Exploring and improving access to housing in rural areas and developing the houses and villages of the future
Programme Category
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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Call
Summary
At European level,there is a lack of research on rural property issues and different rural areas are affected differently by demographic trends and migration flows.
Covid 19 and new teleworking opportunities have also had a strong impact on the property market in rural areas. Some rural areas are experiencing gentrification processes, others are experiencing seasonal tourist flows, while others are affected by depopulation.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should address all of the following:
- analyse the real estate and rental markets (including short-term and long-term rentals) in rural areas and evaluate housing quality and housing poverty; the analysis should include an evaluation of the demand and supply side and an identification of the stakeholders;
- contribute to increase data availability, making use also of digital technologies, in relation to type of settlement structures and buildings and include and in-depth analysis of the abandoned or in state of collapse units, showcasing best practise to recover and reuse buildings when socially, economically and environmentally sustainable;
- increase the understanding of the access to affordable, quality housing and social housing in rural areas considering also financial aspects such as access to finance and price affordability, as well as social aspects such as gender, age, ethnicity, or disability;
- provide recommendations to policy makers on how to regulate the real estate and rental markets and to promote sustainable, nearly-zero emitting housing renovation or construction where needed to benefit rural communities, including people in a vulnerable situation, and ensure affordable and accessible housing;
- run participatory processes involving rural stakeholders to design sustainable houses and villages of the future, paying particular attention to affordability and replicability of innovative solutions (including intergenerational, multiuse, and reuse approaches) as well as to the adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. Solutions should include innovations in terms of improved renovations, insulation, energy and water efficiency and use and reuse of local materials, circularity of materials, as well as of reducing pollution (including air pollution) and soil sealing in rural areas.
Proposals must use the multi-actor approach and involve relevant actors in particular to develop houses and villages of the future.
Collaboration and complementarity with the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Facility is encouraged.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €6.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Land Development
- Natural and Cultural Heritage
- Public Administration
- Regional Development
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Central Government
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- NGOs
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Services Providers
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The following additional eligibility criteria apply: the proposals must apply the multi-actor approach. See definition of the multi-actor approach in the introduction to this work programme part.
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.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Marcia Trillidou
Scientific Officer A’
Email: trillidou@research.org.cy
Dr. Mary Economou
Scientific Officer
Email: meconomou@research.org.cy