June 9, 2021 [ 10.00-11.30 (WEST – Lisbon); 11-12.30 (CEST – Rome); 12-13.30 (EEST – Athens)  ]

 - Presentation of the report ‘Financialization of Housing in Southern Europe: Policy Analysis and Recommendations’

The report presents the results of the study ‘Financialization of housing in Southern Europe: policy analysis and ‘recommendations.’ Through a systematic, historical analysis of legislation on Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece, the study systematizes the role of the state in housing financialization in Southern Europe. It argues that the state has long been active in enabling, promoting and shaping housing financialization throughout six ‘modes’: mortgage debt, mortgage securitization, financialization of social rented housing, financialization of market rental housing, financialization housing companies, and financialization of ‘not-for-housing housing’.

Study coordinated by Simone Tulumello and co-authored with Myrto Dagkouli-Kyriakoglou (Malmö University), funded by the European Parliament, office of MEP José Gusmão (The Left in the European Parliament, Bloco de Esquerda).

Link to the report: https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/46368.

Speakers:

- Manuel B. Aalbers (KU Leuven);

- Melissa García Lamarca (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona);

- Sonia Arbaci (University College London);

- Thomas Maloutas (Harokopio University of Athens).

Chair:

- Luisa Rossini (ICS-ULisboa, Urban Transitions Hub).

With the participation of José Gusmão (The Left in the European Parliament)

LINK: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/87193090248