Changes at "Policy Assembly on Affordable Housing"
Description (English)
Multicultural and multilingual e-democracy at work: A multistakeholder debate on Housing Affordability in Europe
KEY LINKS - Everything you need in one place
📚 Knowledge Base: Acces to the knowledge base and discover all the learning materials
📝 Policy Recommendations: Read the recommendations made during the citizen assembly.
📄Read the report of the MultiPoD Policy Debate on Affordable Housing
What happened on 22 September
Housing affordability is one of Europe’s defining social, economic and political challenges. Shortly after the European Commission presented its Affordable Housing Act, citizens met directly with the policymakers and practitioners shaping Europe’s response, in a two-hour deliberative forum where everyone could take part in their own language.
The event was organised by the MultiPoD and IDEAL projects, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme.
Part I: From citizens’ recommendations to European policy. Citizens who took part in MultiPoD’s pan-European Citizens’ Assembly presented the five priorities they had co-designed:
Bring vacant buildings back into use.
Diversify housing models and strengthen rent protections.
Link housing with social inclusion.
Expand the supply of social housing.
Reinvest tourism revenues in local communities.
-
-
They discussed these with representatives of the European Commission’s Housing Task Force, the City of Vienna, the Stockholm Region EU Office and the Representation of Barcelona to the EU. The panel looked at how European, national, regional and local action can work together on housing. [Add one or two highlights from the debate, if you want.]
Throughout the session, participants gave live feedback using the Decidim platform, the webLyzard Analytics Dashboard and Democratic Reflection, so the room’s reactions could be captured and analysed as the debate unfolded.
Part II: Multilingual deliberation and policymaking. Led by the IDEAL project, the second part used the housing crisis as a case study for a broader question: how can open, multilingual citizen deliberation be translated into real policy? Policymakers and practitioners discussed what civic technology needs to offer decision-makers, what outputs they expect from deliberation platforms, and how to better connect with groups who are often left out of the conversation. [Add a sentence on the main takeaways or the resulting policy brief, if available.]
Keep the conversation going
The Assembly does not end here. The discussion continues on Decidim, where you can read the ideas shared by other participants, respond to them and add your own.
-
+
They discussed these with representatives of the European Commission’s Housing Task Force, the City of Vienna, the Stockholm Region EU Office and the Representation of Barcelona to the EU. The panel looked at how European, national, regional and local action can work together on housing. [Add one or two highlights from the debate, if you want.]
Throughout the session, participants gave live feedback using the Decidim platform, the webLyzard Analytics Dashboard and Democratic Reflection, so the room’s reactions could be captured and analysed as the debate unfolded.
Part II: Multilingual deliberation and policymaking. Led by the IDEAL project, the second part used the housing crisis as a case study for a broader question: how can open, multilingual citizen deliberation be translated into real policy? Policymakers and practitioners discussed what civic technology needs to offer decision-makers, what outputs they expect from deliberation platforms, and how to better connect with groups who are often left out of the conversation. [Add a sentence on the main takeaways or the resulting policy brief, if available.]
Keep the conversation going
The Assembly does not end here. The discussion continues here, where you can read the ideas shared by other participants, respond to them and add your own. Add your comments below 👇
Share