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Anna Iafisco

Sep 22, 2026

2:27
Now, with that as the framing, who is the housing crisis hitting the hardest right now? Let me start with you, Anna.
2:35
The housing crisis is affecting a broad range of people across Europe, as you were saying, especially across European cities, but it's not affecting everyone equally.
2:45
Our EuroCities data from last year shows that low-income households are consistently the group most exposed to housing affordability pressures.
2:55
They are often living in older, energy-inefficient homes, so they face a double burden, high housing costs and high energy bills.
3:04
And when rents rise or a household faces an unexpected expense, they simply have much less room to absorb that shock.
3:13
Single parent families, migrants and refugees, but also people with disabilities are among those particularly exposed.
3:21
They also face lower or less stable incomes, but also they face difficulties in accessing private rental markets, discrimination and a lack of suitable housing.

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18:43
In fact, polls have been run about air conditioning being the answer rather than a focus on lowering emissions.

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