Regional - REELIH - Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Households

Building in Yerevan, Armenia

Hungary, International 03. 08. 2022 01:08

Study Visit and Expert Meeting: report from the Budapest meeting

Energy prices and energy poverty in Eastern Europe: Realities and Perspectives Metropolitan Research Institute, Habitat for Humanity Hungary, FEANTSA and Habitat for Humanity International joined...

EU 28. 07. 2022 09:07

International Social Housing Festival in Helsinki

The International Social Housing Festival (ISHF) 2022 took place in Helsinki, Finland, on June 14–17, and it was organized by The Housing Finance and Development...

Blog post Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Regional 19. 07. 2022 08:07

REELIH Project Impact Workshop

On April 28, 2022, Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) organised its last in-person event of the REELIH Project, which is approaching its end on August...

Multi family apartment buildings

North Macedonia 14. 09. 2021 06:09

ComAct report: Energy poverty in the privately-owned, multi-family apartment buildings

What is ComAct? ComAct – Community Tailored Actions for Energy Poverty Mitigation is an EU funded Horizon2020 project that aims to make comprehensive energy efficient...

Romania 19. 07. 2021 08:07

Energy poverty in Central and Eastern Europe: 13 recommendations for better addressing of this challenge

Since the environmental challenges are these days on top of the agenda of the European Union (EU), new strategies to incorporate green topics into various...

30. 06. 2021 09:06

New Reasearch: Energy Efficient Retrofits as One of the Best Energy Poverty Alleviation Tools

Habitat for Humanity Europe, Middle East and Africa has launched a new report on energy poverty aspects of the REELIH project in the three implementing...

19. 04. 2021 10:04

Energy poverty in the post-socialist countries needs a special attention

Energy inefficiency and the overall low quality of the building stock in Central and Eastern Europe is one of the most alarming issues of the...

25. 03. 2021 10:03

The UNECE Regional Workshop with special focus on South-East Europe

“Housing governance to support housing affordability” is a Regional Online Workshop that took place during the last week of February 2021. It was co-organized by...

Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine 18. 02. 2021 10:02

ComAct: a new project fighting energy poverty in Central and Eastern Europe

Repost from the original press release ComAct – Community Tailored Actions for Energy Poverty Mitigation is a new project that started in October 2020. Financed...

04. 05. 2020 06:05

World Urban Forum 2020: Innovative management of multi-apartment high rise housing

Susana Rojas Williams, HFHI - EMEA Director of Housing and Human Settlements Department, was at WUF10 to speak about the success of REELIH project. UNECE was kind enough to invite HFHI to speak at their training event called Innovative management of multi-apartment high rise housing: Localizing Sustainable Development Goals 7 & 11 and New Urban Agenda through housing strategies.

17. 03. 2020 04:03

Warmer Homes, Richer Neighborhoods

How USAID and HFHI united neighbors to heat their homes, reduce their energy bills, and strengthen their communities. These stories are all too common in Europe and Eurasia, where housing for low income residents and retirees is dominated by 1960s era apartment blocks.

EU, International 20. 12. 2019 10:12

REELIH project selected as one of 50-out-of-the-box Housing Solutions

We have gotten an early Christmas gift and a good reason to celebrate this end of the year! REELIH project of Habitat for Humanity and USAID is included in a new publication 50-out-of-the-box Housing Solutions to Homelessness and Housing Exclusion by Housing Solutions Platform, which is the partnership of FEANTSA, Fondation Abbé Pierre and Housing Europe.

Blog post Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Regional 11. 09. 2019 12:09

REELIH country projects included in the UNECE report of best practices in energy efficiency of buildings

UNECE Compendium of best practices on standards and technologies for energy efficiency in buildings is a fresh publication which collected the best projects in the UNECE region supporting energy efficiency of buildings. Four case studies from HFHI network are featured, showcasing our work in residential energy efficiency improvements in Eastern Europe.

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Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-income Households project is one of the many assistance projects supported by the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Since 1992, the American people through USAID have provided a broad range of development programs in Armenia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, shifting from an initial humanitarian emphasis to assistance for economic, political and social transition.

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