Portimão
Thursday 4 April 2024
- Friday 5 April 2024
Housing for all: Progressive cities and regions building the future of housing policy | Portimão
Housing for all: Progressive cities and regions building the future of housing policy | Portimão
19.00 - 13.00
Conference
Museu de Portimão
Rua D. Carlos I
8500-607
Portimão
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Housing
READ THE DECLARATION OF PORTIMAO: English | Portuguese
The availability and affordability of housing in European cities and regions have reached a critical juncture. Skyrocketing prices and limited affordable options have plunged urban areas into housing crises. Families struggle to find homes they can afford, and vulnerable populations face even greater challenges. The future of housing policy in Europe hangs in the balance.
The PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions, together with PES Group member Isilda Gomes, mayor of Portimão, organised the extraordinary Group meeting on "Housing for all: Progressive cities and regions building the future of housing policy", which will took place in Portimão, Portugal, on Friday 5 April 2024 from 9:00 to 16:30.
At the event, progressive cities and regions from across Europe discussed about how to shape the future of housing.
The event was organised in cooperation with the S&D Group in the European Parliament, the Foundation for European Policy Studies (FEPS), the Young European Socialists (YES), PES Women and the Party of European Socialists (PES).
Study visits
Following the event, on Friday 5 Apri, after a walk to the Pontal Housing neighbourhood, an action on housing from 14:30 to 15:30 and a guided visit to the Portimão Museum ("La Rose", former sardine factory) took place. and from 15:30 to 16:30.
#ProgressivesSpeakUp School 2024
Together with our partners, we hosted, in the afternoons 4th and 5th April, the fifth edition of the #ProgressivesSpeakUp: School of young local and regional politicians.
Citizens debate
In the evening of Thursday 4 April, we organised from 19:00 to 20:00 a citizens' debate on the topic "Young people & Europe: Knock the Vote for European Progress".
Speakers
Programme
Thursday 4 April 2024
18:30-19:00
Registration
19:00- 20:30
Citizens' Debate on Youth & Europe
Address: Museu de Portimão, Rua D. Carlos I, 8500-607 Portimão
- Opening by Christophe Rouillon, President of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions and Mayor of Coulaines, France
- Enric López Jurado, President of the Young European Socialists
- Kata Tüttő, Member of the European Committee of the Regions, Vice-Mayor of Budapest, Hungary
- Isabel Carvailhais, Member of the European Parliament (S&D/Portugal)
- Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
Moderated by Isilda Gomes, Chair of the commission "Natural Resources" in the European Committee of the Regions, Mayor of Portimão, Portugal
20:30
Cocktail reception
Friday 5 April 2024
08:30-09:00
Registration
09:00-09:10
Welcome
- Christophe Rouillon, President of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions and Mayor of Coulaines, France
- Isilda Gomes, Chair of the commission "Natural Resources" in the European Committee of the Regions, Mayor of Portimão, Portugal
09:10-09:20
- Pedro Nuno Santos, Leader of Portuguese Socialist Party
09:20-10:00
Progressive strategies for Housing solutions
- Klara Geywitz, Deputy Party Leader of the SPD, Federal Minister of Housing, Germany
- Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
10:00-11:15
Progressive Round Robin debate – Housing needs Europe Europe needs
housing
Moderated by: David Rinaldi, FEPS Director for Studies and Policy
Team 1: Fair Housing
- Pedro Marques, Vice President of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
- María José Aldanas, Policy officer at FEANTSA
- Rosário Gambôa, Vice President of PES Women, Nacional Secretary of PS Mulheres, Portugal
Team 2: Sustainable Housing
- Kata Tüttő, Deputy Mayor of Budapest, Hungary and Vice President of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions
- Erik Pelling, Mayor of Uppsala, Sweden
- Alison Gilliland, City councillor in Dublin, Ireland and Member of the European Committee of the Regions
Team 3: Housing for all
- Miguel Costa Matos, Member of the Portuguese Parliament and President of Juventude Socialista, Portugal
- Sorcha Edwards, Secretary General of Housing Europe
11:15-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:15
High level talk: Towards a European Housing strategy: the progressive vision for the next mandate
- Rudi Vervoort, Minister-President of the Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
- Marina Gonçalves, Former Minister of Housing, Portugal
- Enric López Jurado, President of the Young European Socialists
Moderated by: Yonnec Polet, Deputy Secretary General of the PES, Member of the CoR
12:15-12:30
Adoption of the declaration Housing needs Europe – Europe needs housing
- Christophe Rouillon, President of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions and Mayor of Coulaines, France
- Adelina Kunst, Member of Primorsko-Goranska County Council, Croatia, and member of the European Committee of the Regions' Young Elected Politicians programme
12:30-12:40
Family picture
12:40-14:30
Lunch
14:30-15:30
Progressives Go the Extra Mile for Social Europe / Housing action
Walk to Pontal Housing neighbourhood
