Project description
Policies to address the housing crisis and inequalities
The European Commission has identified that rising house prices have led to a housing crisis. The number of households without property is increasing, worsening inequalities, especially among younger generations facing home-ownership challenges and stagnant wages. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the Housing-Wealth-Nexus project will create a cross-sectoral network of organisations across Europe, South America, and North America to generate evidence on sustainable, bottom-up approaches to address the housing crisis and the resulting inequalities. It will examine the strategies of market actors in wealth accumulation through housing, explore the implications of wealth inequality from an intersectional perspective, and develop grassroots alternatives and policy solutions, incorporating the expertise of grassroots housing organisations.
Objective
The primary goal of the project is to establish a cross-sectoral network of organisations across Europe, South America and North America to generate and shape conceptual and empirical evidence on sustainable and bottom-up approaches to address both the current housing crisis and the resulting inequalities caused by housing markets. House prices have risen dramatically, leading to a housing emergency that has been identified by the European Commission as one of the most pressing societal challenges. Evidence shows that both the share of households with no property ownership and the share of households with multiple properties have increased. This suggests that some actors are using housing as an asset to store and generate wealth, while at the same time exacerbating inequalities between those who own property and those who do not, the former particularly affecting younger generations. These cohorts face a lack of home ownership, stagnating wages and escalating house prices, with important implications for their life trajectories. Against this background, it seems crucial to develop and implement policies aimed at reducing housing inequalities, which is the overall objective of this project. To achieve this, the empirical and conceptual work will focus on three complementary pillars, namely (i) understanding market actors and their strategies to accumulate wealth through housing; (ii) exploring the consequences for wealth inequality using an intersectionality approach; and (iii) developing bottom-up alternatives and policy solutions for positive change. To this end, we approach housing from a variety of disciplines and methodologies, including geography, sociology, economics, public policy and urban planning. The network will draw on the experience of grassroots collectives, particularly housing organisations. They bring invaluable expertise in community and political engagement, making their involvement a vital asset to the project.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- social sciences political sciences political policies public policies
- social sciences sociology
- social sciences political sciences political policies civil society
You need to log in or register to use this function
Keywords
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
-
HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
MAIN PROGRAMME
See all projects funded under this programme
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE - HORIZON TMA MSCA Staff Exchanges
See all projects funded under this funding scheme
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01
See all projects funded under this callCoordinator
Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
43003 Tarragona
Spain
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.