Activities of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2012/2293(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on social housing in the European Union
Amendments (19)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 11 of the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights1 recognises ‘the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions. The States Parties will take appropriate steps to ensure the realization of this right, recognizing to this effect the essential importance of international cooperation based on free consent.’; __________________ 1 General Assembly, Resolution 2200 A (XXI), 16.12.1966
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A b (new)
Paragraph A b (new)
Ab. whereas social housing policy is an integral part of services of general economic interest to help meet housing needs, facilitate access to property, promote the quality of living space, improve existing living space and adapt housing expenditure to the family situation and resources of the occupiers, while leaving scope for effort on their part;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A c (new)
Paragraph A c (new)
Ac. whereas social housing should be marked by a good relationship between quality and purchase price or rent, should permit energy saving and should be located in an environment which includes green spaces and is suitable for different generations, taking account of the specific needs of children and older persons;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A d (new)
Paragraph A d (new)
Ad. whereas the enforceable right to housing is a fundamental right for every individual and a condition for access to social existence, private life and family life and the ability to look after one’s self, to rest, to find a job, to have a bank account or to vote in elections; whereas housing is therefore fundamental to the actual exercise of all other fundamental rights;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that in 2009 there were seven times more single mothers than single fathers; stresses that single mothersStresses that groups or individuals in vulnerable situation such as single parents, young families, large families, young people at the start of their professional careers, migrant women, people with disabilities and the elderly should therefore be given priority when it comes to the allocation of social housing;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that social housing policies play an important role in combating child poverty through the eradication of family poverty and the prevention of the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to invest in social housing neighbourhoodsto avoid social segregation and thus to provide a stable and secure environment, in particular for individuals and groups in vulnerable groupssituation such as young families, large families, single parent families, young people at the start of their careers, migrant women, people with disabilities, women from minority groups and the elderly;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes the general trend towards restricting the provision of social housing, therefore calls on the Member States to include the often excluded middle class families in social housing programmes as they might suffer from material deprivation as well as other households due to the economic crisis;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with regret that victims of domestic violence are often more likely to stay in an abusive environment if they are financially unable to find suitable housing; calls, therefore, for the EU to promote policies and programmes that incrthe provision of integrated services for families such as Family Justice Centres where domestic violence victims have easey access to safe and affordable housing for domestic violence victimand other related social services;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to carry out gendersocial impact analysis with an emphasis on gender-based and household-based analysis as part of all housing policies and programmes; stresses that all data must be broken down by gender and household types and that more research is needed in order to ascertain exactly how housing policies can support womenindividuals and groups in a vulnerable situation such as women, families, the youth, people with disabilities and the elderly.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes citizens’ action to assert the enforceable right to social housing and notes by way of good practice the Wresinski Professional Network for Urban Living, which brings together town planners, architects, members of high-rise building societies, elected representatives, tenants’ associations, associations for social inclusion through housing, family associations, etc. to pursue a citizens’ approach to the enforceable right to social housing;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Suggests that the competent national and regional authorities adopt measures to ensure effective access to housing as part of a set of public or public-private partnership (PPP) measures to assist families; recalls that the Commission identified both the lack and the cost of housing as one reason for the low birth- rate common to all the Member States1; __________________ 1 Green Paper ‘Confronting demographic change: a new solidarity between the generations’, COM(2005) 94 final, pages 2, 3 and 5
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Proposes that national and regional authorities should take steps to ensure effective access to housing as part of a set of public or public-private partnership (PPP) measures to assist families; recalls that the Commission has identified both the shortage and the cost of housing as one of the reasons for the low birth-rate common to all the Member States1; __________________ 1 Green Paper ‘Confronting demographic change: a new solidarity between the generations’, COM(2005)0094, pages 2, 3 and 5.
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the grassroots campaigns in favour of an enforceable right to housing; draws attention, as an example of good practice, to the Wresinski professional network ‘Habitat Ville’, which brings together town planners, architects, members of social housing associations, elected representatives, tenants’ associations, integration- through-housing associations, family associations, etc. in order to promote a civic approach to an enforceable right to housing;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Agency for Fundamental Rights to conduct a study assessing how effectively and under what conditions the right to housing is implemented in the Member States, involving relevant stakeholders in the process (town planners, architects, members of public housing associations, elected officials, tenants’ associations, integration-through-housing associations, family associations, etc.);
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
– steps to address the difficulties commonly encountered by highly vulnerable sections of the population, such as migrants and young people,groups or individuals in vulnerable situation such as single parents, young families, large families, young people at the start of their careers, migrant women, people with disabilities, women from minority groups and the elderly in seeking access to decent housing,
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Regrets the global trend on restricting the provision of social housing and invites the Member States to include the often excluded middle class families in social housing programmes as they might suffer from material deprivation as well as other households due to the economic crisis;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. With regard to combating domestic violence, notes with regret that victims of domestic violence are often more likely to remain in an abusive environment if they are financially unable to find suitable housing; invites the Member States to provide integrated services for families such as Local Family Justice Centres where victims of domestic violence have easy access to safe and affordable housing and related social services;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. recalls that social housing policies play an important role in combating child poverty through the eradication of family poverty and the prevention of the intergenerational transmission of social disadvantages;