HouseInc - Inclusive, Affordable and Sustainable Housing for Marginalized Communities

HouseInc的目标是应用创新的方法，深入分析边缘化社区背景下住房不平等的相互联系的方面。HouseInc将对经济、社会和生态驱动因素进行实证研究，并评估各种指标对住房不平等的影响，从而得出政策建议，促进采取有效措施解决整个欧洲的住房不平等问题。通过跨学科对话，该项目开发了创新的社会、金融和数字解决方案，这些解决方案可以扩大规模，从而有助于欧洲社会中弱势群体更好地实现社会经济和可持续融合。HouseInc从微观、中观和宏观三个层面对住房不平等的相互联系进行了系统的评估，强调能源和流动性贫困、数字维度、就业机会、家庭和社会人口条件、能源效率和健康。跨学科的HouseInc联盟由研究机构和大学、政策智库、非政府组织和实地从业人员组成，涉及案例研究，直接与东欧或东欧四个边缘化社区的成员接触。除了采用混合方法（包括建模和基于地理信息系统的分析，描绘地理和未来的住房不平等）之外，我们还实施了一项跨国调查，以便根据最近的事件（如COVID-19和俄罗斯入侵乌克兰）更好地了解住房不平等。研究结果将通过生活实验室和各种利益相关者参与活动进行评估、绘制和扩大，以提供解决住房不平等问题的创新解决方案，并将其转化为有效的地方、区域、国家和欧盟政策建议，影响欧盟和国家的资助计划，并为政策制定者提供全面的概述和指导，以减轻住房不平等。

The objective of HouseInc is to apply innovative methodology to deeply analyse interlinked dimensions of housing inequalities in the context of marginalized communities. HouseInc will empirically examine economic, social and ecological drivers and assess impacts of various indicators on housing inequality to derive policy recommendations that foster the adoption of effective measures addressing housing inequality across Europe. With a transdisciplinary dialogue, the project developsinnovative social, financial and digitalsolutions that can be up-scaled and thus, contribute to a better socio-economic and sustainable integration of vulnerable groups in European societies. HouseInc takes a systemic view and assesses interlinkages of housing inequalities - emphasizing energy and mobility poverty, digital dimensions, employment opportunities, family and socio-demographic conditions, energy-efficiency and health - on a micro-, meso- and macro-level. The interdisciplinary HouseInc consortium - consisting of research institutes and universities, policy think tanks, NGOs and practitioners on the ground - involves case studies to engage directly with members of four marginalized communities in or from Eastern Europe. Besides a mix-method approach, including modelling and a GIS-based analysis depicting geographical and future housing inequality, we implement a multinational survey to better understand housing inequality in light of recent events such as COVID-19 and Russia's invasion in the Ukraine. The research results will be assessed, mapped and scaled up using Living Labs and various stakeholder engagement activities to provide innovative solutions addressing housing inequalities and translating them into valid local, regional, national and EU policy recommendations impacting EU and national funding programs and providing a comprehensive overview and guidance for policymakers to mitigate housing inequalities.