HouseEurope! is the European Citizens' Initiative for new EU-laws to make renovation and transformation more easy, affordable and social. Because the demolition of existing buildings is as outdated as food waste, animal testing and single-use plastics.
Want to learn more about HouseEurope!? To Build Law is a documentary by the CCA (Canadian Centre for Architecture) that follows the journey of the European Citizens’ Initiative — from building partnerships and drafting legislation to filming stories, shaping strategy, launching campaigns, gathering signatures, and growing a movement that fights for renovation over demolition. This isn’t just our story – it’s yours!
There are many successful Renovation Stories that demonstrate how existing buildings can be renovated and transformed—whether empty office towers, industrial ruins, or single-family houses—into affordable living spaces that preserve energy, jobs, and memories. The Renovation Atlas is a growing map of best-practice cases that highlight the value of what already exists.
We demand a Right to Reuse for existing buildings based on three key pillars: (I) tax reductions for renovation works and reused materials, (II) fair rules to assess the risks and potentials of existing buildings, and (III) new values for the embedded CO2 in existing structures.
"Power to Renovation: A Question of Values" is a documentary that follows experts from across Europe as they explain why demolishing buildings wastes homes, jobs, energy, and history. The film starts by showing the darker side of real estate speculation, then reveals how renovation and transformation are real alternatives, and how we can change our value system through activism and direct democracy.
How to make a change?
Through fair EU laws!
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