3 Amendments of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2012/2293(INI)
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to make greater use of private law instruments to facilitate the provision of social housing, such as long lease arrangements, obviating the need to purchase land for building purposes, and continued individual ownership of social housing by encouraging lessor usufruct arrangements;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Commission to make other potential sources of financing available to Member States for the development and renovation of social housing stock as forms of social investment, and to retain the reduced rates of VAT that apply to such investment, given the labour-intensive nature of the sector and its very limited impact on cross-border trade within the EU; urges that consideration be given to applying the same rates of VAT to social housing as to basic necessities;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Member States to establish attractive tax systems to encourage property owners to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings, and to refine the definition of ‘decent housing’ in order to counter the trend whereby the most energy-inefficient housing is rented to people on low incomes;