When is affordable housing becoming a reality again? | Ctrl+EU by The European Correspondent

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Housing is becoming one of the defining issues across Europe right now — with cities struggling to balance affordability, sustainability and ageing building stock. Tonight we’re looking at a question more governments are starting to ask: instead of tearing buildings down, should we be renovating them instead?This month on CTRL+EU, we’re joined by Dali Malnoury of the Community Land Trust Brussels and Josiane Schmidt, campaign manager for the upcoming european citizen’s initiative A Right to Housing, to discuss why demolition is the default choice for politicians and developers - and what that says about how we value housing.

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