Ghent · FutureHubs.eu https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/ Ghent is pushing affordable housing through its Woonpact and Houtdok plans, desealing soil under the EU-funded REWILD project and extending its fossil-free partnership with Ghent University. en Ghent opens new bike-share permits and aims to double trips by 2030https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/bike-share-permits-2030/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/bike-share-permits-2030/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTGhent will open new bike-share permits from November, licensing two operators from next year with up to 1,250 bikes each, as it aims to double shared-bike trips from about 1.25 million last year to 2.5 million by 2030. Ghent sets aside €4.46 million for a social mobility budget against transport povertyhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/social-mobility-budget/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/social-mobility-budget/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTFrom 1 May 2027, Ghent will give low-income households a social mobility budget for car sharing, bike sharing, bikes and commuting, with €4.46 million reserved until 2031 and about 11,000 households expected to qualify. Design Museum Gent reopens after four years with a new wing and a city-wide festivalhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/design-museum-reopening/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/design-museum-reopening/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTDesign Museum Gent reopens on Saturday 3 October after four years of renovation and a new wing, with free entry on 3 and 4 October and more than 120 Design Fest Gent activities across Ghent until 11 October. Ghent and Ghent University extend their fossil-free city partnershiphttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/fossil-free-partnership-ugent/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/fossil-free-partnership-ugent/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTGhent and Ghent University have extended their Gent Fossielvrij partnership for three years, with a possible three-year extension, to keep testing solutions for a fossil-free Ghent by 2050, starting with heat pump noise and apartment heating. Six private developers answer the first call of Ghent's affordable housing pacthttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/woonpact-first-call/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/news/woonpact-first-call/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTSix private partners answered the first call of Ghent's Woonpact, which closed on 1 September 2026, with proposals for 400 to 500 homes, of which 160 to 200 would be social or budget rentals.