Housing Cities

2024-09-25

LISBON - As cities battle with the dual challenge of maintaining resident populations amidst rising real estate interests and overtourism, the team investigated if there are any evidence-based ways to stop or slow gentrification and other issues through public, cooperative and social housing.

The team would cover evidence-based responses to European cities’ challenges regarding affordability, sustainability and housing availability. It’s a series on how governments and communities tackle problems in different areas, namely over-tourism and its relation with the housing crisis.

They would also examine the allocation and impact of public and European funds, policies, and solutions for state housing and urban renewal in these areas, to see if they are effective or with unintended consequences. Is finding a sustainable balance between overtourism and city living a challenge?

Photo by Inês Leote

Team members

Ana da Cunha

Ana da Cunha is a professional journalist from Mensagem de Lisboa.

Frederico Raposo

Frederico Raposo is a professional journalist from Mensagem de Lisboa.

Inês Leote

Inês Leote (Portugal) is a photojournalist at Mensagem.

Dora Santos Silva

Dora Santos Silva (Purtugal) is a lecturer and a researcher.

Catarina Carvalho

Catarina Carvalho is the founder and editor of Mensagem de Lisboa.

Gabriela Ferreira

Gabriela Ferreira is a journalist and PhD candidate in Communication Sciences at NOVA FCSH.

Mariana Vital

Mariana Vital is a journalist intern at Mensagem de Lisboa.

Alberto Puliafito

Alberto Puliafito is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Slow News.

Andrea Coccia

Andrea Coccia is one of the co-founders of Slow News and the editor-in-chief of Revue Dessinée Italia.

Fulvio Nebbia

Fulvio Nebbia is a screenwriter, director, and producer.

Media

Mensagem

Mensagem is a community journalism local media based at A Brasileira Café in Chiado district, downtown Lisbon (Portugal).

Slow News

Slow News strives to create a space for reflection, dialogue, and understanding, inviting our audience to journey with us beyond the headlines.

Supported

€16,080 allocated on 24/06/2024

SOJO/2024/A/068

Grant

SoJo

ONLINE

Video: Referendo sobre o Alojamento Local: o fim da crise da habitação em Lisboa?, Mensagem de Lisboa, 25/09/2024. (Portuguese) (Vídeo: Inês Leote)
Mensagem lança séries de jornalismo de soluções para a habitação e o calor em Lisboa, Mensagem de Lisboa, 25/09/2024. (Portuguese)
Bairros despovoados, subida de preços: o impacto do Alojamento Local na crise da habitação em Lisboa, Mensagem de Lisboa, 28/09/2024.
Smart Housed, Slow News, 30/09/2024.
Tutti vogliono salvare Venezia. Ma da cosa?, Slow News, 30/09/2024.
I mercanti (delle soluzioni) di Venezia, Slow News, 30/09/2024.
A Venezia le case ci sono. Ma per chi?, Slow News, 30/09/2024.
Le soluzioni degli altri, Slow News, 30/09/2024.
YouTube: Smart Housed - Abitare a Venezia, Slow News, 30/09/2024.
Vimeo: Smart Housed, Slow News, 30/09/2024.
Lisboa não sabe quantas lojas tem nem o que vendem. Paris regula o comércio: um exemplo a seguir?, Mensagem de Lisboa, 09/10/2024.

COUNTRIES

Italy
Portugal

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