Renovation helpdesk
Welcome to the RENOVATION helpdesk.
Would you like to know more about how to…
attract private investment to fund renovation?
enable people with different backgrounds to thrive together and feel empowered?
accommodate tenants during the renovations?
avoid that all the renovation expenses weigh solely on the owner?
ensure your project is financially sound and sustainable?
standardise renovation solutions?
another renovation-related question that you are faced with?
Local authorities, SMEs and social, affordable, public, or co-operative housing providers received support within the successful first editions of the Renovation Helpdesk that took place in 2023-2024 during the International Social Housing Festival in Barcelona, the Affordable Housing Initiative Summit in Paris, the Affordable Housing Initiative Bootcamp, the Final Conference in Brussels and online.
Participants had the opportunity to present their district renovation project and to receive tailored support from an attentively selected European expert during a one-hour meeting.

The first edition of the Renovation Helpdesk at the International Social Housing Festival in Barcelona in June 2023

the meeting between Paris Habitat and VšĮ Atnaujinkime miestą in Vienna, September 2023
22 Lighthouse Districts under the Affordable Housing Initiative have participated in the programme:
- Besòs Maresme, Barcelona, Spain
- El Palau, Matarò, Spain
- Quartier Le Parc, Guesnain, France
- Analipsi, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Dracevo, Skopje, North Macedonia
- Portes du 18ème / Charles Hermite, Paris, France
- Križevci, Croatia
- Donner, Kaposvár, Hungary
- Leuven, Belgium
- Bochold, Essen, Germany
- Naujininkai, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Groenlaan, Schendelbeke, Belgium
- Étangs Noirs, Brussels, Belgium
- Eddenderry, Offaly, Ireland
- Tavros-Moschatos, Athens, Greece
- Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
- Torrelavega, Spain
- Blocs Florida, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
- Ganshoren, Brussels, Belgium
- Axelborg, Horsens, Denmark
- Barreiro, Lisbon/Setubal, Portugal
- City centre, Maribor, Slovenia