RELAZIONE sulla crisi degli alloggi nell'Unione europea, con l'obiettivo di proporre soluzioni per alloggi dignitosi, sostenibili e a prezzi accessibili

Testo come pubblicato dal PE, in inglese.

1. Emendamento 7Respinta

   Recital F a (new)

   Presentato da João Oliveira · The Left

   Aggiunto: Fa. whereas the housing crisis is the product of policies which open up the sector, favour real-estate funds and speculation, prioritise the tourism industry and the disposal of public real-estate assets to the detriment of housing, make renting more precarious and sideline the Member States from housing policy;

2. Emendamento 15Respinta

   Paragraph 4 c (new)

   Presentato da João Oliveira · The Left

   Aggiunto: 4c. Takes the view that, in the immediate future, banking sector profits should be used to cover the impact of higher benchmark interest rates on mortgages;

3. Emendamento 16Respinta

   Paragraph 42 a (new)

   Presentato da João Oliveira · The Left

   Aggiunto: 42a. Calls for the EU’s current economic governance framework and its instruments to be rescinded, since it imposes budgetary restrictions that constrain public investment, including in social functions performed by the state, particularly in public housing policy;

4. Emendamento 17Respinta

   Paragraph 42 b (new)

   Presentato da João Oliveira · The Left

   Aggiunto: 42b. Considers, furthermore, that public investment in social functions performed by the state and in social policies – particularly investment in high-quality, affordable public housing – should not be taken into account when establishing the deficit and debt criteria laid down in the EU economic governance framework;

5. Emendamento 18Respinta

   Paragraph 45 a (new)

   Presentato da João Oliveira · The Left

   Aggiunto: 45a. Calls on the Commission to put forward, as soon as possible, a legislative proposal amending Regulation (EU) 2021/241 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), with a view to extending its implementation period until 31 August 2028 to enable full use of its funds, particularly to unlock investment in public housing;

6. Emendamento 19Respinta

   Paragraph 46 a (new)

   Presentato da João Oliveira · The Left

   Aggiunto: 46a. Calls for additional EU-specific funding of at least EUR 35 billion to be established in the next multiannual financial framework for the expansion and renovation of the public housing stock, for tackling real-estate speculation and defending the right to decent and affordable housing for all;

7. Emendamento 20Respinta

   Paragraph 48 a (new)

   Presentato da João Oliveira · The Left

   Aggiunto: 48a. Recommends that the Member States promote fair fiscal policies and tackle speculation in the housing sector by opposing policies conferring tax benefits on real-estates funds, banks and large estates;

8. Emendamento 23Respinta

   Recital S a (new)

   Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +8 · The Left

   Aggiunto: Sa. whereas in several Member States regional and local authorities have regulated the short-term rental market, with the aim of limiting speculation and ensuring the accessibility and sustainability of the long-term rental market; whereas these initiatives should be supported and incorporated into a necessary EU regulatory framework;

9. Emendamento 24Respinta

   Paragraph -1

   Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +7 · The Left

   Aggiunto: -1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the right to housing as a fundamental, inalienable and non-negotiable right that must be guaranteed to all individuals regardless of their status; stresses that in order to make this right legally enforceable, regulatory and financial provisions should be put in place, along with urgent and coordinated measures to prevent evictions and foreclosures that violate this right and to ensure adequate social protection measures;

10. Emendamento 25Respinta

    Paragraph 10 a (new)

    Presentato da Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero +4 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 10a. Recognises that regional minority and lesser-used national languages are a core component of regional, national and European identity; underlines the disproportionate impact of the housing crisis on communities where these languages are spoken; calls on regional, national and EU authorities to adopt tailored housing measures, including targeted exemptions where appropriate, developed in full cooperation with local communities to safeguard their social fabric, languages and cultures.

11. Emendamento 26Respinta

    Paragraph 15

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +8 · The Left

    … ensuring that such regeneration projects contribute to affordability, sustainability and social inclusion; Aggiunto: stresses that urban planning and the redevelopment of brownfield sites should not be seen merely as administrative processes, but as active tools for preventing decay and marginalisation; considers that high-quality urban design that fosters visibility, mixed-use development and the elimination of ‘urban voids’ is essential to ensuring collective safety through spontaneous social control, reducing the need for repressive measures and improving social cohesion, especially in peripheral neighbourhoods;

12. Emendamento 27Respinta

    Paragraph 16

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +7 · The Left

    … applications in order to ensure permitting processes are made faster and simpler, Rimosso: including through measures such as introducing the principle of positive administrative silence for the issuance of building permits for new construction and renovation works, except in cases involving Aggiunto: without undermining the effective application of current environmental, social and safety regulations and safeguarding the safety of persons, environmental standards and protection measures or requirements for the preservation of cultural, historical, and archaeological or architectural Rimosso: heritage, which must be safeguarded; Aggiunto: heritage; recalls the importance of participative planning processes and the social function of housing; Rimosso: calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to set out a goal to achieve housing permits within a deadline of 60 days to deliver decent, sustainable and affordable housing; Aggiunto: underlines that the streamlining of procedures must not undermine regulatory oversight and that every project remains subject to an explicit compliance assessment to prevent illegal or unauthorised building; calls on the Member States to promote the delivery of Aggiunto: public housing through priority action allowing shorter procedures to be activated at national level and to introduce fast-track approval procedures for Aggiunto: public housing projects deemed critical for addressing urgent shortages;

13. Emendamento 28Respinta

    Paragraph 22

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +6 · The Left

    … assessment of how tax incentives at national level affect the housing market; Aggiunto: considers that taxation, rent regulation and other instruments for guaranteeing affordability are legitimate and necessary tools to ensure the right to housing; recalls that EU economic governance and competition policy must not prevent the adoption of such measures when they pursue social objectives and protect vulnerable groups; asks the Member States to include fiscal deterrence in their strategy to increase housing supply; underlines that fiscal policies should serve social inclusion; considers that the OECD’s … the Member States to establish fiscal incentives for housing renovation and new Rimosso: construction; calls, following a comprehensive impact assessment, for a reform of the VAT Directive48 that could allow for the application of a super-reduced value added tax rate to the supply and construction of housing, Aggiunto: public and social housing construction, as part of a social policy, as defined by the Member States, … with the EU’s objectives and prioritise support for low- and middle-income households; Rimosso: 48 Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/112/oj).

