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

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/49

Amendment 49

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Estrella Galán, Gaetano Pedulla’, Giorgos Georgiou, Lynn Boylan, Elena Kountoura, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 43

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution43. Stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to housing affordability; underlines the role of the Stability and Growth 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;	Amendment43. Stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to housing affordability; underlines 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 Pact, in line with a future ‘social investment golden rule’ in the EU fiscal framework;

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

43. Stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to housing affordability; underlines the role of the Stability and Growth 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;

43. Stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to housing affordability; underlines 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 Pact, in line with a future ‘social investment golden rule’ in the EU fiscal framework;

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/50

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Amendment 50

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Estrella Galán, Gaetano Pedulla’, Giorgos Georgiou, Lynn Boylan, Elena Kountoura, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

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

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 44

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution44. Calls for stronger and more transparent mechanisms for cooperation in housing policy between the public and the private sector, in order to mobilise additional financial resources through European co-financing frameworks that combine public investment with the capacity and innovation of private and public actors; underlines that such partnerships can multiply the impact of public resources and accelerate the development of quality and affordable housing; calls on public authorities to ensure that such partnerships are aligned with the public interest and long-term affordability objectives; calls on public authorities to leverage private sector expertise by offering targeted long-term incentives, where appropriate, to companies and stakeholders involved in genuine affordable housing projects, including investments by local authorities and regional administrations, such as in infrastructure development in urban, suburban, rural and depopulated areas; highlights the role that national promotional banks and institutions can play in this regard; encourages the Commission to ensure that the Renovation Wave and the European Affordable Housing Plan generate real investment opportunities, facilitating responsible and transparent public-private partnerships in large-scale urban renewal and infrastructure development projects; emphasises that government assistance measures should be designed to complement private investment, in order to avoid crowding out and ensure long-term financial stability, while ensuring that support measures do not overburden taxpayers or distort markets;	Amendment44. Calls for stronger and more transparent mechanisms for cooperation in housing policy between the public and the private sector, in order to mobilise additional financial resources to ensure long-term affordability and sustainability through European co-financing frameworks that combine public investment with the capacity and innovation of private and public actors; underlines that such partnerships can multiply the impact of public resources and accelerate the development of quality and affordable housing; calls on public authorities to ensure that such partnerships are aligned with the public interest and long-term affordability objectives; calls on public authorities to leverage private sector expertise by offering targeted long-term incentives, where appropriate, to companies and stakeholders involved in genuine affordable housing projects, including investments by local authorities and regional administrations, such as in infrastructure development in urban, suburban, rural and depopulated areas; considers that strengthening cooperation mechanisms between the public and private sectors must be based on the establishment of environmental and social conditionalities; highlights the role that national promotional banks and institutions can play in this regard; encourages the Commission to ensure that the Renovation Wave and the European Affordable Housing Plan generate real investment opportunities, facilitating responsible and transparent public-private partnerships in large-scale urban renewal and infrastructure development projects; emphasises that government assistance measures should be designed to ensure long-term affordability, including rent-regulation mechanisms, strengthened tenant protection and social safeguards, and to ensure that public investment in housing prioritises accessibility, sustainability and the social function of housing over private profit, while introducing robust environmental and social standards for new constructions;

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

44. Calls for stronger and more transparent mechanisms for cooperation in housing policy between the public and the private sector, in order to mobilise additional financial resources through European co-financing frameworks that combine public investment with the capacity and innovation of private and public actors; underlines that such partnerships can multiply the impact of public resources and accelerate the development of quality and affordable housing; calls on public authorities to ensure that such partnerships are aligned with the public interest and long-term affordability objectives; calls on public authorities to leverage private sector expertise by offering targeted long-term incentives, where appropriate, to companies and stakeholders involved in genuine affordable housing projects, including investments by local authorities and regional administrations, such as in infrastructure development in urban, suburban, rural and depopulated areas; highlights the role that national promotional banks and institutions can play in this regard; encourages the Commission to ensure that the Renovation Wave and the European Affordable Housing Plan generate real investment opportunities, facilitating responsible and transparent public-private partnerships in large-scale urban renewal and infrastructure development projects; emphasises that government assistance measures should be designed to complement private investment, in order to avoid crowding out and ensure long-term financial stability, while ensuring that support measures do not overburden taxpayers or distort markets;

