Together with Habitat for Humanity Poland and UNHCR Poland, IOM Poland participated in the Europe Housing Forum 2024. The Forum on Decent and affordable housing without borders brought together the leaders of the housing sector to make innovative solutions for sustainable urban improvement and growth. IOM has engaged in a critical and crucial dialog on targeted housing solutions to support susceptible groups specified as refugees from the Ukrainian and Roma communities Innovative backing strategies and tools to increase the supply of decent and affordable housing, including the revitalization of empty spaces of Evolution of Social Rental Agency models, exploring their increasing impact on housing markets in Central and east Europe and taking into account best practices in another EU countries Post-conflict reconstruction in Ukraine, taking into account the complexity of reconstruction with peculiar respect to real property and housing rights Participants besides had the chance to visit local projects focusing on the circular economy, the renewal of empty spaces and the support of Ukrainian refugees, giving applicable examples of the topics discussed.
Source: IOM UN Migration Poland
