TRACK 11: HOUSING

Housing has long been overlooked in the policies of most countries, but lately, the housing crisis has once again become a prominent issue. Could housing become a pivotal focus of policies once more? The shortage of affordable, secure, and high-quality housing for the working and middle-class population has had far-reaching consequences on their overall well-being, living standards, and fundamental rights. Housing is particularly susceptible to climate-related challenges and represents a substantial energy consumer. This creates an immediate dilemma, as eco-friendly housing solutions may unintentionally lead to social exclusion. The growing disparities in housing within Europe have the potential to undermine the progress achieved in green transition initiatives. Meanwhile, individuals with higher incomes have reaped financial rewards and benefited from favourable fiscal and economic conditions.

These factors have exacerbated the gap between property owners and income earners or recipients of social assistance, further intensifying the socio-economic exclusion faced by marginalised communities, such as migrants, refugees, racial and ethnic minorities, as well as other disadvantaged groups like low-income working-class individuals and the elderly. This has led to an increase in segregation, with socio-spatial divisions likely intensifying even further since 2011 due to the impact of various crises, including the climate crisis, the global financial crisis, challenges related to immigrant integration, the COVID-19 pandemic, and energy crises, all of which have exacerbated global housing inequalities.

This call will focus on housing as a game-changer. Topics include a recognition of new issues, actors and policies. Some examples may be the European Union's (EU) initiatives for a green transition and their effects on housing inequalities and the EU's strategy for adapting to climate change; the adoption of nature-based solutions to safeguard ecosystems; the impact of policies for greening buildings and housing renovation; the outcome of demolition policies and housing renovation; the Just Transition initiative potential innovations; more equitable policies on distributing benefits from the green economy; impacts of broader policies on urban densification and hub-based development...

Keywords: housing, housing inequalities, greening buildings, housing renovation, demolition policies, housing renovation; urban densification 

1. Constanze Wolfgring - Exploring Intersections Between Unconventional Housing And Affordability, Starting From Italy
2. Jiaxin Qi - Research On Informal Residential Space Under Viaducts In Shanghai: From The Perspective Of Socio-Spatial Transformation
3. Nicole Gurran - Informal Housing, Rental Precarity, And Global North Migration: Insights From Advocates And Planners In Australia
4. Michal Arbel - How Neoliberal Policies Undermine Egalitarian Housing:  The Case Of The Kibbutzim In Israel
5. Alberto Bortolotti - Large-Scale Urban Development Projects As A Dilemma Affecting The Housing Crisis. The Case Of Milano Porta Romana.

1. Young Woo Kwon - Urban Form To Alleviate Energy Burden By Type Of Energy Poverty
2. Philippa Hughes - Paths To Social Sustainability Through Community Cooperation In Housing Development
3. Gregory Newmark - Income, Location Efficiency, And Vmt: Affordable Housing As A Climate Strategy
4. Niroopa Subrahmanyam - Emerging Practices For Socially Just Transitions In The Housing-Energy Nexus - An Analysis Of Alternative Innovative Practices Of Energy Transition Targeting Housing Inequality In The Global North And South
5. Hilda Wenander - Unpacking Experiences Of Climate Privilege
6. Rocio Calzado - Reframing Sustainable Transformation Of Social Housing. Insights From France And Italy

1. Nick Gallent - Supplying Affordable Housing In A Private Land Market: England’s ‘Planning Exceptions’ As An Answer To The Land Question?
2. Gregory Newmark - Natural Urban Towns: Applying A Pre-Modern Metric To Post-War Suburbs
3. Qianzheng Geng - Why Shanghai’S Heritage Conservation Plan Failed? Paradoxical Governance Goals And Disparities In The Regeneration Of Residential Historic Districts
4. Gülşah Tırış - Solidarity For Housing Movements And Public-Commons Partnerships: Examples From Turkey And Spain

1. Francesca Artioli - The ‘Very Big Trade-Off’ Reloaded: Wage Compression, Rentier Economy And Liberalised Short-Term Rental Market In Italy
2. Jakub Zasina - Windows To Count: How Do The Business Of Densification And Its ‘Rooming Flats’ Spur Studentification In The Inner-City Of Lodz, Poland?
3. Hee-Jung Jun - Exploring The Impact Of Public Housing Types On Social Capital
4. Pablo Villar Abeijón - The 15-Minute City And Housing Affordability. Insights From The Spanish Cities Of Barcelona, Valencia, Palma And Granada.
5. Sonia Freire Trigo - Green And Un-Affordable Housing. Exploring An Emerging English Narrative.
6. Sasha Tsenkova - Leveraging The Power Of Affordable Housing Partnerships In Canadian Cities
7. Jeannette Fitzsimons: Cork’s Compact Growth: Are Recent Infill Housing Developments Aligning with the 15-Minute City Policies?

