03/04/2025
A very important event we attended a while ago , a first of a series curated by and . A presentation of the .eu Initiative was the base for an engaging and passionate discussion of why its argument is so important and how to make it possible.
“Today, buildings are treated as investments rather than spaces for people to live in. Due to financial speculation, millions of square meters sit empty and ruined or are demolished and replaced: from functioning family homes to abandoned industrial and office spaces. For real estate speculators, every building is up for demolition!
By 2050, we will have demolished 2 billion square meters of existing space in Europe. This is the equivalent of half of Germany’s building stock and more than Paris or Berlin in their entirety. Instead, we will have built billions of square meters of new space as a replacement for what was already there. This practice creates social, economic, environmental, and cultural problems as demolition comes with a loss of homes, jobs, energy, and history.”
HouseEurope! is the European Citizens’ Initiative for new EU-laws that prioritise renovation and adaptation over demolition and reconstruction by making renovation and transformation more easy, affordable and social.
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www.houseeurope.eu