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ALT/BAU in 2020: Affordable housing, financial & legal tools and the use of GIS for the reactivation of vacant buildings
ALT/BAU was also disrupted by the COVID 19 pandemic - but fortunately not to a stop! The partners continued to discuss and exchange in 2020 about...
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The housing paradox: what can local municipalities do?
The negative consequences of the financialisation of housing can be felt first and foremost on a local level, in the urban housing markets. Thus the...
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The housing paradox: more financing - less affordability?
Programme expert Ivan Tosics , vice chair of the European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) and executive committee member of the European Urban...
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Com.Unity.Lab: empowering local communities in priority neighbourhoods
Daniela Patti showcases examples of sustainable urban development in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Lisbon (PT) and explain how Lisbon’s experience...
10 - 11 December 2018
Fighting Homelessness Policy Lab
Deadline for registrations has been extended! URBACT is co-organising with FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organisations Working with the...
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Housing at the URBACT festival 2018: from the EU Urban Agenda to Lisbon (PT)
Affordable and adequate housing is one of the theme Lab sessions at URBACT City Festival taking place in Lisbon, 13-14 September 2018. This text...
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France’s ÉcoQuartier label, an initiative to support communities for sustainable city planning
The concept of “écoquartier” - the term is a contraction of the two French words “quartier” and “écologique” (ecological neighbourhood) - was...
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Housing for all - Experiences of URBACT cities on affordable housing
What can be done to avoid evictions? How can a city provide housing to the most vulnerable groups and to the young talented people? Can low-carbon...
04 - 08 June 2019
International Social Housing Festival
Following its first edition in Amsterdam, back in 2017, the International Social Housing Festival is traveling to Lyon in summer 2019.