44. Calls for stronger and more transparent mechanisms for cooperation in housing policy between the public and the private sector, in order to mobilise additional financial resources to ensure long-term affordability and sustainability through European co-financing frameworks that combine public investment with the capacity and innovation of private and public actors; underlines that such partnerships can multiply the impact of public resources and accelerate the development of quality and affordable housing; calls on public authorities to ensure that such partnerships are aligned with the public interest and long-term affordability objectives; calls on public authorities to leverage private sector expertise by offering targeted long-term incentives, where appropriate, to companies and stakeholders involved in genuine affordable housing projects, including investments by local authorities and regional administrations, such as in infrastructure development in urban, suburban, rural and depopulated areas; considers that strengthening cooperation mechanisms between the public and private sectors must be based on the establishment of environmental and social conditionalities; highlights the role that national promotional banks and institutions can play in this regard; encourages the Commission to ensure that the Renovation Wave and the European Affordable Housing Plan generate real investment opportunities, facilitating responsible and transparent public-private partnerships in large-scale urban renewal and infrastructure development projects; emphasises that government assistance measures should be designed to ensure long-term affordability, including rent-regulation mechanisms, strengthened tenant protection and social safeguards, and to ensure that public investment in housing prioritises accessibility, sustainability and the social function of housing over private profit, while introducing robust environmental and social standards for new constructions;

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/51

Amendment 51

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Estrella Galán, Gaetano Pedulla’, Giorgos Georgiou, João Oliveira, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

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

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 48

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution48. Calls on the Commission to analyse housing price dynamics, including available evidence of potentially abusive speculation, and, on the basis of this analysis, to call on the Member States for possible appropriate measures; stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to ensuring decent, sustainable and affordable housing for all; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance transparency in real estate transactions, including through improved data collection and possible EU-level tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to exchange data and best practice on combating abusive financialisation practices and speculative purchases, reducing the likelihood of destabilising local housing markets; calls on the Member States to adopt measures to incentivise bringing vacant and derelict homes back into use, as this is essential to increasing supply, safeguarding affordability, and revitalising communities; stresses that public investment in housing should serve the public interest and deliver long-term value; welcomes public ownership models where housing remains publicly managed, which could be useful in certain contexts to prevent abusive financialisation practices, underlining that housing projects that pass into private hands are also legitimate; stresses that Member States should be free to choose how to manage these projects in line with their national policies;	Amendment48. Calls on the Commission to analyse housing price dynamics, including available evidence of potential speculation, and, on the basis of this analysis, to call on the Member States for possible appropriate measures; stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to ensuring decent, sustainable and affordable housing for all; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance transparency in real estate transactions, including through improved data collection and possible EU-level tools; calls on the Commission 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 financialisation practices and speculative purchases, reducing the likelihood of destabilising local housing markets; calls on the Member States to adopt measures 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 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; stresses that public investment in housing should serve the public interest and deliver long-term value; welcomes public ownership models where housing remains publicly managed, which could be useful in certain contexts to prevent financialisation practices; stresses that Member States should be free to choose how to manage these projects in line with their national policies;

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

48. Calls on the Commission to analyse housing price dynamics, including available evidence of potentially abusive speculation, and, on the basis of this analysis, to call on the Member States for possible appropriate measures; stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to ensuring decent, sustainable and affordable housing for all; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance transparency in real estate transactions, including through improved data collection and possible EU-level tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to exchange data and best practice on combating abusive financialisation practices and speculative purchases, reducing the likelihood of destabilising local housing markets; calls on the Member States to adopt measures to incentivise bringing vacant and derelict homes back into use, as this is essential to increasing supply, safeguarding affordability, and revitalising communities; stresses that public investment in housing should serve the public interest and deliver long-term value; welcomes public ownership models where housing remains publicly managed, which could be useful in certain contexts to prevent abusive financialisation practices, underlining that housing projects that pass into private hands are also legitimate; stresses that Member States should be free to choose how to manage these projects in line with their national policies;

48. Calls on the Commission to analyse housing price dynamics, including available evidence of potential speculation, and, on the basis of this analysis, to call on the Member States for possible appropriate measures; stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to ensuring decent, sustainable and affordable housing for all; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance transparency in real estate transactions, including through improved data collection and possible EU-level tools; calls on the Commission 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 financialisation practices and speculative purchases, reducing the likelihood of destabilising local housing markets; calls on the Member States to adopt measures 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 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; stresses that public investment in housing should serve the public interest and deliver long-term value; welcomes public ownership models where housing remains publicly managed, which could be useful in certain contexts to prevent financialisation practices; stresses that Member States should be free to choose how to manage these projects in line with their national policies;

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/52

Amendment 52

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Estrella Galán, Gaetano Pedulla’, Giorgos Georgiou, Elena Kountoura, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

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

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 49

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution49. Emphasises the need to pay particular attention to younger and future generations, especially in areas with low rates of economic independence and where young people take longer to leave their family home; notes that young people are increasingly dependent on the rental market as their main form of housing tenure58 , and therefore calls for stronger tenant and property rights and protections to ensure stability and affordability for younger generations; calls on the Commission to investigate and promote regional and local best practices regarding housing initiatives for young people, with simplified procedures, including first-time buyer schemes; calls on the Member States and local authorities to promote measures enabling young people to access housing credit, including incentives such as reduced transaction rates for young buyers and first-time buyers; calls for exemptions from transaction taxes for first-time buyers who occupy the property for a certain period; supports the provision of low-interest loans for young people and first-time buyers; underlines that providing affordable housing for young people entering the labour market could be recognised as a strategic dimension of social policies; calls for the Member States to integrate youth housing needs in their national reform programmes under the European Semester; calls on the Member States to adapt planning laws to allow young people to build affordable dwellings on family land, enabling rural and intergenerational housing solutions; calls on the Member States to adopt dedicated incentives, including in the use of EU funds, for the construction and renovation of affordable and social housing for young people; calls for the consideration of incentives for small property owners who lease housing to families or young people on long-term contracts, particularly in areas with escalating housing costs that are driven by market forces, such as tax incentives or support measures for tenants; suggests that other financial incentives for property owners can also reduce prices, while increasing the number of houses available for renting; highlights the importance of simplifying administrative and transaction-related procedures, including additional and housing-related costs, to enhance transparency, predictability and affordability, particularly for young people and first-time buyers across the EU;	Amendment49. Emphasises the need to pay particular attention to younger and future generations, especially in areas with low rates of economic independence and where young people take longer to leave their family home; notes that young people are increasingly dependent on the rental market as their main form of housing tenure58 , and therefore calls for stronger tenant and property rights and protections to ensure stability and affordability for younger generations; calls on the Commission to investigate and promote regional and local best practices regarding housing initiatives for young people, with simplified procedures, including first-time buyer schemes; calls on the Member States and local authorities to promote measures enabling young people to access housing credit, including incentives such as reduced transaction rates for young buyers and first-time buyers; insists on the need to establish state guarantee funds to cover, in full or in part, the risk of insolvency and security deposits for young people, in order to eliminate barriers to entry into the credit market and to ensure that access to housing does not depend exclusively on family wealth; calls for exemptions from transaction taxes for first-time buyers who occupy the property for a certain period; supports the provision of low-interest loans for young people and first-time buyers; underlines that providing affordable housing for young people entering the labour market could be recognised as a strategic dimension of social policies; calls for the Member States to integrate youth housing needs in their national reform programmes under the European Semester; calls on the Member States to adapt planning laws to allow young people to build affordable dwellings on family land, enabling rural and intergenerational housing solutions; calls on the Member States to adopt dedicated incentives, including in the use of EU funds, for the construction and renovation of affordable and social housing for young people; calls for the consideration of incentives for small property owners who lease housing to families or young people on long-term contracts, particularly in areas with escalating housing costs that are driven by market forces, such as tax incentives or support measures for tenants; suggests that other financial incentives for property owners can also reduce prices, while increasing the number of houses available for renting; highlights the importance of simplifying administrative and transaction-related procedures, including additional and housing-related costs, to enhance transparency, predictability and affordability, particularly for young people and first-time buyers across the EU;
Motion for a resolution58 Paz-Pardo, G., ‘Younger generations and the lost dream of home ownership’, European Central Bank website, 26 January 2022, https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/research-publications/resbull/2022/html/ecb.rb220126~4542d3cea0.en.html.	Amendment58 Paz-Pardo, G., ‘Younger generations and the lost dream of home ownership’, European Central Bank website, 26 January 2022, https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/research-publications/resbull/2022/html/ecb.rb220126~4542d3cea0.en.html.

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

49. Emphasises the need to pay particular attention to younger and future generations, especially in areas with low rates of economic independence and where young people take longer to leave their family home; notes that young people are increasingly dependent on the rental market as their main form of housing tenure58 , and therefore calls for stronger tenant and property rights and protections to ensure stability and affordability for younger generations; calls on the Commission to investigate and promote regional and local best practices regarding housing initiatives for young people, with simplified procedures, including first-time buyer schemes; calls on the Member States and local authorities to promote measures enabling young people to access housing credit, including incentives such as reduced transaction rates for young buyers and first-time buyers; calls for exemptions from transaction taxes for first-time buyers who occupy the property for a certain period; supports the provision of low-interest loans for young people and first-time buyers; underlines that providing affordable housing for young people entering the labour market could be recognised as a strategic dimension of social policies; calls for the Member States to integrate youth housing needs in their national reform programmes under the European Semester; calls on the Member States to adapt planning laws to allow young people to build affordable dwellings on family land, enabling rural and intergenerational housing solutions; calls on the Member States to adopt dedicated incentives, including in the use of EU funds, for the construction and renovation of affordable and social housing for young people; calls for the consideration of incentives for small property owners who lease housing to families or young people on long-term contracts, particularly in areas with escalating housing costs that are driven by market forces, such as tax incentives or support measures for tenants; suggests that other financial incentives for property owners can also reduce prices, while increasing the number of houses available for renting; highlights the importance of simplifying administrative and transaction-related procedures, including additional and housing-related costs, to enhance transparency, predictability and affordability, particularly for young people and first-time buyers across the EU;

49. Emphasises the need to pay particular attention to younger and future generations, especially in areas with low rates of economic independence and where young people take longer to leave their family home; notes that young people are increasingly dependent on the rental market as their main form of housing tenure58 , and therefore calls for stronger tenant and property rights and protections to ensure stability and affordability for younger generations; calls on the Commission to investigate and promote regional and local best practices regarding housing initiatives for young people, with simplified procedures, including first-time buyer schemes; calls on the Member States and local authorities to promote measures enabling young people to access housing credit, including incentives such as reduced transaction rates for young buyers and first-time buyers; insists on the need to establish state guarantee funds to cover, in full or in part, the risk of insolvency and security deposits for young people, in order to eliminate barriers to entry into the credit market and to ensure that access to housing does not depend exclusively on family wealth; calls for exemptions from transaction taxes for first-time buyers who occupy the property for a certain period; supports the provision of low-interest loans for young people and first-time buyers; underlines that providing affordable housing for young people entering the labour market could be recognised as a strategic dimension of social policies; calls for the Member States to integrate youth housing needs in their national reform programmes under the European Semester; calls on the Member States to adapt planning laws to allow young people to build affordable dwellings on family land, enabling rural and intergenerational housing solutions; calls on the Member States to adopt dedicated incentives, including in the use of EU funds, for the construction and renovation of affordable and social housing for young people; calls for the consideration of incentives for small property owners who lease housing to families or young people on long-term contracts, particularly in areas with escalating housing costs that are driven by market forces, such as tax incentives or support measures for tenants; suggests that other financial incentives for property owners can also reduce prices, while increasing the number of houses available for renting; highlights the importance of simplifying administrative and transaction-related procedures, including additional and housing-related costs, to enhance transparency, predictability and affordability, particularly for young people and first-time buyers across the EU;

58 Paz-Pardo, G., ‘Younger generations and the lost dream of home ownership’, European Central Bank website, 26 January 2022, https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/research-publications/resbull/2022/html/ecb.rb220126~4542d3cea0.en.html.

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/53

Amendment 53

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Li Andersson, Estrella Galán, Giorgos Georgiou, João Oliveira, Lynn Boylan, Hanna Gedin, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

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

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 52 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution	Amendment52a. 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;

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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;

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/54

Amendment 54

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Estrella Galán, Giorgos Georgiou, João Oliveira, Kathleen Funchion, Elena Kountoura, Hanna Gedin, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

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

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 55

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution55. Highlights that those affected by domestic violence should be given appropriate assistance by Member States, housing agencies and the private sector, such as temporary emergency accommodation in shelters and care centres, and that individuals should be offered solutions via swift administrative procedures; calls on the Commission to integrate gender-based violence considerations into EU housing policy;	Amendment55. Highlights that those affected by domestic violence should be given appropriate assistance by Member States, housing agencies and the private sector, such as temporary emergency accommodation in shelters and care centres, and that individuals should be offered safe, long-term and affordable housing solutions via swift administrative procedures; calls on the Commission to integrate gender-based violence considerations into EU housing policy, ensuring that funding under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and other instruments prioritises safe housing solutions for survivors of violence and exploitation;

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

55. Highlights that those affected by domestic violence should be given appropriate assistance by Member States, housing agencies and the private sector, such as temporary emergency accommodation in shelters and care centres, and that individuals should be offered safe, long-term and affordable housing solutions via swift administrative procedures; calls on the Commission to integrate gender-based violence considerations into EU housing policy, ensuring that funding under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and other instruments prioritises safe housing solutions for survivors of violence and exploitation;

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/55

Amendment 55

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Estrella Galán, Gaetano Pedulla’, Giorgos Georgiou, João Oliveira, Lynn Boylan, Elena Kountoura, Hanna Gedin, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

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

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 57

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution57. Emphasises that homelessness is the most severe form of poverty and social exclusion; recalls that action on homelessness is primarily a competence of the Member States, while the EU should support and coordinate efforts; calls for the strengthening of the European Platform on Combating Homelessness to coordinate and exchange information, and share good practices; asks the Commission to ensure synergies between the EU anti-poverty strategy, the new European Pillar of Social Rights action plan, the European Platform on Combating Homelessness, and the European Affordable Housing Plan; calls for an ambitious and accelerated implementation of the European Child Guarantee across the EU, as a way to prevent and tackle child homelessness; calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance, capacity building and policy support on homelessness and to monitor progress in this regard; calls on the Commission and national statistical institutes to strengthen the collection and harmonisation of residential housing data; notes that the Housing First strategy has proven to help in certain national contexts, while its implementation remains the responsibility of each Member State; calls on the Member States to develop and implement housing-led strategies to reduce homelessness and to scale-up evidence-based interventions such as the Housing First approach; calls on the Member States to ensure homeless people can access social housing; calls on the Member States to adopt national targets to prevent the eviction of children in cases where there is a clear risk of homelessness when implementing the European Child Guarantee; calls on the Member States to tackle discrimination against people experiencing homelessness; recognises the role of non-governmental organisations in addressing homelessness and supporting housing stability;	Amendment57. Emphasises that homelessness is the most severe form of poverty and social exclusion; recalls that action on homelessness is primarily a competence of the Member States, while the EU should support and coordinate efforts; 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 coordinate and exchange information, and share good practices; asks the Commission to ensure synergies between the EU anti-poverty strategy, the new European Pillar of Social Rights action plan, the European Platform on Combating Homelessness, and the European Affordable Housing Plan; calls for an ambitious and accelerated implementation of the European Child Guarantee across the EU, as a way to prevent and tackle child homelessness; calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance, capacity building and policy support on homelessness and to monitor progress in this regard; calls on the Commission and national statistical institutes to strengthen the collection and harmonisation of residential housing data; notes that the Housing First strategy has proven to help in certain national contexts, while its implementation remains the responsibility of each Member State; calls on the Member States to develop and implement housing-led strategies to reduce homelessness and to scale-up evidence-based interventions such as the Housing First approach; calls on the Member States to ensure homeless people can access social housing; calls on the Member States to adopt national targets and enact special safeguards to prevent the eviction of children in any and all cases, and especially where there is a clear risk of homelessness when implementing the European Child Guarantee; calls on the Member States to tackle discrimination against people experiencing homelessness; recognises the role of non-governmental organisations in addressing homelessness and supporting housing stability;

