Affordable Housing Initiative: shaping the future of housing in the EU?
The Renovation Wave Strategy, an EU driven project under the European Green Deal, has ambitions to double the annual energy renovation rate of buildings by...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Municipality of Centar Sarajevo starts to implement REELIH project
We are very excited that from March until November 2021, the project will be implemented in yet the seventh location, Municipality of Centar Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton.
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...
The European Climate Pact: all-encompassing climate action for a greener Europe
The European Climate Pact (ECP) is a new, EU-wide initiative inviting individuals, communities and organizations to participate in climate action and building a greener Europe....
National Long-Term Renovation Strategies from all Central and Eastern European EU Member States still missing
It has been already more than ten months from the date when the EU Member States were supposed to submit their newest Long-Term Renovation Strategies...
Renovation Wave Strategy is out: what to expect?
In October 2020, the European Commission published the official Renovation Wave Strategy with an aim to improve the energy performance of buildings by doubling the...
ARMENIA: New and Affordable Lending Mechanism for Renovation and Energy Upgrade of Residential Buildings
PRESS RELEASE, ARMENIA On July 14, 2020, Habitat for Humanity Armenia Foundation (Habitat Armenia) and “Agroleasing Leasing Credit Organization” LLC signed a partnership agreement which...
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.
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.
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.
Energy efficiency decreasing energy poverty rates-the Council of Europe Development Bank findings
CEB found out that energy poverty rates are highest in Southern and Central-Eastern European countries but the problem still stays European-wide. Overall, CEB study claims that there is an estimation of 30 million people living in energy poverty in Europe.The study claims that main causes of energy poverty stem from low income, poor quality homes and energy inefficient appliances. The high rates of energy poverty correlate with higher at-risk-of-poverty rates, food poverty (inability to afford basic food staples) and higher rates of self-reported health issues.
