Dimitris Rapidis

FEPS’ #Housing in Practice series continues in Athens, Greece! 🏠🇬🇷 bit.ly/HousinginPracticeGree… With the launch of the Affordable #Housing Act, a feat pushed by the socialists in the EU, there is now real political momentum to strengthen the EU’s efforts to tackle the #HousingCrisis. ✊🇪🇺 Opening with Nicolas Schmit @NicolasSchmitEU, President, FEPS, and including speakers: 🔺Dimitra Siatitsa, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Urban Planning, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) 🔺Tugdual Le Lay @TugLeLay, City Councillor, Guigamp, France 🔺Myrto Korovosi @KorovesiMyrto, MP for East Attica, Greece 🔺Annalena Wirth, City Councillor in Mannheim, Germany 🔺Maja-Stina Köhler, City Councillor in Eichenzell, Germany 🔺François Balate @FrancoisBalate, Policy Analyst, FEPS ❓Why Greece for the #Housing in practice series? In the context of the @PES_COR Democracy at its Roots conference in Athens: 👉Athens has become one of Europe's most visible examples of what happens when housing markets are left to financialisation and speculation. 👉Soaring rents have made a home unaffordable for large parts of the population, while energy poverty places the burden on the most vulnerable households. 👉Short-term rentals and financialisation of the housing stock have accelerated displacement, and the absence of social housing leaves many with few alternatives. 👉At the same time, Greece has a long tradition of community self-organisation and cooperative thinking that is now finding new expression in collaborative housing models and collective ownership initiatives. This series looks at how local examples can be used to translate the EU’s commitments on housing into real, effective measures, with previous examples also in Luxembourg.🇱🇺 ℹ️ By FEPS, in collaboration with @eteronOrg. Democracy at its Roots by FEPS in collaboration with @PES_CoR, @PES_PSE, @TheProgressives, @YESocialists and @PES_Women.