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

57. Emphasises that homelessness is the most severe form of poverty and social exclusion; recalls that action on homelessness is primarily a competence of the Member States, while the EU should support and coordinate efforts; calls for the strengthening of the European Platform on Combating Homelessness to coordinate and exchange information, and share good practices; asks the Commission to ensure synergies between the EU anti-poverty strategy, the new European Pillar of Social Rights action plan, the European Platform on Combating Homelessness, and the European Affordable Housing Plan; calls for an ambitious and accelerated implementation of the European Child Guarantee across the EU, as a way to prevent and tackle child homelessness; calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance, capacity building and policy support on homelessness and to monitor progress in this regard; calls on the Commission and national statistical institutes to strengthen the collection and harmonisation of residential housing data; notes that the Housing First strategy has proven to help in certain national contexts, while its implementation remains the responsibility of each Member State; calls on the Member States to develop and implement housing-led strategies to reduce homelessness and to scale-up evidence-based interventions such as the Housing First approach; calls on the Member States to ensure homeless people can access social housing; calls on the Member States to adopt national targets to prevent the eviction of children in cases where there is a clear risk of homelessness when implementing the European Child Guarantee; calls on the Member States to tackle discrimination against people experiencing homelessness; recognises the role of non-governmental organisations in addressing homelessness and supporting housing stability;

57. Emphasises that homelessness is the most severe form of poverty and social exclusion; recalls that action on homelessness is primarily a competence of the Member States, while the EU should support and coordinate efforts; 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 coordinate and exchange information, and share good practices; asks the Commission to ensure synergies between the EU anti-poverty strategy, the new European Pillar of Social Rights action plan, the European Platform on Combating Homelessness, and the European Affordable Housing Plan; calls for an ambitious and accelerated implementation of the European Child Guarantee across the EU, as a way to prevent and tackle child homelessness; calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance, capacity building and policy support on homelessness and to monitor progress in this regard; calls on the Commission and national statistical institutes to strengthen the collection and harmonisation of residential housing data; notes that the Housing First strategy has proven to help in certain national contexts, while its implementation remains the responsibility of each Member State; calls on the Member States to develop and implement housing-led strategies to reduce homelessness and to scale-up evidence-based interventions such as the Housing First approach; calls on the Member States to ensure homeless people can access social housing; calls on the Member States to adopt national targets and enact special safeguards to prevent the eviction of children in any and all cases, and especially where there is a clear risk of homelessness when implementing the European Child Guarantee; calls on the Member States to tackle discrimination against people experiencing homelessness; recognises the role of non-governmental organisations in addressing homelessness and supporting housing stability;

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/56

Amendment 56

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Estrella Galán, Gaetano Pedulla’, Giorgos Georgiou, João Oliveira, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

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

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 57 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution	Amendment57a. 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;

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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;

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4.3.2026 A10-0025/57

Amendment 57

Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero, Ilaria Salis, Martin Schirdewan, Estrella Galán, Gaetano Pedulla’, Giorgos Georgiou, João Oliveira, Lynn Boylan, Elena Kountoura, Catarina Martins

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0025/2026

Borja Giménez Larraz

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

(2025/2070(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 58

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Motion for a resolution58. Insists on the need to base market interventions on reliable data held by public institutions; underlines the role of public data in creating housing policy; welcomes the adoption of the Regulation on European statistics on population and housing59 which will provide Eurostat with enhanced capacity to collect data on housing conditions and access to housing across the EU; calls on the Commission to launch new pilot projects and feasibility studies in the context of the recently adopted Regulation on European statistics on population and housing, focusing on access to adequate and affordable housing for people with disabilities; calls on Eurostat to collect, analyse and share national, regional and local level housing data through a newly created dedicated EU digital platform to support evidence-based policymaking, improve transparency, monitor vacancy, under-occupation and conversion-potential and feed the EU Building Stock Observatory with additional information on the quality of dwellings and technical building systems; calls on the Commission to collect and publish gender-disaggregated data on access to housing, and social housing schemes; calls on the Commission to produce an annual European housing report to assess the housing situations in Europe, which should include data on affordability, rent and price developments, ownership of land and real estate, tenure security, homelessness and housing exclusion; calls for complementary, periodic reports on the allocation and impact of EU housing funds; calls on Member States to require local authorities to provide periodic reports on infrastructure capacity aligned with housing projects, to track vacant dwellings and to introduce incentives for owners to renovate and lease out vacant homes; calls for the EU to improve monitoring and, if necessary, provide Member States with tools for better oversight of the residential real estate market; calls on the Commission to ensure a stronger focus on affordable, sustainable and decent housing metrics in the European Semester process and in country-specific recommendations; calls for the EU Land Observatory pilot project to be put to full use to fill data gaps with a view to improving land monitoring and identifying good practices to support youth access to land; calls on the Member States to improve the transparency of their land market and address the problem of access to land for certain groups, such as young farmers; calls on the Commission to establish a methodology for the collection and processing of housing data and to define a set of common indicators to ensure comparability among Member States; calls for housing expenditure to be taken into account when measuring the cost of living, the purchasing power of citizens, and their overall well-being; calls for the inclusion of owner-occupied housing costs in the harmonised index of consumer prices, in order to better reflect the real cost of housing in inflation statistics;	Amendment58. Insists on the need to base market interventions on reliable data held by public institutions; underlines the role of public data in creating housing policy; calls for the creation of an EU housing observatory for social justice to monitor the impact of speculative investment, short-term rentals, and housing discrimination; welcomes the adoption of the Regulation on European statistics on population and housing59 which will provide Eurostat with enhanced capacity to collect data on housing conditions and access to housing across the EU; calls on the Commission to launch new pilot projects and feasibility studies in the context of the recently adopted Regulation on European statistics on population and housing, focusing on access to adequate and affordable housing for people with disabilities; calls on Eurostat to collect, analyse and share national, regional and local level housing data through a newly created dedicated EU digital platform to support evidence-based policymaking, improve transparency, monitor vacancy, under-occupation and conversion-potential and feed the EU Building Stock Observatory with additional information on the quality of dwellings and technical building systems; calls on the Commission to collect and publish gender-disaggregated data on access to housing, and social housing schemes; calls on the Commission to produce an annual European housing report to assess the housing situations in Europe, which should include data on affordability, rent and price developments, ownership of land and real estate, tenure security, homelessness and housing exclusion; calls for complementary, periodic reports on the allocation and impact of EU housing funds; calls on Member States to require local authorities to provide periodic reports on infrastructure capacity aligned with housing projects, to track vacant dwellings and to introduce incentives for owners to renovate and lease out vacant homes; calls for the EU to improve monitoring and, if necessary, provide Member States with tools for better oversight of the residential real estate market; calls on the Commission to ensure a stronger focus on affordable, sustainable and decent housing metrics in the European Semester process and in country-specific recommendations; calls for the EU Land Observatory pilot project to be put to full use to fill data gaps with a view to improving land monitoring and identifying good practices to support youth access to land; calls on the Member States to improve the transparency of their land market and address the problem of access to land for certain groups, such as young farmers; calls on the Commission to establish a methodology for the collection and processing of housing data and to define a set of common indicators to ensure comparability among Member States; calls for housing expenditure to be taken into account when measuring the cost of living, the purchasing power of citizens, and their overall well-being; calls for the inclusion of owner-occupied housing costs in the harmonised index of consumer prices, in order to better reflect the real cost of housing in inflation statistics;
Motion for a resolution59 Regulation (EU) 2025/2458 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 on European statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013 (OJ L, 2025/2458, 12.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2458/oj).	Amendment59 Regulation (EU) 2025/2458 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 on European statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013 (OJ L, 2025/2458, 12.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2458/oj).

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

58. Insists on the need to base market interventions on reliable data held by public institutions; underlines the role of public data in creating housing policy; welcomes the adoption of the Regulation on European statistics on population and housing59 which will provide Eurostat with enhanced capacity to collect data on housing conditions and access to housing across the EU; calls on the Commission to launch new pilot projects and feasibility studies in the context of the recently adopted Regulation on European statistics on population and housing, focusing on access to adequate and affordable housing for people with disabilities; calls on Eurostat to collect, analyse and share national, regional and local level housing data through a newly created dedicated EU digital platform to support evidence-based policymaking, improve transparency, monitor vacancy, under-occupation and conversion-potential and feed the EU Building Stock Observatory with additional information on the quality of dwellings and technical building systems; calls on the Commission to collect and publish gender-disaggregated data on access to housing, and social housing schemes; calls on the Commission to produce an annual European housing report to assess the housing situations in Europe, which should include data on affordability, rent and price developments, ownership of land and real estate, tenure security, homelessness and housing exclusion; calls for complementary, periodic reports on the allocation and impact of EU housing funds; calls on Member States to require local authorities to provide periodic reports on infrastructure capacity aligned with housing projects, to track vacant dwellings and to introduce incentives for owners to renovate and lease out vacant homes; calls for the EU to improve monitoring and, if necessary, provide Member States with tools for better oversight of the residential real estate market; calls on the Commission to ensure a stronger focus on affordable, sustainable and decent housing metrics in the European Semester process and in country-specific recommendations; calls for the EU Land Observatory pilot project to be put to full use to fill data gaps with a view to improving land monitoring and identifying good practices to support youth access to land; calls on the Member States to improve the transparency of their land market and address the problem of access to land for certain groups, such as young farmers; calls on the Commission to establish a methodology for the collection and processing of housing data and to define a set of common indicators to ensure comparability among Member States; calls for housing expenditure to be taken into account when measuring the cost of living, the purchasing power of citizens, and their overall well-being; calls for the inclusion of owner-occupied housing costs in the harmonised index of consumer prices, in order to better reflect the real cost of housing in inflation statistics;

58. Insists on the need to base market interventions on reliable data held by public institutions; underlines the role of public data in creating housing policy; calls for the creation of an EU housing observatory for social justice to monitor the impact of speculative investment, short-term rentals, and housing discrimination; welcomes the adoption of the Regulation on European statistics on population and housing59 which will provide Eurostat with enhanced capacity to collect data on housing conditions and access to housing across the EU; calls on the Commission to launch new pilot projects and feasibility studies in the context of the recently adopted Regulation on European statistics on population and housing, focusing on access to adequate and affordable housing for people with disabilities; calls on Eurostat to collect, analyse and share national, regional and local level housing data through a newly created dedicated EU digital platform to support evidence-based policymaking, improve transparency, monitor vacancy, under-occupation and conversion-potential and feed the EU Building Stock Observatory with additional information on the quality of dwellings and technical building systems; calls on the Commission to collect and publish gender-disaggregated data on access to housing, and social housing schemes; calls on the Commission to produce an annual European housing report to assess the housing situations in Europe, which should include data on affordability, rent and price developments, ownership of land and real estate, tenure security, homelessness and housing exclusion; calls for complementary, periodic reports on the allocation and impact of EU housing funds; calls on Member States to require local authorities to provide periodic reports on infrastructure capacity aligned with housing projects, to track vacant dwellings and to introduce incentives for owners to renovate and lease out vacant homes; calls for the EU to improve monitoring and, if necessary, provide Member States with tools for better oversight of the residential real estate market; calls on the Commission to ensure a stronger focus on affordable, sustainable and decent housing metrics in the European Semester process and in country-specific recommendations; calls for the EU Land Observatory pilot project to be put to full use to fill data gaps with a view to improving land monitoring and identifying good practices to support youth access to land; calls on the Member States to improve the transparency of their land market and address the problem of access to land for certain groups, such as young farmers; calls on the Commission to establish a methodology for the collection and processing of housing data and to define a set of common indicators to ensure comparability among Member States; calls for housing expenditure to be taken into account when measuring the cost of living, the purchasing power of citizens, and their overall well-being; calls for the inclusion of owner-occupied housing costs in the harmonised index of consumer prices, in order to better reflect the real cost of housing in inflation statistics;

59 Regulation (EU) 2025/2458 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 on European statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013 (OJ L, 2025/2458, 12.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2458/oj).

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