A BIT ABOUT EQUALHOUSE
WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW
EqualHouse is a pioneering research project funded by the EU that is set to revolutionise our understanding and approach to housing inequality.
Seasoned academics from a variety of European countries and disciplinary backgrounds, policymakers, affordable housing and homeless service providers are analysing the myriad aspects of housing inequality that have previously been studied in isolation.
By doing so, we will provide comprehensive insights and robust guidance to policymakers at all levels across Europe.
For the first time, housing policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and ordinary households from across Europe can discuss and analyse the main challenges that we face, and co-create a set of innovative policy tools to help face up to these challenges. All of this can be done in real-time thanks to the European Community for Housing Equality.
This work is a continuation of the #Housing2030 initiative, where more than 100 social and affordable housing providers, researchers, cities, urbanists, and policymakers put together tried and tested policies and projects that have delivered better housing outcomes.
What will we focus on?
✅ Income, wealth and housing inequalities and how do they influence one another
✅ Financial and fiscal influences on housing inequalities
✅ Subsidies, regulation, land and services to make housing affordable
✅ Socially innovative & community-led solutions to housing inequalities
✅ Tackling acute housing inequalities among refugees and migrants
✅ Unsustainable housing and energy poverty
✅ The links between labour markets and housing issues
What do we want to achieve?
Inform policymakers how income and wealth polarisation affect the housing market against the background of changing interest rates and inflation.
Offer effective measures that can integrate marginalised communities, migrants, refugees that can reduce housing inequalities and improve access to quality housing.
Support policymakers in better understanding how the green and digital transition could affect housing inequalities and how “supply-side” land use policies as well as social innovation could be of help.
Put forward best practices that have successfully developed affordable, inclusive, decent, green homes.