REPORT on the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing

Tabled by Maria Ohisalo

… a legal initiative on short-term rentals to tackle the remaining regulatory gaps; Removed: calls on the Commission to provide additional information and data on outstanding issues, as well as on the suitability of EU intervention; believes that the aim of such initiative should be to Removed: ensure a fair balance between tourism development and Added: strengthen action to ensure housing affordability and Removed: that this initiative should set common objectives at EU level while leaving Member States, regions … the flexibility to design and implement measures adapted to their specific territorial Removed: realities and housing markets; Added: realities; calls on the Commission to Removed: conduct a comprehensive, data- and evidence-based impact assessment of the Added: step up its efforts to counter the serious effects of the proliferation of short-term rentals on housing Removed: prices and Added: prices, affordability, availability and tenure Removed: security, both in macro and micro real estate markets, following the Added: security; calls on the Commission to ensure the correct and full implementation of Regulation (EU) Removed: 2024/102854 Added: 2024/1028 on short-term rentals, Removed: and with particular attention to its impact on long-term rental stock; Added: delivering as soon as possible on the common technical specifications needed for the development of the interoperable digital interface, which will ensure a more extended data exchange between short-term rental platforms and authorities; acknowledges that Member States have until 20 May 2026 to implement the Removed: regulation; recognises the potential difficulties related to system interoperability, as well as the challenges faced by microenterprises and SMEs in meeting the obligations of this regulation; recognises the differentiated impact that the proliferation of short-term rentals can have on territories depending on their characteristics; acknowledges the lack of legal clarity as regards the compliance of certain national and local legislation with EU law; calls on the Commission to clarify through guidelines the framework in which public authorities can operate; Added: Regulation; calls on public authorities to ask digital platforms to remove illegal listings for tourist apartments; Removed: takes the view that more data is needed, but is concerned that an excessive burden could hinder small businesses, such as sustainable and rural tourism businesses; believes that local authorities, Removed: associations and the relevant stakeholders Added: tenants’ unions and citizens’ associations should be consulted about Removed: any future actions, Added: future actions aimed at addressing the proliferation of short-term rentals for tourists (touristification), as they are best placed to Removed: determine Added: contribute determining the measures needed, including in stressed Removed: areas, and that these actions must not deter tourism; Added: areas; calls for it to be ensured that Removed: the proliferation of short-term rentals does not threaten Added: any future provisions to regulate short-term rentals, as well as their implementation, preserve the social fabric, Added: permanent housing affordability and long-term liveability of cities; 53 European Commission, ‘2025 State of … Address by President von der Leyen’, European Commission website, 10 September 2025. Removed: 54 Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (OJ L, 2024/1028, 29.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1028/oj).

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.973v01-00