Towards a European Affordable Housing Plan that is fair and sustainable
The European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) presents an opportunity to address the multiple housing crises affecting millions of people across the EU by delivering solutions that work for people and nature.
In the past 15 years, house prices in the EU increased by nearly 58% and rents by 28%. The knee-jerk reaction to this could be to ‘build, build, build’ – but the predominant way of building cities is heavily unsustainable.
Reaching energy, climate, and circularity goals while also ensuring affordable, accessible, and healthy housing are put against one another too often. In this joint statement, environmental and social sectors call for an integrated and long-term solutions.
Read more about squaring the social and environmental aspects of building projects in this blog.
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