18 December 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
In an article for a French housing magazine, Ben Pluijmers, President of EFL, explains the Dutch situation regarding the sale of social homes in Netherlands. As France currently considers to allow the sale of social housing, the Dutch experiences show …
27 November 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
Global conversations about housing systems often happen in English. However, for many of us, the English language is not our mother tongue. At the same time, we sometimes draw conclusions about a term based on our cultural background. A group of intern …
25 November 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
On 12-14 March 2025, the next meeting of the EFL Topic Group Digitization will take place in stunning Barcelona!The programme will be dedicated to the topic “Digital Data – how to augment asset- and building data by analytics and AI”, a preliminary age …
12 November 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
From November 6-8, the EFL member community gathered in Leeds, hosted by one of the UK’s largest housing associations, Places for People. The event began with an informal evening on November 6, setting a relaxed tone for networking and connection-build …
23 September 2024 – woodwalker
View the programme here. We are excited to present our upcoming EFL conference in Leeds (6-8 November), where we will discuss one of the most pressing issues of our time: Decarbonising of the Housing Stock in Europe. Together with our host, Places for …
19 September 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
Exciting News: Three New Companies Join EFL as Associates! We are thrilled to announce that the European Federation for Living (EFL) has recently welcomed three innovative and dynamic companies as new associate members, further expanding our network an …
27 August 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
On September 5th 11.00 hrs, EFL will resume with a new series of webinars. This edition is dedicated to construction in wood. As wooden and timber buildings are increasingly seen as one of the options to reduce carbon emissions in the construction indu …
20 July 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
The French social housing company, 1001 Vies Habitat (translated as 1001 llives) recentlyt joined EFL. The organisation manages over 90.000 homes in France, situated in both the region Ile de France (Paris and around), and in soth west part of France ( …
20 July 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
The Topic Group Finance and Investments, hosted by Dr. Klein WoWi will take place on 18 November, only online in Teams. This meeting continues our journey in the knowledge transfer essential for the decarbonisation of the housing stock, focusing on bo …
19 June 2024 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
The European Federation for Living hosted on June 18th a 90 minute webinar with Professor Carlos Moreno, moderated by Joost Nieuwenhuijzen. Prof. Moreno is co-founded the ETI Chair “Entrepreneurship – Territory – Innovation.” and has conducted research …