13 Amendments of Chris MACMANUS related to 2019/2187(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular Articles 8 and 25 thereof,
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to prioritise emissions reductions through housing renovation in the social housing sector and for worst performing buildings in the Renovation Wave, while tackling inadequate housing and housing accessibility and eliminating energy poverty in order to ensure a socially just transition to a climate-neutral economy that leaves no one behind; stresses, therefore, that tenants and owner-occupiers should be fully informed and involved in renovation projects and should not see overall costs increase because of them; calls, therefore, for the cost to the tenant not to exceed the value of the energy savings made by the tenant as a result of the renovations; stresses the need to protect tenants from eviction during housing renovations;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for an EU-level goal of ending homelessness by 2030; calls on the Commission to take stronger action to support Member States in reducing and eradicating homelessness as a priority in the context of the action plan on the EPSR; calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework for national homelessness strategies; calls on the Member States to prioritise the provision of permanent housing to homeless people and those who have most difficulty finding accommodation; stresses the importance of reliable data collection on homelessness;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that homelessness is also caused and perpetuated by the market and austerity policies pursued by the European Union; urges the European Union to adopt genuine social policies and ambitious employment measures to enable all citizens to live in dignity, without which homelessness can never be eradicated;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to put in place legal provisions to protect tenants and owner-occupiers from eviction and to ensure security of tenure by favouring long-term rental contracts as the default option, together with a rent transparency andobligation and binding rent control measures;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that 25.1% of European private tenants spend over 40% of their income on rent; points out that rents are constantly increasing; considers that rents must be subject to controls and then reduced so that housing is truly affordable for all;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls for a ban on the eviction of tenants and owner-occupiers without rehousing; stresses that people who are evicted should be able to assert their rights in a court, particularly against banks where the repayment amount demanded by the bank is grossly unfair;
Amendment 288 #
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; callpoints out, too, that the rules onf the Commission to respect this principle in the European SemesterEuropean Semester have reduced investment in affordable housing; calls for the repeal of the European Semester so that the European Union and the Member States have the leeway needed to fund public and social investments, particularly in affordable housing, to the extent necessary;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with concern the increased financialisation of the housing market, in particular in cities, whereby investors treat housing as a tradable asset rather than a human right; points out that the Covid-19 crisis has drawn attention to the fact that essential workers and public officials have been forced to move out of town centres because prices have increased as a result of the financialisation of the housing market; calls on the Commission to assess the contribution of EU policies and regulations to financialisation of the housing market and the ability of national and local authorities to ensure the right to housing and, where appropriate, to put forward legislative proposals to counter financialisation of the housing market by mid-2021; calls for the creation of a transparency register for property developers and private and corporate landlords to prevent speculation and because everyone has the right to know who is benefiting from their rent; calls on the Member States and local authorities to put in place taxation measures to counter speculative investment, and to develop urban and rural planning policies that favour affordable housing, social mix and social cohesion;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that over 11 million homes in the European Union are empty; emphasises that those homes could accommodate everyone who is homeless and most of those suffering from severe housing deprivation in the European Union; points out that empty homes contribute to the decline in housing supply and therefore to the increase in prices and speculation; calls on the Member States to put in place binding legislation so that empty homes are put on the rental market in a condition that meets decent housing criteria;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to close the investment gap for affordable housing as a matter of priority; calls in this regard for a reform of the Stability and Growth Pact allowing for increased fiscal space for sustainable public investments, in particular in affordable housing; calls, in particular, for investments made in affordable housing to be exempt from the Maastricht criteria as affordable housing is never a debt but always an investment; calls, furthermore, for a harmonised accounting for amortisation methodology for affordable housing investments;
Amendment 341 #
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; calls on the Commission to authorise State aid for affordable housing for any target group;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Deplores the fact that local stakeholders and smaller organisations do not always know about public funding and that European procedures can seem remote or complex; proposes the creation of a single fund to achieve synergies by pooling existing donor funds, thereby allowing local stakeholders and smaller organisations to clearly identify those funds;