Housing cooperatives, housing systems and the state. Historical lessons from Europe, Australia and Latin America
Housing Studies
2025 · September
This report reveals real estate's 40% share of global CO2 emissions and urgent retrofitting needs.
Managing Transition Risk in Real Estate: Aligning to the Paris Climate Accord
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
2022 · March
Discover Europe's cautious optimism amid geopolitical tensions, evolving finance landscapes, and emerging real estate sectors for 2025.
Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Europe 2025
Urban Land Institute
2025
Regional disparities in social housing reveal severe affordability challenges, especially post-COVID-19.
Social and affordable housing in Europe: A market gap analysis
Council of Europe Development Bank
2025 · July
Housing cooperatives play a crucial role in circular economy transitions, overcoming market failures through collective governance.
Enabling and embedding circularity goals in housing cooperatives
Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances
2025 · June
This review uncovers six key socio-economic factors influencing sustainable housing and proposes a four-step circular framework.
A review of circular industrialised construction for sustainable and affordable housing: Towards a process-driven framework
Sustainable Cities and Society
2025 · September
Explore innovative policies addressing vacant housing, including community-driven district renovations and financial incentives.
Tools to Deal with Vacant Housing
Housing Europe
2023 · September
Over 100 million people in the UNECE region struggle with housing affordability, spending over 40% of their income.
#Housing2030 Effective policies for affordable housing in the UNECE region
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
2021
Explore urban debates on remote work's impact, transport localization, and the evolving role of cultural institutions.
Cities in the 2020s - Urban Age Debates
London School of Economics and Political Science
2022
Discover how 89 cities enhance innovation capacity through strategic partnerships, data management, and leadership.
Enhancing Innovation Capacity in City Government
OECD
2019
The study reveals that economic flexibility drives shared housing needs for transnational professionals in Moscow and London.
Housing for highly mobile transnational professionals: evolving forms of housing practices in Moscow and London
Mobilities
2021 · September
Discover how Community Land Trusts are transforming housing affordability and social cohesion across Europe.
Urban Community Land Trust in Europe
CLT Brussels
2020
Discover innovative urban strategies prioritizing inclusivity, sustainability, and community engagement for happier cities.
How to build a better City in 2021
A City Made By People
2021
Discover how Europe can boost innovation and tackle investment challenges while leading the green transition.
EIB Investment Report 2024/2025
European Investment Bank
2025
Cohousing enhances social support and community, significantly improving health and wellbeing outcomes.
The effects of cohousing model on people’s health and wellbeing: a scoping review
BioMed Central
2020 · October
Discover how the EIB Forum addresses Europe's housing crisis, emphasizing innovative financing and sustainability.
European Investment Bank Group Forum 2025
EIB (European Investment Bank) on YouTube
2025 · March
Explore how cooperative housing models can enhance social inclusion and address the affordability crisis.
Housing Needs and Cooperative Housing Models: A Scoping Review
Euricse
2025
Housing affordability in the EU is worsening, driven by urbanisation and rising costs, impacting low-income households significantly.
Housing affordability and sustainability in the EU
European Construction Sector Observatory
2019 · November
Housing exacerbates socio-economic inequality, highlighting stark divides between renters and homeowners globally.
Housing as an engine of inequality and the role of policy
International Journal of Housing Policy
2025 · January
The housing crisis is driving political alienation among youth, delaying family formation and worsening mental health.
How to lose friends and alienate people: The social and political consequences of Europe’s housing crisis
European View
2024
Discover how reducing living space can enhance urban sustainability while addressing social norms and market barriers.
Living smaller: acceptance, effects and structural factors in the EU | Buildings & Cities
Buildings & Cities
2024 · June
Co-living, driven by corporate ideologies, legitimizes precarious housing while promising community and flexibility.
Housing ideology and urban residential change: The rise of co-living in the financialized city
SAGE Publications
2024 · October
Advocates innovative housing approaches, focusing on community ties and environmental impact.
Assemble Papers
Media
Melbourne, Australia
Social housing comprises over 28 million dwellings globally, yet faces significant affordability challenges.
Social Housing Policy Brief
OECD
2023 · September
Co-operatives face unique capital challenges, balancing member needs with financial sustainability and regulatory demands.
The Capital Conundrum for Co-operatives
International Co-operative Alliance
2021 · November
Discover how impact investing in real estate addresses social inequality and environmental challenges effectively.
Think Europe - Impact Investing im Immobiliensektor
Nuveen
2020 · September
Discover how co-living models challenge traditional renting and promote community-focused living experiences.
Redesigning Renting: Housing as a Service
Assemble Papers
2019 · May
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