Minimum income schemes were in the spotlight at Social Platform's annual conference - the organisation advocating for a large array of social rights of which we are a member. Participants stressed that even if not recognised, poverty is a crisis and EU legally binding instruments should be created. Minimum income schemes represent just one of the ways that could end this crisis. This brings up the question how can one access income when they are prevented from accessing affordable housing?

Peer-to-peer energy transaction, learning from experiences to develop readiness level framework, boost smart demand and optimisation of energy consumption and peak demand at community level, providing information to consumers through an advisory app, guiding municipalities and small groups - this has been the core work of one of Housing Europe's EU-funded projects NRG2Peers. Nearing the project's end, on October 25, we gathered with similar initiatives in Brussels to learn from one another.

To catalyse a change to a housing-led model in Central and Eastern Europe, our member, World Habitat had commissioned an independent feasibility study to explore the barriers, challenges, and opportunities of implementing a housing-led approach in this region. The results are out.