#viennahousingconfereceUNECE-HLM

@sorcha_edwards13 April, Vienna

Why state intervention? – It costs not to

• 47%• €194 billion• 1.3 million in 2015• 44%• 80%• 40%• 75%• 2 ?

• Young Adults (18-34) living at home since the start of the crisis

• Cost of inadequate housing • Asylum seekers in EU in 2015 • of housing built before 1980 in EU• of people struggle to find affordable

accommodation in major European cities, such as London, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Munich, Stockholm, and Oslo (Eurostat 2016).

• Of final energy used in buildings • buildings need renovation

x = …

• Permanent• Decent• Affordable• Well connected

HOUSING

x + ? = success

• Education• Skills• Language• Transportation -

Density

Alejandro Aravena | Venice Biennale of Architecture 2016

Exchange, Capacity & Evidence Building Vital