Social and affordable housing must be increased through actions of purchase, rehabilitation, mobilisation of the existing stock and new construction, especially intended for the rental system, permanently qualified and distributed in a balanced way across the territory to avoid residential segregation.

Actions to reduce the cost of rental housing through financing, regulation and price stabilisation instruments, especially in areas of strong and proven demand, can transform the housing market and increase its public value.

The money that a household spends on water, energy, gas and Internet costs is one of the overload factors that gains weight. Through the promotion of new and more democratic forms of supply, social participation in management, aid to guarantee access and the improvement of housing efficiency, the aim is to reduce household spending on utilities.

In order to close the gap between supply and demand, it is essential to influence households’ economic capacity through an active employment policy, higher salaries and complementary income, increased subsidies and rental aid and more supply for groups at risk of social exclusion.

The use of the existing housing stock in the consolidated city and its mobilisation in the affordable housing stock requires the energy rehabilitation and climate and morphological adaptation of homes and buildings. This wave of rehabilitation can improve efficiency in the use of housing and consequently lower household expenses.