From pilot to system: making affordable housing “stick” in Budapest
A conversation with Gábor Soóki-Tóth, housing and urban-development expert, on why affordable housing is now a European question — and what it takes to make solutions outlast the funding. Housing is an old story, but the pressure is new in scale and speed. Across Europe, cities are discovering that housing is not a side topic: […]
ReBuilt E-learning platform opening
Universities, public administration employees, small and medium-sized enterprises, experts, and the general public — join the course designed just for you. As part of the ReBuilt project, we have prepared 4 e-learning courses in 9 languages, each covering several topics. The courses will be launched on February 1, 2026, and will offer the opportunity for […]
How an EU-funded project is transforming housing in Budapest?
The cost of housing is increasingly becoming a significant issue in all major European cities. Budapest, where BURST is based, however, is especially hard hit by the housing crisis, seeing one of the largest increases in housing prices in Europe. Meanwhile, as the yearly housing report of Habitat for Humanity Hungary highlights, there are no […]
Green Transformation, Community Led: The European Commission on the New European Bauhaus
Readers of the BURST Magazine may be familiar with the New European Bauhaus initiative, as we already covered it in July last year. However, this time, we managed to ask Alicja Herbowska, Acting Head of Unit for the NEB at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission for an interview. The interview will explain […]