14. Emendamento 29Respinta

    Paragraph 22 a (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 22a. Calls for the introduction of an annual property tax at a rate of 1 % on real estate with a total value of over EUR 2 million for both natural and legal persons, providing that the related revenues are used by Member States in the context of developing a socially just housing policy;

15. Emendamento 30Respinta

    Paragraph 23

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    … rentals more affordable, stable and secure; calls on the Member States to Aggiunto: discourage the speculative accumulation of empty housing through taxation and regulatory measures and to review tax regimes with the aim of Rimosso: increasing mobility and ensuring a more efficient use of housing; calls on the Member States …

16. Emendamento 31Respinta

    Paragraph 24 a (new)

    Presentato da Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero +3 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 24a. Urges the relevant Member States to ensure full and timely redress for all homeowners, community groups and small businesses affected by defective concrete products, by introducing a compensation scheme that covers 100 % of the real costs of remediation or rebuilding, including the cost of temporary relocation for residents and storage of furniture and belongings; emphasises that this redress must include all impacted jurisdictions, ensuring cross-border consistency;

17. Emendamento 32Respinta

    Paragraph 28

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +4 · The Left

    28. Rimosso: Stresses that housing policy must strike a fair balance between protecting owners’ rights and safeguarding tenants; recalls that EU citizens have the right to own, use, dispose of and inherit lawfully acquired possessions; strongly condemns the phenomenon of illegal occupation of private and public properties across Europe, known as squatting, which infringes on the fundamental right to private property; Aggiunto: Underlines the need to combat the criminalisation of occupation of vacant housing, especially public properties and properties owned by landlords with multiple residential assets, where such occupation is carried out by individuals unable to afford housing at prevailing market rates; calls on the Member States to Rimosso: protect this fundamental right and adopt stricter measures to safeguard owners, ensuring swift and effective legal mechanisms for the recovery of property, including timely court orders for evictions, strengthening protection for victims of such acts, restoring lawful possessions and upholding the rule of law; underlines that the illegal occupation of housing units can generate insecurity, urban decay and social tension and undermine social cohesion; considers that owners being lawfully able to regain control of their dwellings is not only a matter of fairness and justice, but is also vital for maintaining investor confidence and rental supply; calls for coordinated policies at EU level to address and curb housing occupation, guaranteeing the right to property and the legal certainty of owners as important elements for ensuring, economic stability and security, in particular protecting small owners who depend on rental income as a means of earning a living, such as pensioners; calls for better cooperation, data collection and information-sharing between the Member States in this regard; and calls for better use of Europol tools where organised crime is suspected to be involved in squatting, including by exploring the added value and possible establishment of an online platform; Aggiunto: encourage the rehabilitation of abandoned or deliberately neglected buildings and stresses the need to coordinate the transformation of degraded and vacant buildings in high-demand areas into diversified public housing, including social housing, solidarity-based leases, and intermediate housing, and ensuring quality and multi-service facilities;

18. Emendamento 33Respinta

    Paragraph 29

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    29. Rimosso: Encourages property owners to offer Aggiunto: Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase tenant protections by enabling the introduction of long-term and stable rental contracts, in order to enhance security of tenure … their commitment to ensuring equality and non-discrimination in the housing sector; calls Aggiunto: on the Commission to encourage Member States to implement stricter tenant protection measures to eliminate abusive relationships with landlords and enable tenants to exercise their rights; stresses that such measures should, in particular, aim to strengthen tenants’ collective rights by consolidating their role within homeowners’ associations and recognising their participation in the development of local housing policies; calls for coordinated responses from social services to resolve tenant-owner conflicts and prevent … States to offer legal dispute settlement mechanisms for resolving housing-related disputes, for Rimosso: example, in cases of prolonged or abusive non-compliance with rental contracts that deprive owners of the legitimate use of their homes, as well as landlords who Aggiunto: example where landlords fail to comply with tenants obligations; calls on public authorities to protect …

19. Emendamento 34Respinta

    Paragraph 29 a (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 29a. Calls on the Member States to implement protective measures for individuals unable to pay their rent, including prohibiting evictions for non-payment of rent when no decent alternative can be provided; calls for special protective measures to ensure that children are not evicted and for the establishment of a European winter eviction moratorium;

20. Emendamento 35Respinta

    Paragraph 29 b (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 29b. Calls for the creation of a universal rent guarantee to protect tenants against financial shocks, prevent evictions, and ensure housing stability; calls for this guarantee to be supported by appropriate public funding;

21. Emendamento 36Respinta

    Paragraph 29 c (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +7 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 29c. Calls on the Member States to ensure that tenants and consumers of mortgage services are not bound by unfair contract terms and have access to effective judicial remedies, in accordance with Directive 93/13/EEC1a; calls, in particular, on the Member States to ensure that national courts may examine the possible unfairness of relevant contractual terms on their own initiative and that effective interim measures are available, where necessary, to stay or suspend enforcement and eviction proceedings pending such judicial assessment; ______ 1a Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts (OJ L 95, 21.4.1993, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1993/13/oj).

22. Emendamento 37Respinta

    Paragraph 29 d (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 29d. Calls on the Member States to adopt all necessary legislative measures to ensure that, in the event of foreclosures and auctions of primary residences, the outstanding debt linked exclusively to such properties is written off;

23. Emendamento 38Respinta

    Paragraph 29 e (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +6 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 29e. Calls for legal and social protection measures to be put in place to ensure the full protection of primary residences, including a general moratorium on mortgage enforcement, forced evictions and auctions, as well as accessible support mechanisms, in order to protect citizens from unjust or avoidable repossession of their primary residences when homeowners are unable to repay their mortgages due to proven financial hardship; strongly condemns the sale of mortgage loans to funds and the subsequent unfair commercial practices, including abusive conduct towards borrowers, which frequently results in aggressive debt recovery practices and loss of protections for borrowers and guarantors, and calls for a legal prohibition of such transfers;

24. Emendamento 39Respinta

    Paragraph 35

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +7 · The Left

    … which represents a substantial share of the sector’s activity; points out that Rimosso: the complexity of public procurement has increased over time making it more difficult for municipalities to contract public construction; calls on the Commission to materially simplify EU procurement legislation; Aggiunto: public procurement is a key lever to deliver high-quality, affordable housing, uphold social and environmental obligations, and prevent fraud, conflicts of interest and corruption through transparency and effective oversight; stresses that subcontracting chains are particularly widespread in the construction sector, weakening environmental and worker protection; calls on public authorities to effectively regulate subcontracting, ensuring that public funds … and to ensure transparency regarding subcontractors and the extent of subcontracted work; Rimosso: notes that the introduction of additional criteria in public procurement procedures could increase the complexity of the procurement process, affecting competition among bidders and prices; stresses that careful design of such criteria is important to ensure alignment …

25. Emendamento 40Respinta

    Paragraph 36

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +9 · The Left

    … the availability and allocation of public, social, cooperative, non-profit and limited-profit housing Rimosso: can contribute to ensuring affordability, stability and social cohesion, and increasing the housing … adequate share of these housing models; calls on public authorities to ensure Rimosso: targeted Aggiunto: broad support for these housing models, as they provide long-term affordability, stability and community value; Aggiunto: calls on the Member States to ensure dedicated quotas for women fleeing domestic violence, sexual exploitation, or human trafficking in social and public housing programmes and support services integrated with housing policies; calls on the Member States to put in place mechanisms enabling local …

