{"id":97331,"date":"2026-09-02T07:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T07:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:28:38","slug":"how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe&#8217;s municipalities?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Epeka Association will participate <strong>\u00a0in the 2nd Municipal Housing Thematic Workshop, <\/strong>organized by the European Commission (<em>Housing Task Force<\/em>), which will build on the June meeting and offer concrete solutions for the expansion of the non-profit and limited-profit municipal housing sector.<\/p>\n<p>The housing crisis and the availability of suitable homes are one of the biggest challenges facing European cities and local communities today. How to turn this challenge into an opportunity?<\/p>\n<p>The workshop will delve into the key aspects that are necessary for the successful planning, implementation and long-term sustainability of housing projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Social acceptance:<\/strong> Strategies and ways to build strong support from the local community and residents for new municipal housing projects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable Business Models:<\/strong> Managing and maintaining buildings through the prism of long-term financial and environmental sustainability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Risk-sharing mechanisms: <\/strong>Incentives that strengthen the financial viability of projects and attract much-needed investments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Good practices and examples from practice:<\/strong> Learning from successful European examples and transferable frameworks that are already working in practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event is aimed at representatives of cities and local authorities, policy makers, urban planners, non-profit housing organisations and all professionals involved in the financing and development of social, affordable and sustainable housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Epeka Association will participate <strong>\u00a0in the 2nd Municipal Housing Thematic Workshop, <\/strong>organized by the European Commission (<em>Housing Task Force<\/em>), which will build on the June meeting and &#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":97330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"projekt_kategorija":[],"class_list":["post-97331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe&#039;s municipalities? - EPEKA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe&#039;s municipalities? - EPEKA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Members of the Epeka Association will participate \u00a0in the 2nd Municipal Housing Thematic Workshop, organized by the European Commission (Housing Task Force), which will build on the June meeting and ... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EPEKA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-02T06:28:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-02T06:28:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/epeka.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1408\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"VK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"VK\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"VK\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbd0d9f14d9292587880f2dca18d1057\"},\"headline\":\"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe&#8217;s municipalities?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-02T06:28:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-02T06:28:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":211,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Events\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe's municipalities? - EPEKA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-02T06:28:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-02T06:28:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbd0d9f14d9292587880f2dca18d1057\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg\",\"width\":1408,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe&#8217;s municipalities?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"EPEKA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbd0d9f14d9292587880f2dca18d1057\",\"name\":\"VK\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/epeka.si\\\/en\\\/author\\\/vlado\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe's municipalities? - EPEKA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe's municipalities? - EPEKA","og_description":"Members of the Epeka Association will participate \u00a0in the 2nd Municipal Housing Thematic Workshop, organized by the European Commission (Housing Task Force), which will build on the June meeting and ... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/","og_site_name":"EPEKA","article_published_time":"2026-09-02T06:28:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-02T06:28:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1408,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"VK","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"VK","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/"},"author":{"name":"VK","@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cbd0d9f14d9292587880f2dca18d1057"},"headline":"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe&#8217;s municipalities?","datePublished":"2026-09-02T06:28:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-02T06:28:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/"},"wordCount":211,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg","articleSection":["Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/","url":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/","name":"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe's municipalities? - EPEKA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-09-02T06:28:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-02T06:28:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cbd0d9f14d9292587880f2dca18d1057"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-stanovanja.jpeg","width":1408,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable-and-sustainable-in-europes-municipalities\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to make housing more affordable and sustainable in Europe&#8217;s municipalities?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/","name":"EPEKA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cbd0d9f14d9292587880f2dca18d1057","name":"VK","url":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/author\/vlado\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97332,"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97331\/revisions\/97332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97331"},{"taxonomy":"projekt_kategorija","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekt_kategorija?post=97331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}