The Housing Partnership could also base its work on the expertise of the big European networks of consumers and producers. European Commission´s DG REGIO and EIB contributed have made valid contributions as well. Members of the Partnership on Housing were as follows:
- Cities/City Networks: Vienna (AT, coordinator), Lisbon (PT), Poznan (PL), Riga (LV), Scottish Cities Alliance (UK), Eurocities
- Member States: Slovakia (coordinator), Latvia, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Slovenia + 1 active observer, the Czech Republic.
- Stakeholders: AEDES, Housing Europe, International Union of Tenants (IUT)
- EU- Institutions: DG REGIO, DG ENER, DG EMPL, European Investment Bank (EIB), URBACT (observer)f
- Experts: Faculty for Urban Studies Science Po, Paris
The Housing Partnership bases its actions and recommendations as listed in its Action Plan of December 20183, amongst others. on:
- Legal background documents such as the “Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing, the “Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the “European Pillar of Social Rights, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, of which most relevant - SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, which all set out or refer to the right to decent, adequate, affordable, accessible and healthy housing as a basic human right.
- Evidence and findings of UNECE, OECD, Eurostat and other institutions on housing affordability and housing cost overburden, investment decline and financing obstacles as well as the background papers delivered by the expert of the partnership.
- Two research reports – Glasgow & MRI Budapest – which were undertaken to analyse more specifically the situation in old and new EU Member States.
- Internal surveys, expertise of Housing Partnership members, i.e. analyses, research, briefing papers and study visits.