Activities of Eugen TOMAC related to 2019/2187(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Decent and affordable housing for all (debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 June 2020 on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis8a, __________________ 8a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0176.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal8b, __________________ 8b Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0005.
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, through the European Green Deal, the European Union set itself the goal of making buildings more energy-efficient;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has aggravated housing insecurity, overindebtedness, and the risk of eviction and homelessness; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the European labour market, which the International Labour Organization estimates20a in the second quarter at working-hour losses equivalent to 44 million full-time jobs; whereas the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may leave millions of citizens unable to pay their rent or mortgage; __________________ 20a ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. Fifth edition.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the self-isolation and quarantine requirements imposed by Member States have led to a high number of European citizens having to share accommodation with other people;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas inadequate housing conditions negatively affect not only people’s health, wellbeing, and quality of life but also their access to employment and to other economic and social services; whereas inadequate housing conditions and homelessness have an extremely negative impact on people’s mental health;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas 2.1% of European citizens do not have indoor bathroom, shower or toilet facilities in their dwellings; whereas most of these citizens are to be found in five Member States: Romania (27.7%), Bulgaria (15.3%), Lithuania (10.6%), Latvia (9.9%) and Estonia (5.3%)20a; __________________ 20A https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/EDN-20191119-1.
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas a considerable proportion of the housing across Europe comprises old buildings that are past their expected lifespan; whereas there are many buildings in earthquake-prone regions of Europe that are not equipped to withstand an earthquake within the recommended parameters; whereas buildings at high risk from earthquakes represent a danger to the lives of European citizens, particularly in the case of a major earthquake;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that most seasonal workers in Europe do not have access to adequate housing that meets the required health and social-distancing requirements;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure access for all to decent housing, including clean and high- quality drinking water and, adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene, and connection to sewage and water networks, and to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy, hence contributing to eradicating poverty in all its forms; reaffirms its call for EU- wide action for a winter heating disconnection moratorium; calls on the Member States to meet the standards laid down by the World Health Organization (WHO) for adequate housing temperature; demands that the revision of the air quality regulation be aligned with WHO standards;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the Renovation Wave within the Multiannual Financial Framework and Next Generation EU, placing people in vulnerable situations at the centre of the recovery policies, and to ensure equal access to renovation projects for all; calls on the Member States to prioritise renovation in their recovery and resilience plans in order to contribute to achieving deep renovation of 3% of the European building stock per year; calls on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise the renovation of buildings at high risk from earthquakes in Europe’s earthquake-prone regions;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a comprehensive and integrated anti-poverty strategy with a designated poverty reduction target, including for child poverty; calls for a European framework for minimum income schemes; calls for the development of a strategy to facilitate the integration of homeless people into the labour market;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with deep concern that the living conditions of Roma continue to be extremely worrying; calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries 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 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages Member States to collaborate with the banking sector in order to issue state-guaranteed affordable loans to people who do not own a home but wish to acquire one; calls on the Member States to improve access to credit facilities for people from socially and economically disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to draw up programmes to help citizens who risk defaulting on their mortgages as a result of social and economic crises, in order to prevent them from becoming homeless;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to pursue housing policies that are based on the principle of neutrality between home ownership, private rented accommodation and rented social housing; calls on the Commission to respect this principle in the European Semester; calls on the Member States to adopt equitable legislation that provides protection for both landlords and tenants, and covers the terms for the signature and enforcement of tenancy agreements, and the legal means of resolving any disputes;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to adapt the target group definition of social and publicly funded housing in the rules on services of general economic interest, so as to allow national, regional and local authorities to support housing for all groups whose needs for decent and affordable housing cannot be met within market conditions, while also ensuring that funding is not steered away from the most disadvantaged, in order to unblock investment and ensure affordable housing, create socially diverse neighbourhoods and enhance social cohesion; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure maximum transparency and predefined standards in the selection of social housing beneficiaries so as to prevent corruption in allocating such housing and deviating from the objectives of these measures;