The event is the first day of the Affordable Housing Initiative’s final conference, focused on how district-level approaches to housing renovation can be expanded across Europe. It is scheduled for 3 December 2026 at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels, with Diana Yordanova of Housing Europe as master of ceremonies. [Page metadata; event-page excerpt] The event-page content could not be independently retrieved, so its supplied metadata and excerpt are used for these event-specific details.
The conference addresses the combined pressures of housing affordability and the need to renovate Europe’s building stock as part of the transition to climate neutrality. Its central proposition is to treat neighbourhoods as connected systems, bringing housing together with energy, mobility and public space, rather than tackling these areas through separate policies. [Page metadata; event-page excerpt]
Day 1 will review four years of the Affordable Housing Initiative, including model approaches developed through the programme, needs analyses from its Lighthouse Districts and ways to address financial and coordination barriers to district renovation. It will also consider how pilot districts can be replicated in different local contexts, how funding from public and private sources can be combined, and how residents can shape projects affecting their communities. [Page metadata; event-page excerpt]
The intended audience includes organisations and practitioners involved in social and affordable housing, local renovation and neighbourhood planning, alongside public authorities and financing actors. The wider Initiative supports local housing projects through technical and innovation capacity, project support, partnerships and capacity-building. 1213 In its first phase, the SHAPE-EU consortium supported 22 districts, developed renovation blueprints, offered mentoring and financial guidance, and organised study visits. 1114