A data-driven approach to assess areas under housing stress in the EU

Filipe Batista E Silva (), Elisabeth Joossens (), Ricardo Barranco, Riccardo Curtale (), Despoina Balouktsi (), Mario Bellia (), Borek Vasicek, Vitor Martins, Stefan Zeugner and Elisa Bazzani ()
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Filipe Batista E Silva: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Elisabeth Joossens: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Riccardo Curtale: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Despoina Balouktsi: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Mario Bellia: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Elisa Bazzani: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC147616, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: The Affordable Housing Act (AHA) is a key Commission initiative aiming to enable proportionate measures to address supply and demand mismatches in areas under housing stress. Within this framework, the AHA seeks to establish a common framework for flagging areas potentially under housing stress, clarify the conditions under which targeted and proportionate measures concerning the non-primary use of housing, including short-term rentals, may be justified, and encourage supply-side responses to increase the availability of affordable and social housing. After a thorough assessment of the availability and relevance of data and indicators, the JRC, in coordination with several Commission services, proposed a two-tier approach based on objective and publicly available data to assess areas under housing stress. The first tier combines data on price (Mapadomo) and income (Eurostat) to pre-screen overall housing stress conditions, and can be implemented in a straightforward and consistent manner by competent authorities across all EU Member States. The second tier relies on additional, auxiliary indicators linking to the root causes of the supply-demand mismatches at local level to justify and guide proportional policy development. This visual factsheet summarizes the overall approach, illustrating with recent data at the NUTS3-level how housing stress varies across the EU.

Date: 2026-09
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