Commission consults on revised State aid rules for better access to affordable housing

The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on the revision of the State aid rules to help Member States with affordable housing. This revision of the services of general economic interest (‘SGEI’) rules will address challenges related to housing affordability that go beyond social housing. The goal is to allow EU countries to support affordable housing in a faster and simpler way, by revising SGEI Decision 2012/21/EU. This will contribute to the Commission's efforts to address European citizens’ housing needs, which will also include a proposal for a European affordable housing plan.

Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera, in charge of competition policy, said: "One of the major social challenges in Europe is the difficulty of accessing affordable housing. Tackling this issue requires joint efforts with different authorities contributing through a wide range of measures. From a competition perspective, we are responding to the requests from national authorities by submitting a concrete proposal for a review of the SGEI rules to facilitate the funding of affordable housing for public consultation today”.

Any interested citizen, business, public authority or association can contribute to the public consultation until 4 November 2025 via the COMP Website.

A press release is available online.