Metropolitan Research Institute

Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest

Research

A new H2020 Project, coordinated by MRI, was just kicked-off in Budapest

UPLIFT project – “Urban PoLicy Innovation to address inequality with and for Future generaTions” (2020-2022) coordinated by MRI – has successfully launched on 28-29 January in a kick-off meeting organized in Budapest.

The UPLIFT project aims to understand the main drivers of urban socio-economic and spatial inequalities focusing mainly on the younger generation (15-29) in the post-crisis area. The analysis will be done on four levels: (1) understanding the relation between socio-economic inequalities and spatial inequalities on European level, (2) understanding how local policies are able to influence urban inequalities in a sample of 16 functional urban areas, (3) analysing by means of interviews with vulnerable young and policy experts how local policies are in interaction with household decisions in 8 cities. As a result of all these analyses, UPLIFT will create – with the active involvement of vulnerable youth – local Reflexive Policy Agendas: new local policies that are more sensitive to the changing needs of the target group. This co-creation process will be carried out in 4 locations: Amsterdam (NL), Barakaldo (ES), Sfântu Gheorghe (RO), and Tallinn (EE).

Conference: Housing First for the Roma in the 21st century? Possibilities and Limits

In the Czech Republic, there is new impetus for the development of social housing policy. The new Minister for Human Rights expressed the need to find standard housing for people with housing needs and the government declared the will to finally prepare a Law on Social Housing, which is still lacking in the Czech legislative framework.

Conference, September 2013: Is there an Option for Social Rental Agencies?

Metropolitan Research Institute organised a conference in Budapest, called ’Emerging Private Rental Sector in Accession and Transition Countries: Is there an Option for Social Rental Agencies?’, about housing issues in transition countries between 12-14 September 2013. (Click on “more” to download conference material.) 

Non-profit loan product for the renovation of multi-family buildings (2011)

Title: Market research for the development of a specialised assistance product for Habitat for Humanity with the aim of supporting the renovation of multi-family buildings inhabited by low-income households

Client: Habitat for Humanity International Hungary

Period: 05/2011 – 12/2011