🌹 Affordable housing for all! l Your PES Group Newsletter
There's no place like home. In theory, yes. In practice, tens of millions of Europeans spend almost half of their income on housing and many more cannot afford to keep their homes adequately warm. Nearly 900,000 homelessness people sleep on the streets. For the #EuropeWeWant, it is high time to deliver progressive solutions that make sure everyone can afford a decent place to call home. Scroll down for more. 👇
🏠 Affordable Housing Needs Europe
How can we make sure everyone in Europe has access to affordable and sustainable housing? At our external Group meeting in Portimão, we adopted a declaration with 20 concrete requests on different aspects of housing policy. It was handed to Nicolas Schmit, common candidate of the Party of European Socialists for the 2024 European elections. Discover the declaration here.
🙌 Young local leaders stand up for #HousingForAll
Promoting social housing and mixed social neighborhoods, tackling energy poverty and providing access to housing for young people, planning cities in an inclusive way - many young elected local and regional leaders from all over Europe took part in the 2024 edition of our #ProgressivesSpeakUp School.
🌹 #SafePlace4Women: Next stop Budapest
The Hungarian capital has recently adopted a comprehensive strategy on preventing violence against women. Our member, the city’s Vice-mayor Kata Tüttő, has more.
📽️ Extra tip: Get inspired by our top 5 movies on women power.
❤️ #ProgressiveLocalStories
We love sharing what progressive cities and regions do, as they can inspire many others with their stories. This month, let's highlight the work of Nawal Ben Hamou, Secretary of State for the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Housing and Equal Opportunities, who promotes housing facilities for the LGBTIQ community.
What’s coming next?
✊ Call to Europe – The Future is Social
The annual Call to Europe event, organised by our political foundation FEPS, takes place in Brussels on 30 April. Dedicated this year to the theme “The Future is Social”, it will discuss the power of social-democratic values in shaping a future which puts wellbeing & quality of life first. Be part of it!
🥂 Time to celebrate Europe
On Saturday 4 May 2024, the EU institutions in Brussels will open their doors to the public. From 10h00 to 18h00, dive into the world of progressive local and regional policies at our stand in the European Committee of the Regions!
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