The International Congress “AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE 20th CENTURY LEGACY. Learning from the past. What future? Challenges and opportunities” comprised debates across different discplinary and thematic areas and formed the closing congress of FCT research project “Mapping Public Housing: a critical review of the state-subsidised residential architecture in Portugal (1910-1974)”.

Dr Alves's presentation, 'Towards a better understanding of the relationship between land-use planning and housing: a study of Evora', highlighted the different roles that local actors play in shaping national guidelines.