Metropolitan Research Institute

Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest

Residential mobility

HomeLab: Integrated Housing and Labour Services in the Social Rental Enterprise Model (2016-2019)

Project duration: 2016 october – 2019 march

Client: Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) of the European Commission. 

MRI is the coordinator of HomeLab.

HomeLab aims to implement the Social Rental Entreprise (SRE) model in five pilot projects in four Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries ((CZ, HU, PL, SK). The pilots allow the adaptation of the model to the local circumstances in countries with varying social benefit and service provision systems, taking into account the differences in the institutional environment, housing systems and labour market conditions. Based on the experience the refinement of the SRE model will be developed for each pilot that will contribute to scaling up the results, to the possible adaptation of the model both on national and on EU level in order to ensure institutional and financial sustainability beyond the grant period. Furthermore, based on the synthesis of the national models EU level recommendations will be developed with regard to how the EU could support/promote the wider application of the SRE model in other Member States.

Housing Mobility Patterns in Segregated Neighbourhoods: Nóra Teller’s presentation on ENHR 2018

Nóra Teller presented her findings on Housing Mobility Patterns in Segregated Neighbourhoods in Uppsala, Sweden, in Plenary 3 of European Network of Housing Researchers’ 2018 annual conference. The presentation explored the patterns of housing choices of those who have lived in segregated neighbourhoods and how the households’ choices interplay with broader social issues like economic inequalities, ineffectiveness of housing policies and broader discrimination on the housing market. Based both on case studies and quantitative data the above-mentioned processes were presented, focusing on Roma poverty neighbourhoods’ developments and policies addressing segregation mechanisms.

TENLAW closing conference venue

The venue of the conference will be Hotel ARCadia in downtown Budapest, located in Madách Imre Square, right in the city centre. Using public transport, the venue is accessible by Metro (lines 1, 2 and 3); tram (lines 47 and 49), and bus (line 9, 15, 115); please get off public transportation at “Deák Ferenc tér” stop.

The main conference room in which the event takes place is on the 5th floor of ARCadia’s building. The entrance to the lift and staircase is accessible under 4 Madách Imre Sqr., in the far left corner of the square when arriving from Deák square. If you have any trouble finding the place, do not hesitate to ask help at the receptions of Hotel ARCadia and/or Hotel Regency, also to be found on Madách Sqr.

Please note that the conference is open to the press as wll as to the general public. If you are interested in participating, please indicate via e-mail to the conference organizers Vera Horvath at vera.horvath@mri.hu; or Jason Dinse at jrdinse@yahoo.com.