Venue (hybrid): SDA Bocconi School of Management, Via Sarfatti 10, Milan + online.
The upcoming HouseInc Research and Policy Dialogue presents selected insights from the EU-Horizon HouseInc project and provides a platform for constructive exchange on pressing issues of housing inequality across Europe. Over the past 2.5 years, the HouseInc project consortium has investigated the economic, social, and ecological drivers and consequences of housing inequality.
The event focuses on two key areas of the project. First, it explores how housing vulnerability can be conceptualised and measured, and how disciplinary and methodological choices shape which forms of vulnerability become visible and which tend to be overlooked. Second, it presents and discusses practice and policy-relevant solutions developed within the project, addressing housing inequality along the dimensions of affordability, inclusivity, and sustainability.
These topics will be explored through two interactive workshops featuring invited guest speakers, presentations of project results, and opportunities for discussion, exchange, and networking among participants from research, policy, and practice.
The first HouseInc Research and Policy Dialogue is organised by the HouseInc project and hosted by the SDA Bocconi School of Management.
Agenda:
| Time | Topic |
| 9:00 | Welcome |
| 9:30 | Interactive session #1: Housing Vulnerability in a Changing World: Reflecting on Concepts and Measurements – Martina Massari, UNIBO, Anna Conzatti, Exeter University and Anne Kantel, Fraunhofer ISI – Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester – Chiara Serra, Adademic Fellow, Department of Social and Political Science, Bocconi University – Marco Aliotta, Caritas Trieste |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 | Interactive session #2: Implementing and connecting solutions to address housing inequality Panel / Experts from policy and practice: – HouseInc project team: Raffaella Saporito, Niccolò Cusumano and Eleonora Perobelli, SDA Bocconi. – Irene Tinagli, Chair of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the EU – Emmanuel Conte, Deputy Major for Housing, Municipality of Milan (ITA) – Francesco Amodeo, Housing Task Force – DG ENER, European Commission – Andrea Colantonio, Senior Economist, European Investment Bank – Alessandro Coloccia, Policy Officer in the Housing Task Force (DG ENER) – Seconded National Expert, CDP (ITA) – Ioana Vlad, Coordinator of the Housing First Europe Hub, Feantsa – Dragana Curovic, Head of social integration at Helsingborgshem (SWE) – Veronika Iwanoski, International Relations Manager at Wiener Wohnen (AUT) – Íñigo Villarroya Lozón, Director General, Viviendas Municipales de Bilbao (ESP) |
| 12:45 | Wrap up: Main Takeaways and Next Steps |
| 13:15 | Lunch & informal exchange |
| 14:30 | End of stakeholder dissemination event |
Session Descriptions:
Interactive Session #1
Housing Vulnerability in a Changing World: Reflecting on Concepts and Measurements
This workshop critically examines how housing vulnerability can be understood, spatially distributed, and measured in the context of emerging and future societal challenges. Housing systems are facing unevenly distributed growing pressures from climate change, environmental risks, migration dynamics, demographic change, and geopolitical uncertainty. In response, research and policy need better ways to understand who is vulnerable in housing, who may become vulnerable in the future, and how these often complex housing experiences can be identified and measured without reducing lived experience to merely technical indicators.
The workshop focuses on methodological questions in the study of housing vulnerability in both quantitative and qualitative research, as well as their implications for policy and practice. It examines which indicators and data sources are used to identify, visualize and measure vulnerability, how these choices reflect disciplinary perspectives and underlying assumptions, and how they shape which forms of vulnerability become visible and which tend to be overlooked.
The workshop aims to provide an open forum for exchanging ideas across different research fields and practical experiences. Participants are invited to share insights from their own work and to discuss promising directions for future research and policy on housing vulnerability.
The workshop format consists of both inputs from the HouseInc project and invited speakers as well as interactive formats for participant discussion and collaboration.
Interactive Session #2
Implementing and connecting solutions to address housing inequality
This workshop explores how to implement and connect strategic and operational solutions to address housing inequality across Europe. Building on the outcomes of the project, it will present ten innovative solutions targeting housing affordability, sustainability, and inclusivity. These solutions reflect diverse approaches and operational models, offering practical insights into how systemic challenges in housing can be tackled in an integrated way.
The workshop focuses on the strategic, organizational, and legislative conditions required to enable these solutions to scale, interact, and generate broader impact. Particular attention will be paid to how different actors and instruments can be aligned to strengthen coherence across policies and initiatives, and to contribute to the four pillars identified in the European Affordable Housing Plan.
Bringing together prominent representatives from policymaking, service providers, NGOs, and financial institutions, the workshop aims to foster a multi-stakeholder dialogue on how to bridge gaps between innovation and implementation. It will examine enabling factors, barriers, and opportunities for collaboration across sectors, as well as the role of governance arrangements in supporting integrated housing strategies.
The format combines presentations of project results with a moderated discussion, encouraging active exchange among participants. The workshop is designed as an open space for dialogue, where diverse perspectives can contribute to shaping more effective and connected responses to housing inequality.
