SMP – Boosting SMEs’ and stakeholders’ capacities to participate in renovation projects through the Affordable Housing Initiative European Partnership – 2024

Objectives

• To foster regeneration of neighbourhoods across Europe, addressing energy poverty, promoting social inclusion and ensuring that newly built and renovated housing units of the supported districts remain affordable innovative and inclusive
• To set up the Affordable Housing Initiative European Partnership (‘the AHI partnership’) to support organisations active in the renovation and construction of social and affordable housing projects and local industrial partnerships18 (LIPs) across Europe

Priorities

• Priority 1: Promote across the EU the use of integrated approaches in energy
  renovation and energy efficient construction projects of social and affordable
  housing at district level, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups
• Priority 2: Identify the support needs of (minimum) 35 selected LIPs driving a local renovation or construction project towards a lighthouse district Provide capacity and tailored technical assistance to its members to enable efficient project delivery and motivate projects to explore other aspects of integrated approaches not yet considered
• Priority 3: Act as project catalyser and centre of expertise, networking and knowledge transfer for any interested and/or involved organisation engaged in social and affordable housing renovation and construction projects aiming towards neighbourhood regeneration
• Priority 4: : Work toward the aggregation and dissemination of good practices that can be replicated across Europe as well as promote and make available the materials developed

Among financed actions

• Select (minimum) 35 LIPs via a transparent and open process of selection
• .Provide tailored support and capacity-building to members of the (minimum) 35 selected LIPs implementing lighthouse districts
• Provide general support to any interested and/or involved organisation
  engaged in social and affordable housing renovation and construction projects aiming towards neighbourhood regeneration
• Provide tailored support to the (minimum) 35 selected LIPs and general support to any interested and/or involved organisation engaged in social and affordable housing renovation and construction projects at district level to access funding and financial assistance
• Set up an overall communication and dissemination strategy setting up the
  Affordable Housing Initiative Community, building communication tools and ensuring reach out to relevant experts in the field and EU-funded projects relevant for selected LIPs and any other relevant organisation

Additional information 

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals.
• Initial duration of the action: up to 24 months

• Total budget of the call: 1 million euro
• Amount of the grant: up to 1 million euro
• Co-financing rate: 90% of the total eligible costs