Latest news
Rural housing webinar: presentations and videos available
Couldn’t join our Good Practice Webinar on 20 February? Browse through the presentations and videos for inspiring examples of improving rural housing affordability and availability, attracting new residents, and promoting renovation efforts.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Submit your housing project to the World Habitat Award by 3 March!
The competition is open to projects and initiatives from around the world, which focus on affordable and adequate housing – apply by 3 March 2025.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New European Bauhaus (NEB) Prize open for applications until 14 February
Showcase your innovative project or share a creative idea for building beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive spaces! In 2025, two distinct awards are running in parallel between 14 January and 14 February – NEB Prizes and NEB ‘Boost for small municipalities’.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Upcoming events
Conference on affordable housing – addressing the European housing crisis
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Homelessness and affordability: Sharing what works, and the 2025 World Habitat Awards ceremony
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest publications
Highlights Report | Good Practice Webinar: ‘Rural Housing’
This highlights report outlines the main initiatives and summarises the main messages from the Good Practice Webinar on rural housing of 20 February 2025, hosted online by the Rural Pact Support Office.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Supporting energy-efficient house renovations in French rural areas
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Rural Move: attracting people and building communities in rural Portugal
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The Isle of Eigg in Scotland, UK, produces its own electricity from green energy
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform