Housing and urban planning

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Wallonia moves forward on a new funding mechanism for public housing

“Every year gained in delivering a project means families gaining faster access to quality housing and millions of euros in additional costs avoided. Today, housing production is stagnating. That calls for exploring other ways of working. We will examine, without taboos, whether this type of public-private partnership, which works in the regions and countries around us, can enable us to build and renovate faster in Wallonia, while guaranteeing public control, final quality and the sound use of regional resources. It is our responsibility to ensure that every public euro is managed and used as well as possible.” Cécile Neven, Walloon Minister for Housing

Housing and urban planning Wallonia

16 Sept 2026

Air-Climate Plan: the Government approves its 2026 roadmap and confirms the ongoing momentum

Wallonia is stepping up the Air Climate Energy Plan 2030 with a new roadmap setting out 101 priority measures for 2026. These include support for electrifying social transport on demand, sustainable mobility vouchers for vulnerable groups and simplified permits for renewable energy and insulation. Across the whole PACE, 54 measures have now been completed and 153 are under way. The results are there.

Housing and urban planning Wallonia

3 Sept 2026

Wallonia equips itself with a permanent framework to strengthen the protection of its forests

By permanently enshrining in the Forestry Code the tools needed to prevent, monitor and manage health crises, Wallonia is equipping itself with a stable legal framework that responds more effectively to the challenges posed by climate change and the new threats to forest ecosystems. With this decree, Wallonia is changing its approach. It no longer creates an exceptional regime with every new crisis. It writes into the Forestry Code a permanent framework allowing risks to be anticipated, swift action to be taken when the situation demands it, and the actors concerned to be supported.

Housing and urban planning Wallonia

2 Sept 2026

Canopy Plan: tackling heat islands and improving quality of life

The Canopy Plan aims to adapt the Region's major public spaces to climate challenges, while enhancing their urban quality, their appeal and their heritage and landscape value.

Brussels Environment and climate Housing and urban planning

31 Aug 2026

The BE HOME bonus is doubled to support Brussels homeowners

From the 2027 tax year, the BE HOME allowance is set to rise from €164 to €328 per year. This reduction in property tax benefits owners who live in their own home in Brussels and concerns around 200,000 Brussels residents. The aim is to directly support their purchasing power and make Brussels more attractive to households who choose to live and invest there.

Brussels Housing and urban planning Taxation and economy

28 Aug 2026

€680,000 to attract more vets to rural areas

Faced with a shortage of rural vets, Wallonia is launching PACTE-Vet Rural and mobilising €680,000. The scheme supports young vets setting up practice, helps existing practices take them on and funds field placements with large animals. The aim: to guarantee farmers and rural residents lasting access to local veterinary care.

Housing and urban planning Self-employed and SMEs Wallonia

27 Aug 2026

Improving residents' quality of life: better tackling airport noise pollution

The Walloon Parliament has adopted the decree tabled by Cécile Neven and Adrien Dolimont to tackle airport noise pollution more effectively. It provides for an overall, decreasing noise quota, lower permitted thresholds during the most sensitive hours and tougher penalties. This reform better protects local residents while preserving the economic appeal of Walloon airports.

Housing and urban planning Wallonia

29 Jun 2026

Administrative simplification: Digitalisation of the hunting licence

Walloon hunters can now apply for their licence directly via Mon Espace Wallonie. The paper card with its annual sticker is being scrapped. It is replaced by a QR code, available in Mon Espace Wallonie, which hunters can keep on their phone or print out. Applications are now made entirely online, with no unnecessary travel. SPW IAS counters remain open for those less comfortable with digital tools.

Administrative simplification Housing and urban planning Wallonia

29 Jun 2026

Suspension of contributions from cattle and sheep farmers following the bluetongue epizootic

This is a six-month suspension, from 1 July to 31 December 2025, of the contributions owed to the APAQ-W Promotion Fund by dairy and beef cattle farmers as well as sheep farmers.

Housing and urban planning Self-employed and SMEs Wallonia

19 May 2026

Young farmers better supported

Several concrete administrative simplifications benefit young farmers in particular: a change to the deadline for submitting a start-up aid application, giving young people more time to develop their project; an exemption from conditionality checks for holdings of less than 10 hectares; a change to the Standard Gross Output (SGO) threshold so that young people can access investment aid; and the safeguarding of the coupled support budget by ending the transfer mechanism to other schemes. The start-up aid budget has been increased so that every application assessed favourably can indeed receive support.

Housing and urban planning Self-employed and SMEs Wallonia

19 May 2026

Policy paper on agricultural land policy

Farmland plays a crucial role through its food-producing function, but also in the local economy and the cohesion of rural areas. It is a direct source of income and jobs for farmers, their families and seasonal workers, as well as for many economic activities upstream and downstream of the production chain. The policy paper sets out the full land strategy, with the aim of securing access to land and promoting entry into and transfer of farm businesses, in order to encourage generational renewal.

Housing and urban planning Wallonia

19 May 2026

Better management of forest health phenomena

The aim is to strengthen the prevention and management of health crises in Walloon forests, such as droughts and fire risks. Wallonia is stepping up forest health monitoring through better collection of field data, preventive measures and action when a crisis is confirmed, while also simplifying certain administrative procedures for nature reserves in order to shorten deadlines and make site management easier. The goal is to build lasting resilience in Walloon forests and better protect this essential natural heritage.

Housing and urban planning Wallonia

19 May 2026

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