26. Emendamento 41Respinta

    Paragraph 37 a (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +7 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 37a. Considers it essential to invest in public housing stocks that can influence general market conditions and calls on the Commission to propose a European plan for the construction of public and social housing aimed at reducing inequalities by introducing a requirement of 30 % social and very social housing in new developments, and 40 % in high-demand areas;

27. Emendamento 42Respinta

    Paragraph 37 b (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +4 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 37b. States that no housing unit that has been constructed wholly or partially with public funds, or that has received any percentage of financial support from public resources, should be sold, transferred, or otherwise made available on the private real estate market; underlines that all housing should remain under public ownership, social housing schemes, or alternative non-market arrangements, in order to preserve affordability and ensure continued access for eligible households;

28. Emendamento 43Respinta

    Paragraph 39

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    … rentals to tackle the remaining regulatory gaps; calls on the Commission to Rimosso: provide additional information and data on outstanding issues, as well as on the suitability of EU intervention; Aggiunto: propose a new directive to regulate short-term rentals fairly, taking into account similar challenges across cities and Member States, while providing municipalities with the necessary tools to regulate these practices according to local needs; believes that the aim of such initiative should be to ensure a … tourism development and housing affordability and that this initiative should set common Aggiunto: rules and objectives at EU level while leaving Member States, regions and local authorities … and implement measures adapted to their specific territorial realities and housing markets; Aggiunto: considers that this legislative initiative should include the mandatory registration of rental properties, the definition of an ex ante principle assigning compliance responsibility to short-term rental platforms, the introduction of strict maximum limits at municipal level and the possibility of banning tourist rentals in residential buildings or areas with housing shortages; calls on the Commission to conduct a comprehensive, data- and evidence-based impact … authorities to ask digital platforms to remove illegal listings for tourist apartments; Rimosso: 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, associations and the relevant stakeholders should be consulted …

29. Emendamento 44Respinta

    Paragraph 39 a (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +8 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 39a. Calls on the Member States and local authorities to use all current tools to combat ‘Airbnbisation’ abuses, including the possibility of establishing zones reserved for primary residences and of establishing a maximum quota of tourist rental units in high-demand areas; calls on the Commission to facilitate such measures by providing guidance on their compatibility with EU law and supporting the exchange of good practices between Member States and municipalities; considers it important to introduce effective sanctions against platforms and owners circumventing local housing rules;

30. Emendamento 46Respinta

    Paragraph 41

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +7 · The Left

    41. Rimosso: Urges Aggiunto: Stresses that the mobilisation of private Rimosso: investment, as it is important to complement public efforts in addressing Aggiunto: investment to address shortages of decent, sustainable and affordable housing, Rimosso: and as the public sector alone cannot address the current lack of liquidity in the market; recognises the strategic role of the private sector, cooperatives and listed real estate companies in addressing the EU’s housing crisis by unlocking access to capital, delivering large-scale affordable and social housing, and supporting innovation in construction and sustainability; Aggiunto: should not lead to the financialisation of housing; calls on the Commission to examine the impact of overseas real estate purchases; Rimosso: notes that market-based housing solutions remain an effective way to sustainably expand supply and highlights the importance of an investment-friendly regulatory environment in this regard; calls for the Member States and the EU institutions to enable the …

31. Emendamento 47Respinta

    Paragraph 41 a (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 41a. Calls on the Commission to propose a binding European framework to curb housing and real estate speculation and to prevent excessive rent increases, including, where appropriate, measures to restrict the participation of speculative financial actors in residential housing markets;

32. Emendamento 48Respinta

    Paragraph 41 b (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +5 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 41b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the fight against rental and real estate speculation a priority, including through the establishment of a ‘developer charter’ setting maximum average sale prices within defined areas, the introduction of fair and dissuasive fiscal measures to address excessive multi-ownership, the inclusion of anti-speculative clauses in assisted homeownership schemes to prevent short-term resale and disproportionate capital gains, and the prioritisation of housing access for applicants residing in the relevant municipality;

33. Emendamento 49Respinta

    Paragraph 43

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +7 · The Left

    … financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to housing affordability; underlines Rimosso: the role of Aggiunto: that investment in public and affordable housing should be considered a form of social infrastructure and therefore excluded from the calculation of national deficits under the Stability and Growth Rimosso: Pact in ensuring financial stability in the EU, which is a prerequisite for the proliferation of housing; stresses that both the general escape clause and the national escape clause should remain an exceptional and temporary tool; underlines that any public investment in housing must remain consistent with the Union’s fiscal rules; Aggiunto: Pact, in line with a future ‘social investment golden rule’ in the EU fiscal framework;

34. Emendamento 51Respinta

    Paragraph 48

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +6 · The Left

    … on the Commission to analyse housing price dynamics, including available evidence of Rimosso: potentially abusive Aggiunto: potential speculation, and, on the basis of this analysis, to call on the … through improved data collection and possible EU-level tools; calls on the Commission Aggiunto: to create a European-wide transparency register for real estate transactions to identify money-laundering operations in the property sector and counter the increasingly dominant position of investment funds in the housing market; calls on the Commission and the Member States to exchange data and best practice on combating Rimosso: abusive financialisation practices and speculative purchases, reducing the likelihood of destabilising local housing markets; calls on the Member States to adopt measures Rimosso: to incentivise bringing vacant Aggiunto: restricting the purchase of residential properties by non-residents, foreign investors, or speculative actors, where necessary to protect housing affordability and ensure access for local populations; asks the Commission to support Member States in implementing such measures, including through guidance, exchange of best practice, and the removal of EU-level legal or administrative obstacles that could hinder the implementation of these policies; calls on the Member States to adopt measures to reclaim vacant, underused and derelict homes back into Rimosso: use, Aggiunto: use and convert them into social housing, prioritising allocation to vulnerable groups, including women escaping violence, low-income households, and young families, as this is essential to increasing supply, safeguarding affordability, and revitalising communities; … remains publicly managed, which could be useful in certain contexts to prevent Rimosso: abusive financialisation practices, underlining that housing projects that pass into private hands are also legitimate; Aggiunto: financialisation practices; stresses that Member States should be free to choose how to manage …

35. Emendamento 53Respinta

    Paragraph 52 a (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +8 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 52a. Underlines that the EU should not undermine national schemes for developing state-subsidised housing; regrets, in this regard, the change introduced by Eurostat that reclassifies interest-subsidy loans used for developing affordable state-subsidised housing as government debt, even in cases where public bodies have merely acted as guarantors for these loans; calls on the Commission and Eurostat to reverse this reclassification in order to enable the construction of more state-subsidised housing;

36. Emendamento 54Respinta

    Paragraph 55

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +8 · The Left

    … accommodation in shelters and care centres, and that individuals should be offered Aggiunto: safe, long-term and affordable housing solutions via swift administrative procedures; calls on the Commission to integrate gender-based violence considerations into EU housing Rimosso: policy; Aggiunto: policy, ensuring that funding under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and other instruments prioritises safe housing solutions for survivors of violence and exploitation;

