Connecting communities, creating PATHS to homes for refugees
PATHS works with trusted property owners and partner NGOs to provide affordable housing opportunities to refugees in Belgium
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Rent your property
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Receive housing opportunities
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Match people to homes
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Offer your support
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Help refugees navigate
Are you a refugee seeking support to access safe and stable housing?
Contact an NGO
Explore NGOs providing housing support through the interactive map and contact one of them
NGOs submit your profile
Once you connected with an NGO member, use their support to register your profile within the platform
NGOs apply for housing
The NGO you contacted will consult with you and apply for an available housing listing on the platform
Our objectives
30+
Partner organizations
200+
Housing listings on the platform
100+
People find a home
Social map of housing actors
On this social map, you can find a range of actors providing housing-related support and/or information services. To better understand the type of assistance offered by each organisation, you can filter the results by categories of support.
If you are interested in integration support services for refugees beyond housing, please consult this service map, developed within the framework of the RISE project, funded by the EU.
Not all of these services are able to provide immediate or short-term housing solutions!
Access to public social housing and private social housing schemes such as social rental agencies (SVK/AIS) often involves waiting periods that can extend over several years, depending on the region in Belgium.
Still, early registration remains highly recommended. It is a necessary step to secure more affordable housing options in the medium to long term. Moreover, being registered in the social housing system can grant access to additional forms of financial support, such as rental subsidies.
Therefore, even in situations of urgent need, being informed about these mechanisms and registration is a crucial investment in their longer-term housing stability.
Social map categories
Specialized housing support
Provide housing related support, guidance and mediation.
Examples include:
- AiPL (Brussels)
- APL (Wallonia)
- Members of the Orbit network (Flanders)
General social support
May provide housing related information and/or general support services
This may include integration actors.
Examples include:
- CAWs (Brussels, Flanders
- BAPA (Brussels)
- Agentschap Integratie, AMAL, ATLAS (Flanders)
- CRIs (Wallonia)
Social housing
Includes public and subsidized private ‘social’ housing through AIS/SVK’s that act as intermediaries.
Provides affordable rental housing, conditioned to low income and vulnerabilities, however with very long waiting lists
Housing information service
Offers rental information on the most common needs of tenants, including information specific to the needs of newcomers.
Diaspora organization
May offer housing support services
Provide information, translation, and mediation to facilitate access to housing
Community based assistance
Referral to other organizations
Financial support mechanisms
Offering financial support through rental deposits and rental subsidies.
May be subject to registration in social housing systems.
Resources
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Step by step guide for working together to find housing for refugees
L'allocation d'accompagnement au relogement
Contrat de bail de colocation (résidence principale)
