PUBLICATIONs

The Missing Delivery Framework: A Regenerative-Inspired Approach to the European Affordable Housing Plan. explores how Europe’s housing crisis requires more than quantity-driven delivery, calling instead for a regenerative transformation in how affordable housing is conceived, designed, and implemented. Developed by Living Future Europe’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG), the publication responds to the European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) adopted by the European Commission in 2025, examining how regenerative design principles can strengthen the long-term social, environmental, and economic performance of housing across Europe. Drawing on international case studies — including projects in Vienna, Milan, Barcelona, Denmark, Iowa, and San Francisco — the report highlights emerging housing models that integrate affordability with low-carbon construction, inclusive design, climate resilience, healthy materials, biodiversity, social cohesion, and participatory governance. By connecting the ambitions of the EAHP with regenerative principles and practical built examples, the publication offers decision-makers, housing providers, and policymakers a framework for advancing affordable housing as a catalyst for long-term community wellbeing, ecological restoration, and resilient urban transformation.