On the morning of 5 May, the EU representations of Lille Metropole, Lyon Metropole and Cities Northern Netherlands will be hosting a seminar on the new European Affordable Housing Plan. The event will take place in the Lille Metropole Office, located at Rue Guimard 9.

Here is the proposed agenda for the morning (see attached picture):

8:45–9:00 Welcome and registration

9:00–9:30 Presentation of the affordable housing plan by the European Commission (Francesco Amodeo, Housing Task Force, European Commission)

9:30–10:00 Focus on the link between the New European Bauhaus and affordable housing (Solene Gautron, Joint Research Centre, European Commission)

10:00–10:30 Focus on the financing tools (Bianca Faragau, European Investment Bank)

10:30–10:50 Coffee break

10:50–13:00 Roundtable discussions with representatives from European cities and metropoles 

13:00–14:00 Networking lunch

To express your interest and join the event, email EUoffice@lillemetropole.fr. The deadline to register is 27 April.