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Half a million households in the Netherlands excluded? |
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On Friday, 30 April, 133 Dutch social housing organizations filed an objection to a decision of the European Commission. The decision stipulates that housing associations may only allocate social rental dwellings to households with an income of € 33,000 or less per year.
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Energy Efficiency Coalition calls on EU leaders for more support for energy efficiency projects |
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The Energy Efficiency Coalition, of which CECODHAS HOUSING EUROPE is partner, sent on the 22nd of April an Open Letter to European Commission President, Mr. José-Manuel Barroso, and European Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Günther H. Oettinger. The group, representing a unique and wide cross-section of businesses, professional organisations and NGOs, urged the commission to direct financial assistance intended to support energy projects towards energy efficiency.
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Financing Energy Efficiency in Europe’s Housing: Public Demand and Political Leadership needed |
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The conference ‘Financing energy efficiency in housing: a European priority’ was held at the European Parliament on the 4th of May. CECODHAS HOUSING EUROPE participated to the conference, together with representatives from its memebrship.
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Mutual Learning on social and housing exclusion: implementing the active inclusion strategy |
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The European Commission organised a conference on 5th and 6th May on homelessness, housing exclusion and active inclusion. More specifically this event aimed to present and discuss the results and findings of various projects and studies co-financed by the European Commission, especially the study carried out by a group of academics and experts led by Prof. Mark Stephens of Glasgow University on the links between welfare policies, housing exclusion and employment policies.
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Sweden’s 'Energy Challenge’ in Italia |
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Simplicity and Effectiveness - this is the appeal of the Energy Challenge which SABO the Swedish Municipal Housing Federation is running within its membership. Members of SABO agreed together on an achievable energy consumption target of 20% by 2016 signed a commitment, assigned an energy contact person and then got going on identifying what they term ‘energy thieves’ in the buildings they manage, which house one in 7 Swedes. Already using a simple on-line recording system, the organisations can show that they have reduced final consumption by 2.3% and are on the way to reaching their target.
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Boosting energy efficiency and renewables: Oettinger finds more money for cities |
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Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has found more money for cities’ efforts to boost energy efficiency and renewables. Oettinger was speaking as a further 500 European mayors committed, at the Covenant of Mayors annual conference on 4 May, to cutting CO2 emissions in their cities by more than 20% by 2020. He talked of a sum of at least €115 million to be taken from unused funds in the European economic recovery plan.
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Europeans worry most over employment and housing |
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Together with job creation and the availability and quality of health services, access to reasonably priced housing is a major concern for European urban dwellers, reveals a ‘Perception survey on quality of life in European cities’, published by the European Commission on 5 May.
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4th European Ministerial Conference on Integration |
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Speaking at the 4th European Ministerial Conference on Integration, the Spanish Minister for Labour and Immigration, Celestino Corbacho, warned this Thursday that, "in times of economic crisis, constraints should not be placed on actions for integrating immigrants, but the development of medium- and long-term policies are more necessary than ever."
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