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Press release 21-03-2025 None [3] [Reminder] Affordable housing: addressing the housing crisis in the European Union
On 24 March, Parliament’s Special Committee on the Housing Crisis will host a conference with the Commission to discuss ways to ensure EU citizens can access affordable housing.
When*: Monday 24 March 2025, 15.00 – 18.30
Where*: European Parliament in Brussels, Antall building, room 4Q2
The conference, organised jointly with the European Commission, will address the current housing crisis and explore measures that could be taken at EU level to tackle it. MEPs and representatives from the Commission and other EU institutions will hear from national and regional authorities and stakeholders about what is being done in EU countries to improve access to affordable housing. The conference will launch the public debate on affordable housing and its findings will help inform a Parliament report on the topic, expected to be presented later this year. The conference will be opened by Committee chair Irene Tinagli [4] and European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen.
Find all details in the programme [5] . You can follow the conference live [6] .
Press point
*At 16.00, there will be a press point with Housing Crisis Committee chair Irene Tinagli outside the meeting room. Accredited media representatives can attend the press point in person. It will be web streamed live [7] and recorded on the Parliament’s Multimedia Centre and European Broadcasting Service [8] .
When*: Monday 24 March 2025, 16.00
Where*: European Parliament in Brussels, Antall building, room 4Q2
Background
*Parliament recently established a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union [9], with a 12-month mandate, to propose solutions for decent, sustainable, and affordable housing for all European citizens. It has been tasked with mapping housing needs, analysing existing housing policies across the EU and contributing to the future implementation of the European affordable housing plan.
  –> Further information None [10] Special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union None [11] EPRS study: A coordinated EU approach to housing (January 2025) None [12] Mandate of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union None [13] European Commission webpage of the conference
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[9] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/hous/home/highlights
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[11] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/767189/EPRS_BRI(2025)767189_EN.pdf
[12] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-10-2024-0217_EN.html
[13] https://energy.ec.europa.eu/events/conference-affordable-housing-addressing-european-housing-crisis-2025-03-24_en
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