37. Emendamento 55Respinta

    Paragraph 57

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +9 · The Left

    … of the Member States, while the EU should support and coordinate efforts; Aggiunto: calls on the Commission to take more decisive action to support Member States in reducing and eliminating homelessness by developing a strategy to combat homelessness and by committing to ending homelessness by 2030; calls for the strengthening of the European Platform on Combating Homelessness to … access social housing; calls on the Member States to adopt national targets Aggiunto: and enact special safeguards to prevent the eviction of children in Rimosso: cases Aggiunto: any and all cases, and especially where there is a clear risk of homelessness when implementing the European …

38. Emendamento 56Respinta

    Paragraph 57 a (new)

    Presentato da Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis +6 · The Left

    Aggiunto: 57a. Stresses the need to support, including at EU level, an evidence-based housing first approach, whereby homeless people are provided with unconditional, decentralised and permanent housing in self-contained flats, before receiving other forms of social support measures, together with equal access to support measures, public health and social benefits, as well as measures to reduce discrimination against homeless people of foreign nationality; stresses that this framework should include binding targets, specific EU funding under the ESF+ and specific provisions to prevent homelessness, particularly among children, young people and migrants;

39. Emendamento 58Respinta

    Paragraph 20 a (new)

    Presentato da Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Milan Uhrík, Irmhild Boßdorf · ESN

    Aggiunto: 20a. Demands the immediate repeal of Directive (EU) 2023/9591a, which introduces the emissions trading system (ETS 2) covering the building sector, considering that it functions as an anti-social and economically harmful de facto tax on heating; points out that including homes in emissions trading will lead to a rapid increase in housing costs, hitting low-income families hardest; opposes the ideological inflation of energy prices, which undermines the competitiveness of the European construction sector and pushes millions of citizens toward energy poverty; ___________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading system (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 134, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/959/oj).

40. Emendamento 58Respinta

    Paragraph 20 a (new)

    Presentato da Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Milan Uhrík, Irmhild Boßdorf · ESN

    Aggiunto: 20a. Demands the immediate repeal of Directive (EU) 2023/9591a, which introduces the emissions trading system (ETS 2) covering the building sector, considering that it functions as an anti-social and economically harmful de facto tax on heating; points out that including homes in emissions trading will lead to a rapid increase in housing costs, hitting low-income families hardest; opposes the ideological inflation of energy prices, which undermines the competitiveness of the European construction sector and pushes millions of citizens toward energy poverty; ___________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading system (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 134, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/959/oj).

41. Emendamento 59Respinta

    Paragraph 21

    Presentato da Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Milan Uhrík, Irmhild Boßdorf · ESN

    21. Rimosso: Recalls that the aim Aggiunto: Calls for the complete repeal of the Energy Performance of Buildings Rimosso: Directive is to reduce energy consumption for households; acknowledges that the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive imposes building requirements that could affect construction costs; notes the importance of environmental standards, such as Aggiunto: Directive1a (EPBD), which, through mandatory renovations, imposes unrealistic financial burdens on homeowners ranging from EUR 15 000 to EUR 100 000 per building; stresses that mandating the zero-emission building standard drastically increases construction costs and discourages new investment, which is extremely irresponsible in the face of the housing crisis; maintains that owners and the free market must determine the pace of property modernisation; __________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the energy performance Rimosso: certificate, and calls for measures to ensure that these standards do not have a negative impact on both rental and property markets; expresses concern about the calculation methods and inconsistencies in the energy labelling of residential buildings, which should accurately reflect the actual energy performance of properties; warns about the possible consequences of such labelling; acknowledges that the practical implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive affects many construction companies and private owners; stresses the need to ensure that regulations do not lead to higher costs for both tenants and property buyers; calls for energy renovation projects to become more accessible through technical assistance and advisory services; calls on the Member States to facilitate participation in energy communities for social housing residents, supporting citizen-led renovation, while respecting national priorities and available resources; Aggiunto: of buildings (OJ L, 2024/1275, 8.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1275/oj ).

42. Emendamento 59Respinta

    Paragraph 21

    Presentato da Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Milan Uhrík, Irmhild Boßdorf · ESN

    21. Rimosso: Recalls that the aim Aggiunto: Calls for the complete repeal of the Energy Performance of Buildings Rimosso: Directive is to reduce energy consumption for households; acknowledges that the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive imposes building requirements that could affect construction costs; notes the importance of environmental standards, such as Aggiunto: Directive1a (EPBD), which, through mandatory renovations, imposes unrealistic financial burdens on homeowners ranging from EUR 15 000 to EUR 100 000 per building; stresses that mandating the zero-emission building standard drastically increases construction costs and discourages new investment, which is extremely irresponsible in the face of the housing crisis; maintains that owners and the free market must determine the pace of property modernisation; __________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the energy performance Rimosso: certificate, and calls for measures to ensure that these standards do not have a negative impact on both rental and property markets; expresses concern about the calculation methods and inconsistencies in the energy labelling of residential buildings, which should accurately reflect the actual energy performance of properties; warns about the possible consequences of such labelling; acknowledges that the practical implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive affects many construction companies and private owners; stresses the need to ensure that regulations do not lead to higher costs for both tenants and property buyers; calls for energy renovation projects to become more accessible through technical assistance and advisory services; calls on the Member States to facilitate participation in energy communities for social housing residents, supporting citizen-led renovation, while respecting national priorities and available resources; Aggiunto: of buildings (OJ L, 2024/1275, 8.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1275/oj ).

43. Emendamento 60Respinta

    Paragraph 55

    Presentato da Milan Uhrík, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Irmhild Boßdorf · ESN

    … centres, and that individuals should be offered solutions via swift administrative procedures; Rimosso: calls on the Commission to integrate gender-based violence considerations into EU housing policy;

44. Emendamento 61Respinta

    Paragraph 53

    Presentato da Borja Giménez Larraz · PPE

    … outcomes; demands a substantial boost to the European Child Guarantee, with a Rimosso: dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion Aggiunto: substantial dedicated budget within existing funds to secure access to adequate housing and related social needs; calls for …

