Addressing homelessness through housing-led approaches aligned with the New European Bauhaus
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Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Summary
Social and affordable housing is being advanced in the EU, including through the Affordable Housing Initiative. Despite efforts, current policies for the green transition are failing to adequately address the housing crisis. Homelessness remains a structural challenge across Europe, with negative impacts on both individuals experiencing it (e.g. physical and mental health, social and economic conditions) and neighbourhood communities (e.g. pressure on public services, erosion of social fabric, etc.).
Research and innovation gaps in tackling homelessness range from data collection (i.e. the variety of approaches to defining, measuring and monitoring homelessness), to integrating housing-led approaches with resilience strategies for homeless populations in a climate-changing world.
Housing-led approaches cover diverse policy responses to homelessness that provide immediate and permanent access to housing, targeted prevention, and needs-based, person-centred support services across several areas of the individual’s life while giving homeless populations a high degree of choice and control.
This topic focuses on developing and/or updating housing-led approaches that apply NEB values and principles. Such approaches are expected to cover measures ranging from upstream preventive measures to those giving access to green, low-carbon, climate-resilient, health-promoting and socially inclusive housing that ensures quality of experience for homeless populations across neighbourhoods in urban, peri-urban and rural areas.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals are expected to address all of the following:
- Refine and demonstrate at least three housing-led approaches in at least three neighbourhoods (in urban, peri-urban and rural areas) located in different Member States and/or Associated Countries, that:
- Are adapted to the specific characteristics of the neighbourhoods where the approaches will be applied (e.g. existing local/national regulations, composition of the population, cultural differences, existing infrastructure, etc.).
- Provide permanent housing to homeless people, as defined by the European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion, complemented by services that (re-)integrate homeless populations in their local community.
- Integrate plans for the green transition of the permanent housing, taking into consideration climate mitigation and adaptation aspects (for instance, through the inclusion of renewable energy solutions and/or nature-based solutions) and the social dimension of living conditions for a conflict-minimised cohabitation of different social groups.
- Are co-created[1] with the targeted homeless populations, paying special attention to families with minor children, and people temporarily hosted by acquaintances and family.
- Include measures to address the institutional barriers that hinder access to housing in the selected neighbourhoods.
- Present the highest potential for replication and adaptability to local specificities.
- Develop and implement a methodology to monitor, analyse and document the effectiveness of the selected approaches in reducing homelessness compared to conventional approaches, building upon the European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion. The methodology is expected to ensure the comparability of data and results across neighbourhoods.
Proposals are expected to follow a participatory and transdisciplinary approach through the integration of different actors and disciplines.
This topic requires the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research activities.
Proposals are expected to allocate at least 0.8% of their budget for engaging with the Horizon Europe-funded ‘New European Bauhaus hub for results and impact’ to share their intermediate and final results, findings and learning, as well as to contribute to impact assessment.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: €6.50 million.
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Health
- Regional Development
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
- Urban Development
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Services Providers
Eligibility For Participation Notes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
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National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
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Email: support@research.org.cy
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