Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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How affordable are houses in your area? 🏠

*Despoina Balouktsi* is one of the JRC scientists analysing the housing market in Europe. She and her team bring together housing data from all EU countries, down to the regional level, to map where housing pressure is highest.

Their findings support the EU's Affordable Housing Act, helping assess where action is most needed.

To know more about what the EU is doing on affordable housing:

- https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC147616
- https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/novel-data-driven-approach-identify-eu-areas-under-housing-stress-2026-09-09_en
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52025DC1025&qid=1779808979085
- https://housing.ec.europa.eu/document/35c4d242-60cb-408e-8a96-6ddf8ad18a70_en
- https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/housing-eu-more-2-million-new-homes-year-needed-2035-meet-demand-2025-12-16_en
- https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144703
- https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC145033


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