Reinforcing Student Accommodation in Europe with special guests Frank Uffen and Kelly-anne Watson from The Class Foundation

Housed has partnered up with The Class Foundation to bring you a special three-part mini series, getting under the skin of the importance of student housing strategy across Europe and warming the shared living sector up for the The Class Conference 2025 taking place in Lisbon this November. In this episode 'Reinforcing Europe', Dan, Deenie and Sarah are joined by Kelly-anne Watson and Frank Uffen to discuss:• An introduction to The Class Foundation• How purpose-built student accommodation helps relieve pressure on general housing markets• International students in popular cities facing backlash as locals feel displaced• EU appointing first Housing Commissioner • National Action Frameworks creating coordinated strategies, with Netherlands as successful model• UK target of 190,000 additional beds being supported through multi-stakeholder approach• Need for centralized data and coordinated lobbying to influence government policy• Unlocking investment for affordable housing solutions Those who are interested in learning more about what The Class Conference is all about, or want to book their tickets can visit the website : www.theclassfoundation.com/conference