50 Housing Solutions for the Locked Out, Brussel

Atomium in Brussel
© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
datum 11 december 2019
plaats Brussel, België
aanwezigen (Matt) Carthy i, (Katrin) Langensiepen i e.a.
organisatie Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie (Groenen/EVA) i

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INTRODUCTION

Widespread cuts in housing prices and social budgets mean more and more people are "locked out" of the housing market. This Dec 11 we publish a collection of 50 innovative and daring examples of housing solutions for the locked out in the EU. How can the European Union move forward to address the housing and homelessness crisis? What role for Invest EU?

PROGRAMME

16:00

Welcome by facilitated by Freek Spinnewijn (FEANTSA’s director)

Katrin Langensiepen MEP and Matt Carthy MEP

Bjorn Mallants (Housing Europe board member)

Pascale Taminiaux, Senior project coordinator, King Baudoin Foundation

Juha Kahila, Project coordinator, Y-Foundation (tbc)

16:20

Presentation of the 50 Solutions

Overall presentation by Clotilde Clark-Foulquier, HSP Coordinator

Q&A

16:30

Working together: examples of innovative cooperation for housing solutions

moderated by Emmanuelle Causse, Director of European Affairs, UIPI

Innovative legal mechanisms

  • Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre-Aznar, Director of the UNESCO Chair of Housing

Cities addressing homelessness

  • Anne Kinni, Senior Social Instructor, City of Helsinki
  • Tom Pedersen Rønning, Housing strategy consultant, Odense municipality’s

Renovating inadequate or underused housing stock

  • Gyorgy Sumeghy, Associate Director, Habitat for Humanity International
  • Richard Howat, Chief Executive, Scottish Churches Housing Action

Matching housing needs and social needs

  • Daniela Unterholzner, managing director, neuneurimmo
  • Daniel Rysavka, Director EU Public Affairs, Erste Bank
  • Virginie Toussain, USH, 10 000 logements HLM

Q&A

17:20

Panel discussion - from local action to European policies, how to address unmet housing needs?

Moderated by Ruth Owen, FEANTSA Policy coordinator

  • Katarina Ivanković-Knežević, Director, DG EMPL, European Commission
  • Ricardo Barranco and Sjoerdje Van-Heerden, Joint Research Council
  • Samir Kulenovic, Council of Europe Development bank (tbc)
  • Christophe Poline, Director social investment, Schneider Electric (tbc)
  • Michael Newey, Broadland Housing Group’s Chief Executive, former Global President of the Royal Institution of Chartered

Q&A

18:15

Conclusion

Sorcha Edwards, Secretary General, Housing Europe

Freek Spinnewijn, director, FEANTSA


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Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie (Groenen/EVA)

In de fractie van De Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie (EVA) werken sinds 1999 Groenen en regionale groeperingen ('vertegenwoordigers van stateloze naties') uit verschillende Europese landen met elkaar samen in het Europees Parlement i. De Groenen/EVA streven naar een Europa met meer oog voor mensenrechten, milieu en een open bestuur. Ook vertegenwoordigen zij enkele regionale partijen.

De fractie wordt door 72 Europarlementariërs uit 18 landen en 3 regio's vertegenwoordigd, het hoogste aantal dat zij ooit heeft behaald. Daarmee is zij de op vier na grootste fractie in het Europees Parlement.

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