45. Emendamento 62Respinta

    Recital O

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    O. whereas Rimosso: 69.2 % of EU households were owner-occupiers in 202333 , reflecting the importance of property ownership as a driver of stability, intergenerational wealth and freedom of investment; whereas half of EU homeowners have no mortgage, and around one quarter are still at risk of poverty34 ; whereas property ownership provides additional financial stability for families and pensioners; whereas disrespect for property affects communities and small property owners, especially in cases of illegal occupation or prolonged misuse of the dwelling in the context of contractual relationships that lack effective enforcement; whereas private property is threatened by illegal occupation, known as squatting, and systematic non-payment of rent phenomena, which harms communities and particularly small property owners, forcing them to exit the market and to rightfully recover their property, thereby reducing the available supply and contributing to rising prices whereas illegally staying in a property undermines the EU Charter and constitutes a violation of the rule of law; Aggiunto: according to Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, ‘everyone has the right to own, use, dispose of and bequeath his or her lawfully acquired possessions, ... no one may be deprived of his or her possessions, except in the public interest and in the cases and under the conditions provided for by law, subject to fair compensation being paid in good time for their loss, and ... the use of property may be regulated by law in so far as is necessary for the general interest’; whereas evictions disproportionately affect at-risk groups and families, including low-income households and minority groups, and are too often carried out without consideration for the fundamental rights and dignity of the people concerned; whereas housing is often the sphere where inequalities are most visible, revealing forms of aporophobia, that is, discrimination based on socio-economic status or poverty; whereas evictions have deep and lasting effects on individuals and families, undermining mental and physical health, disrupting access to education, employment and care services, and entrenching cycles of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the EU, Member States and public authorities bear responsibility for Rimosso: addressing property owners’ rights, and providing particular support to small-scale owners, families in need and vulnerable households; 33 Eurostat, ‘Living conditions in Europe - housing’, Eurostat website, November 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Living_conditions_in_Europe_-_housing. 34 European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), ‘Living conditions and quality of life - Unaffordable and inadequate housing in Europe’, 2023, p.20, https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publications/all/unaffordable-and-inadequate-housing-europe. Aggiunto: providing effective housing solutions for the rights and needs of vulnerable households in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including, inter alia, its provisions on the fundamental right to human dignity, the prohibition of degrading treatment, non-discrimination and private property;

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    Paragraph -1

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    Aggiunto: -1. Underlines that the severe housing crisis the EU is suffering is deepening and that it is exacerbated by a persistent lack of effective measures to address its root causes, notably the financialisation of the housing sector, speculation, the significant and growing investment gap in social and affordable housing, and the proliferation of short-term rentals for tourists (‘touristification’) as well as rising energy and utility costs, aggravated by an aging and energy-inefficient building stock; regrets that speculative investment and the financialisation of housing are enabled by a permissive regulatory framework allowing mainly institutional investors such as hedge funds, mutual funds and banks to inflate prices by bidding up the cost of real estate, prioritising profit over affordability and leading to a severe disconnect between local incomes and housing prices; opposes the revival of the securitisation market, as securitisation created the housing bubble that triggered the 2008 financial crisis, and accelerates housing financialisation by turning mortgage loans into tradable assets, thus worsening housing affordability;

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    Paragraph 3 a (new)

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    Aggiunto: 3a. Considers it crucial to ensure that the housing sector is predominantly centred on public, non-profit – with a particular focus on cooperative and community-led models – and limited-profit housing providers and is guided by legally binding conditionalities to ensure universal, long-term access to affordable, sustainable and decent housing in order to prevent housing from being managed as a financial asset or commodity, given that the right to adequate housing is an essential need and a fundamental human right, recognised in international human rights law as part of the right to an adequate standard of living; emphasises the paramount importance for a significant increase in and prioritization of public investment for social housing in order to have their considerable expansion; is strongly convinced that legally binding conditionalities to guarantee the permanent affordability, sustainability and public ownership of social housing must be set out;

48. Emendamento 65Respinta

    Paragraph 3 b (new)

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    Aggiunto: 3b. Calls for the adoption of an enabling legally-binding regulatory framework at EU and national level to ensure that no household is obliged to spend more than 30 % of their monthly disposable income on housing costs, in terms of rents or mortgages, housing-related taxes, and water and energy bills, building on the UN-recognised international benchmark for housing affordability known as the ‘30 per cent rule’; stresses that for poor households, spending even 10 or 20 % of their monthly disposable income on housing costs can be highly challenging, thus making it even more crucial to prioritise tailor-made public support, including through social housing and public guarantor access schemes, to ensure access to sustainable and decent housing solutions at affordable prices;

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    Paragraph 3 c (new)

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    Aggiunto: 3c. Notes that the gravity and multi-faceted nature of homelessness requires specific policy and service interventions alongside broader housing policies; strongly believes that the EU institutions and Member States must decisively step up their efforts to eradicate homelessness by 2030 at the latest; recommends that all Member States develop national housing plans, coupled with national homelessness strategies, in consultation with local and regional authorities, civil society organisations, people with experience of homelessness and other stakeholders; underlines that homelessness strategies should cover prevention, emergency response, rehousing and ongoing support; calls on Member States to further develop ‘Housing First’, which ensures permanent housing in combination with personalised support to help people exit homelessness; calls on the Commission to support Member States in developing and implementing homelessness strategies, notably in the context of the European Platform on Combating Homelessness (EPOCH), which should have a dedicated budget and multi-annual work plan from 2027; asks the Commission to make homelessness a priority in the forthcoming anti-poverty strategy and to ensure strong synergies between the strategy, the new European Pillar of Social Rights action plan, the EPOCH and the European Affordable Housing Plan to deliver an effective enabling framework for progress towards ending homelessness;

50. Emendamento 67Respinta

    Paragraph 3 d (new)

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    Aggiunto: 3d. Calls for a biennial European report on progress in the fight against homelessness; calls for biennial ministerial meetings on homelessness to review progress; calls on the Member States to invest in measures to end homelessness under the next MFF, in line with local needs, and on the Commission to support the Member States in this respect; stresses the need to ensure the meaningful participation of people experiencing homelessness in the development, implementation and monitoring of EU and national policies aimed at eradicating homelessness;

51. Emendamento 68Respinta

    Paragraph 13 a (new)

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    Aggiunto: 13a. Recalls the ongoing climate and environmental emergency; recalls that the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 identifies land take as one of the major threats to biodiversity; stresses that in addressing the housing crisis, priority should be given to the re-purposing, renovation and efficient use of the vast amount of public and private vacant housing stock, to sharing best practice and to creating a favourable legal framework to this end; firmly believes that the construction of any new builds must be in line with the EU goal of ‘no net land take by 2050’, as set out in the EU soil strategy for 2030; underlines the paramount importance of legally binding targets and ambitious and consistent soil health plans to credibly reach this goal; emphasises that, in the light of the massive biodiversity loss that we are already experiencing, new building should in any case not take place in natural areas of concern to the EU that are protected by the Habitats Directive;

52. Emendamento 69Respinta

    Paragraph 14

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    14. Rimosso: Highlights that Aggiunto: Believes that, in zones of housing stress, land already designated for residential housing development should be exclusively allocated to social and affordable housing in order to prevent speculative use and ensure structural long-term affordability; underlines that Member States should be encouraged to develop clear, time-bound and legally secure instruments to enable the temporary community use for community benefit functions of underused or neglected land and premises, including assets held by municipalities and private owners, where these are left vacant without credible plans for timely reactivation, for social and affordable housing formats, in particular modular solutions; highlights that various solutions already exist to build new housing without new consumption of natural …

53. Emendamento 70Respinta

    Paragraph 20 a (new)

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    Aggiunto: 20a. Calls for energy democracy to be fully embedded in housing policy; believes that the Commission must ensure citizens’ and communities’ ownership of the energy transition and participation in it, ensuring access to renewable, affordable, energy-efficient homes as a housing right;

54. Emendamento 71Respinta

    Paragraph 20 b (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 20b. Calls for the Member States to integrate citizen energy models, such as energy communities, into their national housing plans and guarantee people participatory processes in every renovation; calls on the Commission to ensure, under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive1a, effective monitoring, scrutiny and country-specific recommendations for Member States, with the aim of swiftly developing inclusive national building renovation plans (NBRPs) and contributing to improving the average energy performance levels of the residential housing sector, advancing towards the fulfilment of the climate neutrality target for buildings, prioritising the worst performing buildings; _______________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L, 2024/1275, 8.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1275/oj).

