The pioneering tenants of Europe’s first inhabited 3D printed house

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The pioneering tenants of Europe’s first inhabited 3D printed house

What challenges did researchers face when developing Europe’s first social housing apartment

Researchers developing Europe’s first social housing apartments faced several key challenges:

• Housing shortages and affordability: Limited availability of affordable housing stock in many cities restricted the scale and speed of social housing projects[2][7].
• Funding and sustainability: Securing ongoing funding was difficult, impacting long-term project viability, especially in cities like Lisbon and Budapest where subsidies were time-limited or insufficient[1][2].
• Support for tenants: Many tenants had complex needs (e.g., mental health, substance abuse), requiring intensive, individualized support, which demanded high staff-client ratios and 24/7 availability[1][6].
• Social integration: Tenants often faced loneliness, social isolation, and challenges in building new social networks after moving in, especially when placed in scattered housing rather than communal settings[1].
• Community relations: Addressing neighborhood conflicts and ensuring positive integration into local communities was necessary, with some projects reporting nuisance complaints and the need for constructive conflict resolution[1].
• Administrative and policy barriers: Differences in national policies, eligibility rules, and debates over the target groups for social housing complicated implementation and scaling of projects[5][8].

Overall, these challenges required adaptation of the original models, flexible support systems, and ongoing adjustments to local contexts to ensure success[1][2].

Citations :
[1] [PDF] Housing First Europe – Results of a European Social … – Feantsa https://www.feantsa.org/download/article-01_8-13977658399374625612.pdf
[2] Housing first in cities: A transformative approach to homelessness https://eurocities.eu/latest/housing-first-in-cities-a-transformative-approach-to-homelessness/
[3] [PDF] Housing inequality in Europe – Council of Europe Development Bank https://coebank.org/media/documents/Part_3-Inequality-Housing.pdf
[4] [PDF] Unaffordable and inadequate housing in Europe | Eurofound https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/system/files/2023-05/ef22024en.pdf
[5] [PDF] Social Housing in Europe II – LSE https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/research/lse-london/documents/Archive/HEIF-3/Social-housing-II-KS-CW.pdf
[6] [PDF] Housing First – European Observatory on Homelessness https://www.feantsaresearch.org/download/housing_first_pleace3790695452176551843.pdf
[7] Understanding French Housing Policy (and its Challenges) https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/expressions/understanding-french-housing-policy-and-its-challenges
[8] [PDF] Social Housing in Europe – International Union of Tenants http://www.iut.nu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Social-Housing-in-Europe-I.pdf