Activities of Cindy FRANSSEN related to 2019/2187(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Decent and affordable housing for all (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas homelessness is rising in at least 24 Member States, whereas on any given night in the European Union 700 000 homeless people have to revert to shelters or sleep on the street, which is an increase of 70% in the past 10 years.
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the Covid-19 crisis has shown that fighting homelessness is a matter of public health and is possible, by opening for example empty hotel rooms to homeless people as well as putting a moratorium on evictions in several Member States
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with deep concern that the living conditions of Roma and other minorities continue to be extremely worrying; calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries and other minorities in housing projects, to prevent forced evictions, and to provide halting sites for non-sedentary Roma; emphasises the urgent need for public investment in this regard;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Urges the Member States to define and implement policies against slumlords and rack-renters as well as share good practices on these policies between Member States;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. .Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further increase investment in the EU in various types of affordable and energy-efficient social housing such as family homes as well as homes geared towards single occupants and in tackling homelessness and housing exclusion, through the European Regional Development Fund, the Just Transition Fund, InvestEU, ESF+, Horizon Europe and Next Generation EU, and to ensure greater synergies between those instruments;