The City Is Already Built: Turning Vacant Buildings into Affordable Homes
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Fair economiesHow European cities turn vacant and underused buildings into affordable housing: practical lessons, benefits and challenges.
Join this webinar to hear how European cities are converting empty and underused buildings into affordable housing, and what opportunities, benefits, challenges and lessons come with it.
Europe’s housing crisis is deepening: too many people cannot access a decent, affordable home, while millions of buildings across Europe remain vacant or underused. Bringing these properties back into use is a practical way to expand affordable housing, reduce urban sprawl, and support climate and circular economy goals.
During the webinar, you will hear from city representatives and practitioners sharing approaches, lessons and local experience from:
- Vienna, Austria
- Budapest, Hungary
- Lille, France
- Thessaloniki, Greece
This session is for cities, municipalities, and local governments, as well as professionals working in housing, urban development, regeneration, sustainability, social policy, and finance. It is especially relevant for those looking for practical examples, city-led approaches and partnership models that can unlock affordable housing through the reuse of vacant buildings.
This webinar is part of Empty Spaces to Homes, an initiative focused on vacant buildings conversion and organized by Habitat for Humanity and supported by the 4 city networks.
