No one left behind

Friday June 26 the second  event of the series “Cities engaging in the right to housing” took place. The web conference  No one left behind  organised by by Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) and URBACT was facilitated by Laura Colini. The conference offered a preview of the 2020 Report on Housing Exclusion in Europe, co-written by FEANTSA and Fondation Abbé Pierre, and featured UIA and URBACT city cases that directly tackle housing exclusion and discrimination with practical responses on the ground .

Find here the introductory paper by Laura Colini presenting a snapshot of Homelessness & Housing Exclusion in Europe in 2020. Here on the URBACT website you can access the power point presentation and here Q&A transcripts.

In the following a Twitter summary of the discussion.

 

 

 

25 Giu , 2020 - Category:

conference · EU Urban Innovative Action UIA · housing · social housing · social inclusion · urbact

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