55. Emendamento 72Respinta

    Paragraph 20 c (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 20c. Calls for the NBRPs to be aligned with plans under the Energy Efficiency Directive1a as well as the national Social Climate Plans, in order to deliver a coordinated approach to decarbonising buildings in the most ambitious and inclusive manner; calls for the creation of a strong and inclusive enabling framework to ensure that energy renovation projects become more accessible and upscaled via the availability, among other resources, of technical assistance and advisory services, as well as instruments that can improve funding absorption; _____________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2023/1791 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on energy efficiency and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 (OJ L 231, 20.9.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/1791/oj).

56. Emendamento 73Respinta

    Paragraph 20 d (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 20d. Calls for measures supporting housing cost neutrality as a principle determining that the overall cost for tenants stays the same, including after renovations, especially if those renovations are carried out using public funds, and also to improve tenants’ protection from ‘renovictions’, which can occur when a property owner sends an eviction notice, citing the need for major renovations;

57. Emendamento 74Respinta

    Paragraph 20 e (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 20e. Calls for the establishment of an EU legal framework to prohibit forced evictions, including for renovation purposes, that are not accompanied by a right to adequate rehousing, in line with human rights standards and the principle that no one should be evicted into homelessness;

58. Emendamento 75Respinta

    Paragraph 25 a (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 25a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to severely sanction any anti-competitive practice taken by relevant stakeholders, which are found to be driving up the prices of construction materials; believes that, in order to keep prices for housing construction materials for publicly-funded projects under control, strict public oversight, as well as strong conditionalities under public procurement procedures, must be applied, including maximum allowable construction costs per square metre and ceilings on net rents, which indirectly put pressure on cost discipline throughout the development process and create a natural barrier against inflated pricing, thus preventing artificial, profit-driven, upward manipulation of pricing for housing construction materials;

59. Emendamento 76Respinta

    Paragraph 26 a (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 26a. Calls for the establishment of a comprehensive EU ‘Healthy Homes Strategy’, explicitly recognising inadequate and substandard housing as a key determinant of health inequalities, and integrating housing quality into all health and social policies at EU level; calls for the establishment of harmonised EU minimum requirements on ‘habitability’ as a cornerstone of the right to dignified housing, aligned with the World Health Organization guidelines; believes that such EU minimum standards must not undermine or lower the more protective standards already in place in the Member States;

60. Emendamento 77Respinta

    Paragraph 27 a (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 27a. Strongly regrets the degradation and humiliation suffered by vulnerable households, who are either evicted or surviving evictions thanks to a ‘social shield’, and constantly attacked as ‘squatters’; underlines that the very serious situation of need suffered by these vulnerable households is arising from an urban extractivist and antisocial model, which must be swiftly reversed through a set of targeted structural measures;

61. Emendamento 78Respinta

    Paragraph 27 b (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 27b. Considers that ‘aporophobia’ and discourses that criminalise and target homeless people should be conceptualised as a hate crime; calls on the Commission to acknowledge aporophobia as a form of criminalisation of homeless and poor people in the framework of the EU-anti-poverty strategy;

62. Emendamento 79Respinta

    Paragraph 28 a (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 28a. Acknowledges tenants’ unions as representative unions for the purpose of defending the collective interests of tenants within the meaning of Article 12 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and their consequent right to take part in collective bargaining and collective action; emphasises the role of tenants’ unions and other organised housing civil society actors as key stakeholders in housing policy, including in rent-setting and rent stabilisation negotiations, determination of tenancy conditions, urban planning processes, and housing law reform at local, national and European level; highlights the existing best practices in the EU to build on, where tenant unions play a central role in municipal-level rent negotiations and national policy consultation, to strengthen tenants’ representation, housing democracy and social dialogue; emphasises the need to ensure the direct participation of tenants in the elaboration and implementation of housing policies; urges the Commission to develop common guidelines for fair and transparent rental contracts, ensuring full respect for tenants’ rights, habitability standards, rent transparency and legal security;

63. Emendamento 80Respinta

    Paragraph 28 b (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 28b. Strongly condemns slum landlord practices across Europe, where tenants – often in vulnerable situations – are forced to live in substandard, unsafe or unsanitary housing, while being subjected to exploitative rents and precarious legal arrangements; calls on the Member States to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards slum landlords, including by using extra-legal sanctions, such as administrative penalties, fines or rental bans and where these prove ineffective, to apply civil liability mechanisms;

64. Emendamento 81Respinta

    Paragraph 39

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    … a legal initiative on short-term rentals to tackle the remaining regulatory gaps; Rimosso: 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 Rimosso: ensure a fair balance between tourism development and Aggiunto: strengthen action to ensure housing affordability and Rimosso: 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 Rimosso: realities and housing markets; Aggiunto: realities; calls on the Commission to Rimosso: conduct a comprehensive, data- and evidence-based impact assessment of the Aggiunto: step up its efforts to counter the serious effects of the proliferation of short-term rentals on housing Rimosso: prices and Aggiunto: prices, affordability, availability and tenure Rimosso: security, both in macro and micro real estate markets, following the Aggiunto: security; calls on the Commission to ensure the correct and full implementation of Regulation (EU) Rimosso: 2024/102854 Aggiunto: 2024/1028 on short-term rentals, Rimosso: and with particular attention to its impact on long-term rental stock; Aggiunto: 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 Rimosso: 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; Aggiunto: Regulation; calls on public authorities to ask digital platforms to remove illegal listings for tourist apartments; Rimosso: 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, Rimosso: associations and the relevant stakeholders Aggiunto: tenants’ unions and citizens’ associations should be consulted about Rimosso: any future actions, Aggiunto: future actions aimed at addressing the proliferation of short-term rentals for tourists (touristification), as they are best placed to Rimosso: determine Aggiunto: contribute determining the measures needed, including in stressed Rimosso: areas, and that these actions must not deter tourism; Aggiunto: areas; calls for it to be ensured that Rimosso: the proliferation of short-term rentals does not threaten Aggiunto: any future provisions to regulate short-term rentals, as well as their implementation, preserve the social fabric, Aggiunto: 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. Rimosso: 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).

