11 Jun

EUSEW 2025: Housing for resilient cities: empowering citizens for a clean energy transition

Session Co-Organised by the Covenant of Mayors – Europe Hybrid Session This session will explore policy tools and local best practices to ensure affordable, decarbonised […]

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Why Sufficiency matters for the EU

Why Sufficiency matters for the EU

10 targets and measures to reduce energy and resource consumption, for a competitive and secure European economy

05/05/2025

Europe is at a crossroads. In the face of growing geopolitical upheaval, the European Commission has launched a series of flagship initiatives to strengthen the […]
News
Housing rights: Metropolis of Lille’s challenges and solutions

Housing rights: Metropolis of Lille’s challenges and solutions

The European Metropolis of Lille is calling for strong action to develop affordable housing without compromising the environmental commitments

04/04/2025

 The European Metropolis of Lille needs to address a high demand for housing, 6,200 dwellings per year, in a very large area (672km2) that includes […]
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Housing rights: Utrecht’s challenges and solutions

Housing rights: Utrecht’s challenges and solutions

Utrecht is calling for funds to provide affordable housing to vulnerable people, the younger generation and the middle-class

11/03/2025

Utrecht is the fastest-growing city in The Netherlands, a place that strives to provide a high-quality life to its inhabitants. It is developing from a […]
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Housing rights: Verona’s challenges and solutions

Housing rights: Verona’s challenges and solutions

Verona calls for legislation that allows cities to make targeted interventions to address the housing crisis

04/02/2025

Tourism, lack of funds and regulation, high housing demand. This is the mix that fuels the housing crisis in Verona, one of Italy’s most popular […]
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New Portuguese law foretells nature’s next big problem: the housing crisis

Adrian Hiel, Head of Media at Energy Cities, explained to Euractiv why trading green space for housing is not a good solution to this urgent […]
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Housing Rights: Budapest’s challenges and solutions

Housing Rights: Budapest’s challenges and solutions

Budapest asks for cities to have direct access to EU funds to tackle the housing crisis

09/01/2025

Can a municipality effectively implement all the necessary measures to tackle problem such as the housing crisis and climate change without EU funds? Like other […]
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Housing Rights: A goal still out of reach

Housing Rights: A goal still out of reach

Budapest, Verona, Lille and Nantes Metropolises share issues and solutions for public housing and ask to be supported by the new EU Housing Commissioner

17/12/2024

From Spain to the Netherlands; from Italy to Ireland and Portugal, people are taking to the streets to make their anger heard: housing prices are […]