Affordable housing crisis in the EU: why and how should Europe act?

In the presence of the Commissioner responsible for the European Pillar of Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit and the rapporteurs from the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions (CoR), and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the affordable housing dossier, the conference will bring on the table for discussion the objectives of the European Commission that influence the level of affordable housing in Europe. We will put housing in the context of the Recovery Plans, EU’s cohesion policy, climate-related directives, the Renovation Wave, the fight against homelessness and the mechanisms that could be implemented to boost the necessary investments.

France will present its reading of the European mechanisms, particularly focusing on housing in the scope of the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy programme, the European alliance for sustainable and inclusive social housing, and its intermediated loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), as well as the European calls for projects within the framework of the New European Bauhaus and the Affordable Housing Initiative.

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Programme

*All timing slots are in Central European Time (CET)

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09:15

Opening

Moderator: Laurent Ghekiere, EU Affairs, L’Union Sociale pour l'Habitat (USH)

Michel Derdevet, President of Maison de l’Europe

09:30

Housing on the agenda of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU

Clement Beaune, Secretary of State for European Affairs (to be confirmed)

Emmanuelle Wargon, French Minister for Housing (to be confirmed)

Emmanuelle Cosse, President of L’Union Sociale pour l’Habitat (France)

Bent Madsen, President of Housing Europe

Valérie Fournier, President of the Federation of Social Enterprises for Housing (Fédération des Entreprises Sociales pour l'Habitat)

Marcel Rogemont , President of the Federation of Public Housing Offices

10:15

Recovery, cohesion, Renovation Wave, social rights, New European Bauhaus

Ambitious EU objectives intertwined with investment in affordable housing by EU Member States

Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Michel Derdevet , President of Maison de l’Europe

Bent Madsen, President of Housing Europe

Marie Linder, President of the International Union of Tenants (IUT)

Freek Spinnewijn, Director of FEANTSA, European platform against homelessness

Valérie Fournier, President of the Federation of Social Enterprises for Housing (Fédération des Entreprises Sociales pour l'Habitat)

11:15

Europe closer to its citizens and territories
How can the EU boost Member States’ investment in affordable housing?

Darragh O'Brien , Minister for Housing, Republic of Ireland (video message)

Kim van Sparrentak, Member of the European Parliament, the Greens, Rapporteur for an affordable housing report

Nathalie Sarrabezolles, President of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy (COTER), Committee of the Regions

Pierre-Jean Coulon, Rapporteur of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the New European Bauhaus

Marcel Rogemont, President of the Federation of Public Housing Offices (Fédération nationale des Offices Publics de l'Habitat)

Marie-Noelle Lienemann, President of the Federation of Coop'HLM

12:15

Presentation of a Joint Resolution led by Confrontations Europe, Housing Europe, L’Union Sociale pour l'Habitat (USH), Eurocities, and the International Union of Tenants (IUT)

LUNCH BREAK

14:00

Europe invests in affordable housing: demystifying the process in France in 2022

Moderator: Carine Puyol, EU Affairs, L’Union Sociale pour l'Habitat (USH)

Opening by Daniel Biard, Member of the board of Housing Europe, Vice-President of the Social Housing Companies (Les Entreprises Sociales pour l'Habitat, ESH)

• New European Bauhaus & Affordable Housing Initiative

Julien Dijol, Policy Director at Housing Europe

• Feedback from the field: Mobilisation of European funds in 2021

Eric Pliez, President of Paris Habitat and Mayor of the 20th arrondissement in Paris
Philippe Remignon, CEO of Vilogia

• Cohesion policy programme 2021-2027: French Partnership Agreement and Regional Operational Programmes

The housing component in the France Partnership Agreement

Valérie Lapenne, Head of Unit strategies, cooperation, territories - European department. Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion des Territoires, ANCT 

Applying the 2021-2027 Regional Operational Programmes in practice

• European Alliance for sustainable and inclusive social housing: EIB & CEB loans intermediated by the Banque des Territoires

2021 report and examples of financed projects

Bruno Coquemont, Deputy Director of Development, Loans Department at Banque des Territoires

Priorities for 2022 – European Union

Tanguy Desrousseaux, Head of Public Sector & Infrastructure Division, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Priorities 2022 – Council of Europe

A CEB representative (to be confirmed)

All you need to know about the Banque des Territoires Platform

Bruno Coquemont, Deputy Director of Development, Loans Department at Banque des Territoires

InvestEU – How to mobilise the EU guarantee? 

Bruno Coquemont, Deputy Director of Development, Loans Department at Banque des Territoires

• Current and future calls for projects 

Affordable Housing Initiative (AHI)

Examples of selected projects & practical details

Online discussions on scale-up investment opportunities across EU Member States

16:00

Conclusion

Marianne Louis, Director General of L’Union Sociale pour l’Habitat (USH)

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