65. Emendamento 82Respinta

    Paragraph 40

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    40. Recalls that the Rimosso: judgment of the Court of Justice Rimosso: in Joined Cases C-724/18 and C-727/1855 stated that a legitimate public interest may exist for Aggiunto: of the European Union (CJEU) set out that, in areas affected by a shortage of residential rental housing, establishing mechanisms to regulate short-term Rimosso: rentals at the national, regional or local level, provided that the measures adopted are necessary, adequate and proportionate; calls for a balanced approach that reconciles the right to private property ownership, legal certainty for owners, and sustainable tourism with the need to preserve the availability of housing and liveability in historic city centres; considers that certain measures could help urban centres regain their residential functions, such as adequate and proportionate licensing systems, increased transparency regarding large-scale foreign property acquisitions in order to monitor housing availability, authorisations from neighbours’ associations or the main owner, or safety, quality and consumer protection standards, ensuring that those policies are proportionate and tailored to the specific circumstances; underlines that measures are needed to safeguard housing for residents and preserve the diversity and vitality of urban communities; calls for tourism activities and their positive impacts on local economies to be balanced with the preservation of housing availability for local residents and strategic and essential workers in the long-term; 55 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 22 September 2020, Cali Apartments SCI and HX v Procureur général près la cour d’appel de Paris and Ville de Paris, Joined Cases C-724/18 and C-727/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:743. Aggiunto: rentals, the objectives of which are to ensure a sufficient supply of residential housing units, socially diverse housing and maintaining rents at an affordable level, since housing is a basic necessity and a fundamental right, constitutes an overriding reason relating to the public interest for the purposes of EU law; firmly believes that Member States must take action to achieve the abovementioned objectives and address the proliferation of short-term rentals, including by adopting provisions on banning short-term rentals, mandatory registration and prior authorisation schemes as well as on offset requirements, primarily targeting professional investors and large-scale houseowners, while avoiding disproportionately burdening small-scale private homeowners; considers key the adoption of effective mechanisms aimed at making it possible to revert current short-term rentals to long-term residential rental housing as well as eradicating illegal short-term rentals through enhanced inspection powers, especially in areas with a particularly high population density and experiencing a structural residential rental housing shortage, thus defending the overriding reasons relating to the public interest, recognised as such also in the CJEU’s case-law, which includes, in particular, grounds relating to the protection of the urban environment and social policy objectives as well as public housing policy, seeking to combat land pressure; calls on the Commission to refrain from pursuing any infringement procedure against Member States for their efforts in this regard;

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    Subheading 13 a (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 13a. Calls for the establishment of an EU transparency register on real estate transactions and ownership as a tool to ensure full transparency on beneficial housing ownership and prevent distortions as well as any money laundering in the housing sector;

67. Emendamento 84Respinta

    Paragraph 43

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    43. Rimosso: Stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to housing affordability; underlines the role of Aggiunto: Underlines the urgent need to provide a strong and immediate political response to address the socio-economic crisis suffered by millions of people in the EU, arising from lack of access to affordable, sustainable and decent housing, by setting up a dedicated EU Housing Fund, which should incorporate an ‘EU renovation loan’, as well as establishing that Member States’ public spending on affordable, sustainable and decent housing is not subject to the debt rules under the Stability and Growth Rimosso: Pact in ensuring financial stability in the EU, which is a prerequisite for the proliferation of housing; stresses that both the general escape clause and the national escape clause should remain an exceptional and temporary tool; underlines that any public investment in housing must remain consistent with the Union’s fiscal rules; Aggiunto: Pact, in order to make available investment needed to fill the current massive and increasing gap; supports the establishment of a pan-European investment platform for affordable and sustainable housing; highlights that local authorities as well as non-profit housing providers should be able to obtain 0 % interest rates via this platform or directly from the EIB for long-term loans;

68. Emendamento 85Respinta

    Paragraph 48 a (new)

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    Aggiunto: 48a. Denounces the fact that financialisation and a speculation-driven housing sector is undermining young people’s ability to afford stable, sustainable and decent homes, contributing massively to a debilitating sense of financial insecurity; condemns the fact that skyrocketing rent prices and poor tenant protection laws have made rental housing unaffordable and insecure for many young people, exposing them to poor living conditions, eviction and exploitation; acknowledges the need to ensure enhanced access to mortgages for young people with weaker financial backgrounds through, inter alia, more effective and robust public guarantee schemes; stresses that young people’s access to affordable, sustainable and decent housing should not be limited to homeownership, but should also include social and affordable housing, cost-rental schemes, cooperative housing, and other secure rental options;

69. Emendamento 86Respinta

    Paragraph 48 b (new)

    Presentato da Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE

    Aggiunto: 48b. Firmly believes that the financialisation and speculative investment in student housing must be eradicated by ensuring public or non-profit ownership requirements, guaranteeing that student accommodation remain permanently decent, sustainable and affordable for students;

70. Emendamento 87Respinta

    Paragraph 52

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    52. Rimosso: Welcomes Aggiunto: Believes that State aid rules on housing must be revised to modify the concept of ‘social housing’ with the aim of expanding its scope, referring to affordable, sustainable and decent housing aimed primarily at addressing the housing needs of socio-economically disadvantaged individuals – such as those at risk of poverty, social exclusion or homelessness or who are living in inadequate and undignified housing – as well as to low-to middle-income households, who are unable to access adequate accommodation under market conditions, facing structural barriers to housing affordability, notably in high-demand or undersupplied markets; calls for provisions to allow Service of General Economic Interest compensation only to ‘social housing’ providers that operate on a no-profit basis; welcomes the Commission’s consultation, launched on 5 June 2025 and takes note of … revision of the State aid rules for services of general economic interest Rimosso: (SGEI), to facilitate the provision of decent, sustainable and affordable housing in a faster and more efficient way, while allowing greater flexibility to facilitate national investments; underlines that Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity, should have the discretionary power to support this according to their local, regional or national needs; Aggiunto: (SGEI); underlines the importance of an ex ante impact assessment on a country-by-country … should not come at the cost of Member States’ investments in social Rimosso: housing, but could allow greater flexibility to facilitate public investment in housing, while respecting the diversity of national markets; acknowledges the risks that should be considered, including potential private and public crowding out, displacement of investment from social housing, compatibility with EU case-law, and the integrity of the single market; Aggiunto: housing; recalls the original purpose of SGEI and the fact that expanding the … broader target groups does not divert resources from the most vulnerable groups; Rimosso: is concerned that broadening the social housing target group under these rules risks exacerbating market distortions and undermining fair competition; highlights that it is essential to maintain Rimosso: a careful balance between addressing social housing needs and preserving competitive, efficient housing markets for all service providers, both public and private, Aggiunto: social housing under permanent public ownership in the provision of Rimosso: affordable housing; underlines the need to ensure that any future framework relating to affordable housing remains open, allowing both public and private operators to participate, thereby preserving a level playing field and preventing undue market exclusion; Aggiunto: any future framework;

71. Emendamento 88Respinta

    Recital D a (new)

