European Manifesto to Lead the Way out of the Housing Crisis

20.02.2024

Housing Europe urges EU policymakers to follow 3 steps and ensure that affordable and decent housing becomes, and stays, a reality for all.

Read the Manifest A European Manifesto to Lead the Way Out of the Housing Crisis.

On January 25, 100 public, cooperative and social housing providers, policymakers at European and local level, researchers and fellows committed to fair homes are calling for change at the heart of the EU, the European Parliament.

The past half-decade has been one of the most disruptive periods for the European continent in recent memory.

In the light of the European elections of June 2024, it is of the utmost importance that European, national, and local policymakers adopt an integrated approach towards tackling both the social exclusion, which has resulted from a lack of affordable housing, and the need to significantly reduce the carbon footprint in the European residential stock.

The public, cooperative, and social housing sector can play a pivotal role in ensuring a socially and sustainably inclusive future for people in Europe.

The EU has a wide variety of tools through which it can either incentivise socially inclusive and sustainable housing systems or exacerbate the current housing crisis. By following 3 steps, the EU can play a pivotal role in ensuring that affordable and decent housing becomes, and stays, a reality for all.