Europe is undergoing a green and digital transformation. While these shifts hold great potential, they also risk deepening existing housing inequalities if not designed and implemented inclusively.
This webinar organised by a network of EU-funded sister projects explored the intersecting dimensions of housing inequality – from access and affordability of housing to energy poverty and the social inclusion of migrants and marginalised communities.
The goal of the webinar was to exchange insights and share innovative practices, and foster synergies across projects committed to ensuring that the transition to climate neutrality is truly inclusive, leaving no one behind. The projects discussed housing inequality pathways, good practices and practical guidelines for migrant inclusion in the energy sector, social housing retrofits and housing access and energy rights for newcomers in Greece, and more.
HouseInc – PREFIGURE – POWGEN – ReHousIn – SUPERSHINE – ProLight
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Recording
Webinar insights
Agenda of the webinar
Focus on the projects
- HouseInc, Sabine Preuß, Fraunhofer ISI: Overview of the project and HouseInc’s definition of housing inequalities based on the conceptual framework and literature review.
- SUPERSHINE, Flaminia Rocca, APRE- Empowering communities: mitigating housing inequalities tackling energy poverty.
- ProLight, Valentina Hira, CluBe – Affordable housing and better quality of life – Demonstration of a smart neighbourhood approach.
- ReHousIn, Éva Gerőházi, Metropolitan Research Institute (MRI).
- POWGEN, Lara Rot (ABD) – Promoting the inclusion of migrant people into the renewable energy and energy rehabilitation sectors.
- Prefigure, Costanza Danovi, ICONS – Prototypes of Change for Inclusive, Affordable and Sustainable Housing.
50’ Insights and innovative practices
- HouseInc, Sabine Preuß, ISI – Systemic discrimination and housing quality: Mixed-method insights from HouseInc’s case studies in Germany and Italy.
- PREFIGURE, Haris Tsavdaroglou (UvA) – The newcomers’ right to housing and energy in refugee camps in Thessaloniki.
- POWGEN, Nona Galvany (Ecoserveis) – Enhancing Inclusion and Addressing Energy Poverty and Green Transition – Focus on 15 good practices for employability in renewable sectors.
- ReHousIn, Jennifer Duyne Barenstein (ETH Zurich) – Housing inequality consequences of green policies in different European contexts.
- SUPERSHINE, Flaminia Rocca, APRE – From Pilots to Replication: technical, financial, and inclusive solutions for sustainable social housing.
- Prolight, Valentina Hira, CluBe – A social housing renovation and its successful replication in Kozani, Greece.
