Foundation Forum 2025: Europe’s social model – The key to competitive growth

Access to affordable and adequate housing is a major concern in many Member States, in their cities and regions, compounded by the crises of recent years. People facing housing affordability problems are at risk of exclusion, insecurity about having to leave one’s home, being unable to afford other things due to high housing costs and having to remain in housing unsuitable for their needs. With rising living costs comes exposure to energy poverty for lower-income families who are unable to afford keeping their homes adequately warm or to meet rent or mortgage payments. At the same time, homelessness is on the rise in a large majority of Member States.