On March 17, 2026, Dr. Jolanta Aidukaitė, Dr. Kristina Senkuvienė, and Dr. Rūta Ubarevičienė from the Institute of Sociology hosted the closing event for the project “Ensuring Housing Needs: Problems and Prospects in Lithuania” (No. MIP-23-37) at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
During the event, the project team highlighted the main challenges facing Lithuania’s housing policy and sector within the European Union context, and discussed residents’ satisfaction with their housing and their housing needs.
The event also included presentations by guests, such as Daniel Ilkevič of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania, along with experts from the Construction Sector Development Agency, Mindaugas Pakalnis, and Rūta Marija Slavinskaitė.
The researchers’ findings presented at the event are available in both academic publications and a science communication article.
Publications:
• Aidukaitė, J., Senkuvienė, K., Ubarevičienė, R. (2025). Understanding housing issues and satisfaction in Lithuania. Social Policy Review, 37, p. 122-143.
• Ubarevičienė R., Aidukaitė J. (2026). Housing provision: A comparative study of housing availability, accessibility, and adequacy in EU member states. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, p. 1-20.
• Ubarevičienė, R. et al. (2026). A comparative study of socio-economic segregation in European capital city-regions: From segregation to desegregation? Urban Studies, 63(4), p. 779-803.
Science communication article (in Lithuanian):
Jolanta Aidukaitė. Lietuvių begalinė meilė nuosavam būstui. LRT.
The programme of the event is available HERE.
The project is funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. More information about the project can be found here: https://lstc.lt/en/national/#researcher-groups-projects
The event organizers have shared photos from the event.
