EuroHealthNet Policy Lab: Beyond Competitiveness – Housing for Healthy, Inclusive & Resilient Communities

Housing is a human right. But how do we move from ambition to action?

Join EuroHealthNet, MERGE and the European Policy Centre in this Policy Lab to explore how the Affordable Housing Plan can help deliver healthier, more inclusive and affordable housing — and what it takes to make it work in practice.

Plenary session speakers include:

• Edit Lakatos (European Commission) – The Affordable Housing Plan
• Carlota Sáenz de Tejada (Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) – Health-promoting housing
• Hans Dubois (Eurofound) – Inclusive housing for all generations
• Sorcha Edwards (Housing Europe) – Affordability & sustainable finance

Participants will also engage in interactive breakout sessions to exchange experiences and co-create practical recommendations for implementation at national and local levels.

Agenda

9:30 - Welcome and introduction

• Valentina Caimi, Senior Programme Manager, Health and Societal Resilience Programme, European Policy Centre (EPC)
• Silvia Ganzerla, Policy Manager, EuroHealthNet

9:45 - Setting the scene: Housing as the foundation for healthy, inclusive and resilient communities

• Moderator: Lieve Fransen, Senior Adviser, EPC
• The Affordable Housing Plan, Edit Lakatos, Policy Officer, Housing Task Force,
  European Commission
• Health promoting housing, Carlota Sáenz de Tejada, Staff Scientist, Barcelona
  Institute for Global Health (ISGLOBAL)
• Inclusive housing for all generations, Hans Dubois, Senior Research Manager,
  Eurofound
• Housing affordability and the role of sustainable finance, Sorcha Edwards,
  Secretary General, Housing Europe
• Q&A

10:45-11:45 - Three break-out parallel sessions:

• Theme 1: Health promoting housing: evidence, challenges and solutions, moderated by Silvia Ganzerla, Policy Manager, EuroHealthNet
• Theme 2: Inclusive housing for all generations: evidence, challenges and solutions, moderated by Valentina Caimi, Senior Programme Manager, EPC
• Theme 3: Housing affordability and sustainable finance: evidence, challenges and solutions, moderated by Lieve Fransen, Senior Adviser, EPC
• Participants will co-produce recommendations for policy implementation.

11:45 - Reporting back from the break-out sessions

• Conclusions, Silvia Ganzerla and Valentina Caimi