In this report we examine the current situation regarding affordable housing in Europe from various perspectives. By way of context we draw firstly on the work undertaken by Housing Europe’s Housing Observatory, which regularly scans the housing environment and relevant datasets to produce valuable position statements on “the state of housing in Europe”. (Unfortunately the publication of Housing Europe’s latest review for 2017 was published in the same week as this report was completed so we are unable to take much account of it but we do expect the European Housing Partnership to take full account in its forthcoming Action Plan which will be a key output of the partnership’s work).The report received financial support from the Government of the Netherlands.