Housing and urban planning

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Renovation grants: Wallonia secures the temporary scheme

As part of the reform aimed at curbing the budgetary overrun of renovation grants, the Government had allowed households already committed to works before 14 February 2025 to keep the benefit of the f...

Budget Housing and urban planning Press releases Wallonia

25 Sept 2026 News

Renovation support: a new scheme will come into force on 1 October

The Government definitively adopted, this Thursday, its new renovation support scheme. From 1 October 2026, regional aid will take the form of loans, the terms of which will be adapted to applicants' ...

Energy Housing and urban planning Press releases Wallonia

25 Sept 2026 News

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 Our results

Living alone in Brussels: a reality that demands we rethink our public policies

Nearly 1.9 million people now live alone in Belgium, a 52% increase over thirty years. In Brussels, this trend is even more pronounced: in several municipalities, nearly six out of ten households now ...

Brussels Equal opportunities Housing and urban planning Press releases

9 Sept 2026 News

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 Our results

The MR demands Lotfi Mostefa’s departure and blocks the funds of the SLRB

For more than three months, revelations concerning the Foyer anderlechtois have exposed serious dysfunctions in the management of social housing in Brussels. Despite accusations of favouritism, cronyi...

Brussels Housing and urban planning In the media Institutional Local government

3 Sept 2026 News

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 Our results

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 Our results

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 Our results

€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 Our results

Wallonia moves forward on a new financing mechanism for public housing

The Walloon Government is launching a new way of financing the construction and renovation of public housing. The goal? To reduce completion times, make better use of public funds and make housing ava...

Budget Housing and urban planning Press releases Wallonia

17 Jul 2026 News

The MR secures its reform of social housing in Brussels

This Friday, the Brussels Parliament voted on the final report of the parliamentary inquiry committee on the Foyer anderlechtois. This is a victory. A victory for the MR, which has carried this fight ...

Brussels Housing and urban planning Press releases

17 Jul 2026 News

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