There’s no place

like EUrhome

Toms Jansons, Yael van Bleiswijk

● 30% of young people are looking for suitable
housing

● Shortage of 300 000 homes

● At least 18% of young people were homeless in

2021

● Skyrocketing house and apartment prices and

rents

● 40% of homeless people are under 18

30%
of young people are looking for suitable housing
Skyrocketing
house and apartment prices and rents
40%
of homeless people are under 18
At least

18%
of young people were homeless in 2021
Shortage of

300 000
homes
Goals
● Advocate for suitable housing in Netherlands and EU countries with a similar situation

● Train young people to stand up for this issue

● Create peer to peer advocacy networks

Objectives

● Create international peer to peer networks

● Activate youth to find solutions

● Raise awareness
Target group and beneficiaries
Young people aged 18-30 from the Netherlands and other countries
facing housing shortages
Plan of activities

● Create peer to peer networks

● Activate youth to advocate for this issue

● Workshops

● Meetings

● Think tanks

● Erasmus+ youth exchange

Objective: create local advocacy groups/ connect young people with organisations helping with this
issue in NL

No Activity and steps Deadline

1 find people in nl willing to fight this issue 7-6-24

2 find organisations 7-6-24

3 have talks 17-6-24

4 create a community 27-6-24

5 train the advocates 27-8-24

6 hold talks with housing corps and local govs and the advocates 27-8-24
Objective: create an international peer to peer network between countries
facing the same issue for international advocacy on this issue
Activity 2 - youth exchange

1 connect with ngos from other countries experiencing this 7-9-24

same issue

2 write a program 7-10-24

3 find funding (erasmus) 7-10-24

4 find a place to hold a YE (ommen)? 17-10-24

5 share skills/ knowledge 17-3-24

6 hold youth exchange 17-3-24

Resources

● local NGOs

● local government officials

● housing corps

● already existing advocacy groups

Engagement

● Youth takes the lead role, determine what they want and need in their housing needs and
how they should be met

● We take on a supportive role. We’re here to help and steer.

Risks

● Uninterested people who only like to travel and not like to work on the issues of project
(mitigate risk by holding interviews)

● uncooperative housing corporations/local governments

Sustainability

● Creating advocacy groups who continue to campaign for fair and social housing among
young people

● Check on this process after 6 months and 1 year

Evaluation

● Review the public in their knowledge on this crisis/problem a year later

● Review local policies on housing

There’s no place like EUrhome - Summary

● Big housing crisis in Netherlands with no easy solution

● We tackle this by raising awareness, advocating for suitable housing, training young

people to take action, and creating peer to peer networks

● The youth takes the lead role while we support them