1. Shenjing He - How Planning Intervention Changes The Pricing Mechanism Of China’s Small Property Right Housing
2. Marco Del Nibletto - Valuing The Presence Of Retailers In The Housing Market: Evidence From Turin, Italy
3. Paola Pellegrini - The Requalification Of The Housing Stock After Massive Urbanization In China. A Pilot Project Of A Residential Neighbourhood In Suzhou
4. Laura Saija - Pitfalls Of Current Approaches To Public Housing Renovation: Lessons From The City Of Catania
5. Helly Hirsh - The Transfer Of Public Housing To Its Tenants:  Real Estate Ownership As A Lever For Socio-Economic Mobility
6. Julie Perrin - Tempo And Legibility Of France's Housing Renovation Policy: Too Fast To Work?
7. Yiqing Xu - System Dynamics Study On The Relationship Between Floor Area Ratio And Land Price In Small And Medium-Sized Urban Residential Areas: A Case Study Of Xupu County Central Urban Area

1. Lei Xin - Measurement Of Community Living Circles And Identification Of Social Integration Characteristics In Large Scale Affordable Communities
2. Teresa Frausin - On Housing Affordability: Questioning The European Policy Perspective In Action
3. Luís Sanchez Carvalho - Local Planning Instruments And The Ability To Face The Housing 'Perfect Storm'
4. Nava Kainer-Persov - Housing Regeneration Strategies: Toward A New “Range Of Opportunities” Model
5. Yanglinxi Zhang - Understanding The Gentrification On Waterfront Area Based On Mobile Phone Data：Evidence Of Shanghai, China
6. Nino Dabrundashvili - Empirical Evidence On Spatio-Temporal Impacts Of Size And Type Of Residential Redevelopment Projects On Neighboring Housing Price In Seoul
7. Gonçalo Antunes, et al. - Housing Prices in Portugal and the Covid-19 Pandemic

1. Elena Marchigiani - Housing First And Beyond. A Focus On The City Of Trieste (Italy)
2. Yun Yu - How Are Youth Living In Aging Neighborhoods? A Case Study Of 228 Block In Yangpu District, Shanghai
3. Cristina Mattiucci - Housing Policies (In Naples) As An Agent To Face Spatial Inequalities
4. Lin Zhou - Towards An Inclusive And Developmental Housing Regime In Chinese Megacities? Evidence From The Implementation Of The Affordable Rental Housing Program In Shanghai
5. Christopher Jutz - Student Mobility, Housing Choices, and Online Teaching: Investigating Current Dynamics in (Digitized) Higher Education
6. Aurora Echavarria: From Streets to Homes: Assessing Citizen Perspectives of Property Taxes in Urban Mexico

1. Bárbara Ribeiro - A Modular Architecture And Biomimicry Approach For The Future Of Housing Construction For Modern Families
2. Ana Mafalda Madureira - The Impact Of Gated Communities' Developments On The Quality Of Life Of Local Residents In Peri-Urban Areas.
3. Marcela Maria Riva de Monti - Women's Economy. Tokyo's New Housing Patterns And Urban Development.
4. Teresa Marat-Mendes - Residential Suburbs As Game-Changers For A Sustainable Transition Of Everyday Life At Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
5. Rebecca Cavicchia - Synergies And Conflicts Between Energy-Efficient Retrofitting And Access To Housing In Milan, Oslo And Vienna
6. Muzeyyen Anil Senyel Kurkcuoglu - Evaluation Of Fuel Poverty In Urban Regeneration Areas: A Case Study Of Ankara, Türkiye
7. Jiwen Han - Dynamics, Mechanisms, And Benefits In Urban Community Micro Renewal Practices: A Case Study Of Nanjing, China