Legacoop Abitanti presents research results on new fragile needs and demands
On June 18th, the closing event of the series ‘Next Housing – that is to interpret (understand and declinate) the home that will come’, organised by Legacoop Abitanti in collaboration with Nomisma and with the support of COOPFOND - S.P.A., outlined the results of a research study dedicated to evidence, tools and housing supply models in light of current emerging fragile needs. Eva Sporer from Legacoop Abitanti has the details.
Could Ireland use European Union funding to build houses?
Naomi O’Leary in Brussels examines the possible sources of financing
The European Union’s budget rules — which hold member states to running an annual budget deficit of no more than 3 per cent of the size of their economy, and overall debt levels of below 60 per cent of GDP — are sometimes cited as a reason why the Irish Government could not undertake large-scale borrowing to build social housing.
We need to move to a life-cycle approach to assessing the cost of building and renovation
The highlights from Housing Europe's Renovation Summit
The small (but increasing) number of state-of-the-art circular public and social housing projects now prove that the is significant potential for cost savings for housing providers by moving from a ‘linear’ to a ‘circular’ model. Renovations are an opportunity to go the extra mile and upgrade resource use and management. Undoubtedly, besides shifting its perspective, the housing world needs to think about the cost behind the green transformation, especially when the raison d’être of public, cooperative and social housing providers is to offer homes that are good for the pocket and for the environment
