Editing Public housing (section)

=== European Union ===
[[File:Aleja Lotników z ulicy Bełdan w kierunku wschodnim 1977.jpg|thumb|Brand new [[Plattenbau|panel buildings]] in [[Warsaw]], [[communist Poland]], 1977]]
According to a 2018 discussion paper of the [[European Commission]], in 2015, 11.3% of the EU-population lived in households that spent 40% or more of their disposable income on housing.<ref>{{cite book | first1 = Lieve | last1 = Fransen | first2 = Gino | last2 = del Bufalo | first3 = Edoardo | last3 = Reviglio | author4 = Economic and Financial Affairs | url = https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/economy-finance/boosting-investment-social-infrastructure-europe_en | title = Boosting Investment in Social Infrastructure in Europe (Discussion Paper 074) | page = 34 | format = pdf | language = en | date = January 23, 2018 | isbn = 978-92-79-77403-4 | issn = 2443-8022 | doi = 10.2765/794497 | access-date = January 25, 2020 | archive-date = 25 January 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200125114151/https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/economy-finance/boosting-investment-social-infrastructure-europe_en | url-status = live }}</ref>
In January 2019, the former [[European Commission]] President, [[Romano Prodi]], declared that "public investment in social infrastructure during the [[Eurocrisis]] reached a 20-year low. Current investment in social infrastructure in the [[European Union|EU]] is estimated at 170 billion euros per year. The minimum infrastructure investment gap in these sectors is estimated at 100 to 150 billion euros, representing a total gap of at least 1.5 trillion euros between 2018 and 2030."<ref name="housingeurope.eu,31january2019">{{cite web | url = http://www.housingeurope.eu/resource-1231/romano-prodi-we-can-show-leadership-in-europe-now-in-support-of-affordable-housing | title = Romano Prodi: "We can show leadership in Europe now in support of affordable housing" | date = January 31, 2019 | language = en |archive-url = https://archive.today/20200125112035/http://www.housingeurope.eu/resource-1231/romano-prodi-we-can-show-leadership-in-europe-now-in-support-of-affordable-housing | archive-date = January 25, 2020 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Housing projects in [[Europe]] can be found in [[urban area]]s, as well as in [[suburban area]]s.

The EU was moving to support more affordable, energy-efficient and accessible housing with the financial contribution of the [[Council of Europe Development Bank|CEB]] and of the [[European Investment Bank|EIB]] through its [[European Fund for Strategic Investments]]. Public funding was planned to be directed primarily on affordable housing and secondly in the education and lifelong learning, health and long-term care sectors.<ref name="housingeurope.eu,31january2019" />

In Europe, there is a significant shortage of investment in social housing and a pressing need to renovate existing units.{{when|date=May 2024}} Annual investment in housing is predicted at €57 billion for new building and energy-efficiency modifications. The projections do not include the refugee situation caused by the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bank |first=European Investment |date=2024-03-18 |title=Sustainable innovation |url=https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20240069-sustainable-innovation-water-housing-enlargement |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Social and affordable housing |url=https://www.eib.org/en/projects/topics/sustainable-cities-regions/urban-development/social-affordable-housing |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.eib.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Housing affordability and sustainability in the EU |url=https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-02/ecso_ar_housing_affordability_2019_0.pdf}}</ref>