Eliminating housing poverty in Bulgaria

Apr 17, 2025Bulgaria, Clean Energy

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Eliminating housing poverty in Bulgaria with focus on vulnerable groups

‘Habitat for Humanity Bulgaria’ is a public benefit foundation that works to improve housing conditions and eliminate housing poverty, and develops its activities in four key strategic areas – affordable housing construction, housing improvement financing, development of innovative products and market-based tools to improve the accessibility of housing improvements, participation in housing policies, strategic and programmatic documents.

Since launching its activity in 2001, Habitat Bulgaria has been promoting the idea of adequate housing as a basic human right and has been working to activate the public’s awareness towards eliminating housing poverty. Following the ideas and principles of partnership, community cooperation, volunteering, concern and respect for the needs of others, Habitat Bulgaria has so far built 12 new homes with the help of over 650 volunteers from more than 50 countries worldwide and has supported more than 6,000 partner families in 24 settlements in the country.

Focus on socially and ethnically vulnerable groups
The current project “Access to Energy Renovation” is addressing the severe situation of energy poverty in Bulgaria, with the focus on socially and ethnically vulnerable groups. For the “Access to Energy Renovation” project, Habitat Bulgaria carry out its advocacy activities in the following areas:

Energy poverty and socially just differentiated grant support – priority of the low-income and energy-poor households;
Advantages of the energy efficiency improvement of the housing stock;
Advantages of the adoption of minimum energy performance standards;
Carbon pricing, eco-design and energy labelling – advantages and importance.

While carrying out its activities, Habitat for Humanity Bulgaria works in close connection with a number of regional grassroot organizations in Bulgaria, mainly in the field of support for low income, social and ethnic vulnerable groups.