MUNICIPALITIES AND HOUSING
Municipalities play an important role in mitigating the effects of the current housing crisis: they are familiar with local housing challenges for which local solutions may be worked out. Periféria Center partners with municipalities in better understanding local housing processes and outlining alternative and innovative public policy answers. Through consulting we support municipal projects which aim to tackle the housing crisis.
Outcomes
E-Co-Housing - Co-creating a Regenerative Housing Project Together with the Community” was a project of the Zugló Municipality (XIV. district of Budapest), funded in the framework of the Urban Innovative Actions program. As partners of Habitat for Humanity Hungary, we collaborated in the training program of the future tenants.
https://habitat.hu/sites/ecohousing/
Women and Housing. Housing Solutions Responding to Women's Special Needs [Nők és lakhatás. A nők speciális szükségleteire válaszoló lakhatási megoldások.]
2021. Pósfai, Zsuzsanna, and Fanni Dés. Friedrich Ebert Foundation Hungary
This study detects the particular problems and needs women have in the fields of housing in Hungary and argues why women should be considered a separate target group of housing policies. It maps out the social services and institutions helping women's housing in the country, and defines policy measures to be taken to further improve women's housing situation.
Housing Challenges and their Solutions - The Role of Local Governments in Hungary
2019. Czirfusz, Márton. Friedrich Ebert Foundation Hungary
This study summarizes which room for manoeuvre local governments have in Hungary for putting forward progressive housing policies under the current national legislative framework. Although Hungarian local governments have limited financial means to implement progressive housing policies, they still play a crucial role in alleviating the effects of the current housing crisis locally.
