Housing Europe’s Annual Conference, titled "From West to East: Building a brighter housing future," convenes on 5 June 2026 in Trieste, Italy, to address Europe’s housing challenges amid wars, rising living costs, and social tensions. The event emphasizes cross-border learning among public, cooperative, and social housing providers to develop practical solutions, such as rebuilding housing in Ukraine, establishing revolving funds for sustainable investment, reactivating vacant homes, and enhancing neighborhood inclusion.
Organized by Housing Europe—the representative body for public, cooperative, and social housing providers—in collaboration with Federcasa (Italy’s public housing federation) and ATER Trieste (the country’s oldest public housing authority), the half-day conference targets housing leaders, policymakers, and practitioners. Key topics include the core elements of effective housing systems, rebuilding war-affected areas, accelerating housing delivery while prioritizing communities, and recovering empty homes. Speakers feature Marco Corradi (President of Housing Europe), Roberto Dipiazza (Mayor of Trieste), Marco Buttieri (President of Federcasa), Daniele Mosetti (President of ATER Trieste), Irene Tinagli (MEP and Chair of the HOUS Committee), Vadym Boychenko (de jure Mayor of Mariupol, Ukraine), Andres Jaadla (Chairman of the Estonian Union of Cooperative Housing Associations), Adam Czerniak (Deputy President of the Polish National Real Estate Resource), Liesbeth Spies (President of the Dutch Association of Housing Corporations), Črtomir Remec (Director at Housing Fund of the Republic of Slovenia), and regional councillors Cristina Amirante and Giovanni Paglia.
Held from 9:30 to 13:00 CET at Teatro Verdi (Ridotto Room), the conference aims to foster shared knowledge, solidarity, and cooperation, reconnecting housing policy to empowering people, strengthening communities, and restoring future confidence through leadership and faster social-oriented acti