Deadline Date: December 01, 2026
The European Commission has launched the “Structurally Addressing Homelessness Through Coordinated Social Infrastructure and Services in Neighbourhoods” funding opportunity under Horizon Europe to support innovation actions that strengthen neighbourhood-level responses to homelessness through coordinated social infrastructure and services.
The opportunity focuses on homelessness, housing-led approaches, social infrastructure and services, neighbourhood-level coordination, healthcare access, education, employment, community integration, social inclusion, participatory and transdisciplinary approaches, social cohesion, wellbeing, accessibility of services, and systemic interventions to address chronic homelessness and vulnerable groups.
The programme seeks to address the growing challenge of homelessness in Europe, where over 1.2 million people are estimated to experience homelessness, with a large share facing long-term or chronic homelessness. While housing-led measures remain important, the call emphasises the need for broader systemic solutions that address the structural and interconnected causes of homelessness through coordinated social services and infrastructure within neighbourhoods.
Proposals are required to develop a system-based approach that coordinates key services such as healthcare, education, employment support, community integration, and other relevant social services at neighbourhood level. Applicants must analyse local neighbourhood conditions and the built environment, particularly focusing on equitable access to services for chronically homeless individuals, marginalised groups, and people in vulnerable situations.
The proposed approach should examine how infrastructure and service design in neighbourhoods may influence homelessness levels and identify solutions to challenges such as fragmented service systems, limited data availability, and funding constraints affecting scalability. Proposals must also assess the willingness and ability of homeless groups to engage with available services and evaluate impacts on community reintegration, participation, wellbeing, social cohesion, and sense of belonging for both homeless individuals and wider communities.
Projects must include measurable socioeconomic assessments related to service accessibility and use, and provide recommendations for adapting the approach to different neighbourhood contexts, considering unequal access, geographical disparities, gender, age, sexual orientation, and physical or psychological functional variations.
The developed approach must be validated in at least five neighbourhoods across different European Union Member States and/or Associated Countries. A participatory and transdisciplinary methodology is mandatory, alongside strong involvement of social sciences and humanities experts and institutions to maximise societal impact.
The funding opportunity falls under HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-BUSINESS-01 – HORIZON Innovation Actions, with a total budget of €10,500,000 and an expected EU contribution of around €3,500,000 per project.
Eligibility is open to any legal entity regardless of place of establishment, including organisations from non-associated third countries, international organisations, research institutions, affiliated entities, associated partners, and, under specific conditions, entities without legal personality, provided Horizon Europe participation requirements are met.
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