Because everyone needs a place to call home!
Welcome to your monthly newsletter of the PES Group! We hope you like our refreshed layout and welcome, as always, your feedback.
🏚️ The lack of affordable housing is affecting more than 80 million people in Europe. The COVID-19 pandemic made the situation even worse, with an increasing number of people struggling to pay their rent or energy bill. But what comes just at the surface has longer structural reasons, rooted in more profound housing inequalities and which risk jeopardise the very essence of our society. Housing is a human right that must be guaranteed to everybody.
🌹 This problem requires a solution and it requires it now. The PES Group has made housing a priority for a long time and we are excited to announce our next event, hosted in cooperation with the S&D Group in the European Parliament, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, the Party of European Socialists and the City of Vienna.
MONDAY, 25 JANUARY 2021
📽️ 17.00 | ONLINE SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY “PUSH”
🎙️ 18.30 | DEBATE “HOUSING FOR ALL: PROGRESSIVE IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE”
With Leilani Farha, Former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, protagonist of the documentary “PUSH”, Global Director, The Shift, Fredrik Gertten, Award-winning director of the documentary “PUSH”, Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and former Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University, Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, and many others!
Are you as excited as we are? Sign up now ➡️
TUESDAY, 26 JANUARY 2021
📕 15.30 | WORKSHOP “CONCRETE ACTIONS FOR SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE EU” HOSTED BY FEPS
Building on the publication “Concrete actions for Social and Affordable Housing in the EU”, by Sergio Nasarre, Milan Ftacnik, Nuria Lambea Llop and Liga Rasnaca, experts and policymakers will discuss actionable points for local, regional and European actions to enhance access to a decent, inclusive and sustainable place to live.
WEDNESDAY, 27 JANUARY 2021
🏘️ 10.00 | WORKSHOP “THE EU AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE: HOW CAN WE BRING IT TO THE GROUND?” HOSTED BY THE CITY OF VIENNA
The Affordable Housing Initiative aims at revitalising 100 neighbourhoods across the EU. Cities and regions all over Europe can contribute to this initiative with a wealth of experiences from the ground. The event aims at clarifying the next steps in this important project with Barbara Steenbergen, Head of liaison office to the EU, International Union of Tenants, Slawomir Tokarski, Director, European Commission's Directorate-General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and many others.
FRIDAY, 29 JANUARY 2021
✊ 9.30 | WORKSHOP “DECENT HOUSING FOR ALL” HOSTED BY THE S&D GROUP IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Homelessness, harmful competition, there are still many issues to tackle to promote decent housing for all. This workshop led by Agnes Jongerius, MEP, S&D Coordinator for the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, will look into these difficult dimensions of the housing crisis.
Don’t miss your spot in these workshops! Sign up now ➡️
Read our #EUDealForHousing call published in October!