    Presentato da Julie Rechagneux, Klara Dostalova, Isabella Tovaglieri +1 · PfE

    Aggiunto: Da. whereas, pursuant to Article 5(2) TEU, the EU can act only within the limits of the competences conferred upon it by the Member States; whereas housing policy remains primarily within the competence of the Member States and regional and local authorities; whereas any EU involvement in housing must remain supportive and respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; whereas Member States must retain full competence to define eligibility criteria, allocation priorities and safeguards for access to social housing in line with national social, economic and demographic priorities; whereas decisions concerning eligibility criteria, allocation priorities and management structures for social housing fall within the constitutional and administrative autonomy of the Member States and their regional and local authorities;

72. Emendamento 90Respinta

    Recital H a (new)

    Presentato da Julie Rechagneux, Klara Dostalova, Isabella Tovaglieri +1 · PfE

    Aggiunto: Ha. whereas housing policy cannot be dissociated from migration and demographic policies; whereas recent migration inflows have contributed to increased pressure on housing markets particularly in urban areas, aggravating shortages of affordable housing for European citizens, in particular working class and middle-income households; whereas inadequate housing capacity and insufficient labour market integration have contributed to social fragmentation; whereas a significant number of legally residing third-country nationals remain outside the labour market despite structural labour shortages in sectors such as construction and renovation;

73. Emendamento 92Respinta

    Recital O a (new)

    Presentato da Julie Rechagneux, Klara Dostalova, Isabella Tovaglieri · PfE

    Aggiunto: Oa. whereas public intervention in housing markets should focus on clearly defined vulnerable groups determined by the Member States and remain targeted and proportionate; whereas subsidised rental schemes that are open-ended or insufficiently targeted risk distorting housing markets; whereas sustainable housing policy should promote access to ownership; whereas public support should complement rather than substitute private investment; whereas effective housing policy must ensure fairness and responsibility, including by addressing non-payment of rent and protecting housing providers; whereas small-scale landlords and family property owners are particularly exposed to financial risks arising from persistent non-payment, legal uncertainty and regulatory burdens;

74. Emendamento 96Respinta

    Paragraph 4 a (new)

    Presentato da Julie Rechagneux, Klara Dostalova, Isabella Tovaglieri +1 · PfE

    Aggiunto: 4a. Stresses that a strategy for decent, sustainable and affordable housing requires effective migration management and integration policies aligned with housing capacity; calls on the Member States to prioritise access to affordable housing for families, young couples and middle-income households; calls on the Member States to prioritise access to social housing for European citizens and citizens legally residing in their territory on a stable basis, while allowing Member States to give priority to their citizens and local workers, particularly in border regions, in accordance with national law; stresses that Member States should be able to apply objective criteria such as duration of residence, family situation, participation in the labour market and social security system and demonstrable links to the local community when allocating social housing, in full respect of national competences; emphasises that labour shortages should first be addressed through the mobilisation, training and labour market integration of persons already legally residing in the EU before permitting further inflows;

75. Emendamento 97Respinta

    Paragraph 4 b (new)

    Presentato da Julie Rechagneux, Klara Dostalova, Isabella Tovaglieri · PfE

    Aggiunto: 4b. Calls on Member States, where appropriate, to introduce targeted incentives facilitating access to home ownership and supporting family formation, in particular for younger generations, including those under the age of 30; notes that such incentives may include financial instruments such as public guarantees, savings-based support schemes or temporary fiscal incentives for first-time buyers; underlines that access to credit for first-time buyers has been significantly constrained by cumulative prudential and macro-financial rules, and calls for their proportionate application to avoid excluding creditworthy households;

76. Emendamento 98Respinta

    Paragraph 4 c (new)

    Presentato da Julie Rechagneux, Klara Dostalova, Isabella Tovaglieri +1 · PfE

    Aggiunto: 4c. Stresses the importance of preventing the abuse of social housing systems, including illegal subletting, by strengthening transparency in allocation procedures, independent auditing of social housing providers, strict oversight of procurement and clear accountability mechanisms to prevent fraud, collusion or misappropriation of public funds in both tenant selection and construction or renovation works, non-primary residence occupation and proportionate verification of eligibility criteria, and ensuring appropriate safeguards against access for individuals convicted of serious crimes, in accordance with national laws; highlights the need to prevent concentrations of criminal activity in high-density social housing areas and to safeguard residents’ safety and quality of life;

77. Emendamento 99Respinta

    Paragraph 4 d (new)

    Presentato da Julie Rechagneux, Klara Dostalova, Isabella Tovaglieri +1 · PfE

    Aggiunto: 4d. Recalls that housing policy is not a shared competence and must not evolve into one through secondary legislation, financial instruments or coordination mechanisms; stresses that any EU action must not result in the harmonisation of national housing systems; emphasises that Member States retain full sovereignty over the design, financing and regulation of their housing policies; calls on the Commission to ensure compliance with the principle of conferral and avoid competence creep;

78. Emendamento 105Approvata

    Paragraph 49 a (new)

    Presentato da Sebastião Bugalho, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Sérgio Humberto +38 · Members

    Aggiunto: 49a. Urges the Commission to present a proposal for a Council recommendation addressing the youth housing crisis, with the aim of improving young people’s access to adequate and affordable housing; stresses that, in order to implement such a Council recommendation, Member States, on a voluntary basis, would be required to present national action plans, setting out concrete measures and, where appropriate, new policies to address young people’s affordability challenges and their exclusion from housing;

79. Emendamento 106Approvata

    Paragraph 50 a (new)

    Presentato da Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Gabriele Bischoff · S&D

    Aggiunto: 50a. Recalls Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment in 2019 to ensuring that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including homelessness, has access to the most basic of rights, such as healthcare, housing and education, which was followed by the adoption of Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee1a; stresses that the objectives of the European Child Guarantee cannot be achieved without an ambitious dedicated budget at both EU and national level; reiterates, in this context, its call for a substantial dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion for the European Child Guarantee; underlines the urgent need for this dedicated budget to be allocated in the next multiannual financial framework in order to respond to the growing challenge of child poverty and social exclusion, including homelessness; ____________________ OJ L 223, 22.6.2021, p. 14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reco/2021/1004/oj.

80. Emendamento 106Approvata

    Paragraph 50 a (new)

    Presentato da Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Gabriele Bischoff · S&D

    Aggiunto: 50a. Recalls Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment in 2019 to ensuring that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including homelessness, has access to the most basic of rights, such as healthcare, housing and education, which was followed by the adoption of Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee1a; stresses that the objectives of the European Child Guarantee cannot be achieved without an ambitious dedicated budget at both EU and national level; reiterates, in this context, its call for a substantial dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion for the European Child Guarantee; underlines the urgent need for this dedicated budget to be allocated in the next multiannual financial framework in order to respond to the growing challenge of child poverty and social exclusion, including homelessness; ____________________ OJ L 223, 22.6.2021, p. 14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reco/2021/1004/oj.