Investigating EU financial instruments to tackle energy poverty in households: A SWOT analysis
Housing Europe's Policy Officer, Edit Lakatos delves into a comparative analysis
Why is it difficult to mobilise and fully exploit the available financial tools in the combat against energy poverty and what are the challenges for social housing providers? Our policy officer, Edit Lakatos and Apostolos Arsenopoulos, a researcher in the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) provide an overview of the existing financial instruments
and successful schemes focused on facilitating the implementation of
energy efficiency-related measures, in the context of addressing the problem of energy poverty, along with its adverse socio-economic effects.
Peer-to-peer learning on European non-for-profit housing models
An exchange of opportunities & challenges between the Housing Europe network
Diversity is the main characteristic that defines social housing policy in Europe. For this reason, the Spanish Social Housing Association (AVS), in collaboration with Housing Europe organised a webinar with the objective of showing social housing management models in three European countries: Austria, France and Wales.
650 000 solar panels on social dwellings: social housing organizations set up ASTER cv
Flemish social housing providers invest €231 million in solar energy and fight energy poverty
On Monday 26 October, 44 Flemish social housing providers (SHMs)
signed the deed of incorporation of the cooperative society ASTER, an initiative of Housing Europe's member, the Association of Flemish Housing Companies (VVH). The SHMs want to actively and structurally contribute to a better climate and combat energy poverty. With an investment of € 231 million over 4 years, 647 767 solar panels will be installed on 58 433 buildings, representing a production of 207 286 MWh per year.
