The European Affordable Housing Consortium has concluded its initial phase by reconciling the need for affordable housing, the Green European Urban Renewal and the reduction of carbon emissions. Drawing inspiration from people and places who have successfully put the fair energy transition into practice in local Lighthouse Districts, the SHAPE-EU team has created a community ready to share knowledge and tools with practitioners who are now taking the path. We want to acknowledge the mentors and mentees of the project by giving them a platform in this event. Their experiences are crucial for the optimisation of policies at both the European and local level towards the goal of bringing 100 Lighthouse Districts of the Affordable Housing Initiative to life. We hope that this will be an inspirational and fruitful event for EU policymakers but also for all the key stakeholders of the Local Industrial Partnership that are represented in the project consortium.