Activities of Csaba SÓGOR related to 2012/2293(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social housing in the European Union (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on social housing in the European Union PDF (306 KB) DOC (210 KB)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Member States determine and organise the provision of social housing in parallel andprovide social housing in addition to the unplanned, market-based housing supply;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that, under Protocol No 26 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, public authorities are free to determine how the social housing sector is organised and funded and what its target group is, with a view to meeting local needs; sees the intervention of public authorities here as a response to the shortcomings of the market, with the aim of ensuring universal access to decent, affordable housing;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that, in combating child poverty, social housing policies play an important role through the eradication of family poverty and the prevention of the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Member States and the Commission that spending on social housing enables urgent social need to be met and, as strategic social investment, helps in a sustainable way to provide non- relocatable local jobs, to stabilise the economy by preventingreduce the risk of property bubbles, to counter climate change and to combat energy poverty; calls on Member States and the Commission to bring social housing investment within the scheme of the European Semester by including in it an evaluation of targets for combating and preventing property bubbles;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need for tighter monitoring of social investment as part of a social investment pact designed to strengthen the Union's economic and budgetary governance and including investment in social housing;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises how the social housing sector plays a contracyclical role, promoting economic recovery through support for the construction and renovation industries and the sustainable, non- relocatable local employment they provide, thanks notably to the labour-intensive nature of the sector, the development of green business as part of the local economy and the knock-on effects on the rest of the economy;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Advocates making priority investment in heat efficiency and in the use of renewables in social housing, as well as integrated projects for sustainable urban development, access to housing for marginalised communities and the promotion of social enterprises, eligible for Structural Fund support in the 2014- 2020 budgetary period;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Warns against the risk of creating social ghettos by providing state-funded housing programs; calls for financial incentives that aim to develop common and mixed private and social housing space with flexible occupancy commitments;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that implementing the righentitlement to housing affects the implementation of other fundamental rights, including political and social rights;
Amendment 216 #
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 righentitlement to housing is implemented in the Member States;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Expects the Commission to examine to what extent direct support by housing allowances or indirect support by social housing itself is a more effective measure to provide affordable housing for social groups who cannot cover their housing needs on the housing market;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
16. Recommends that Member States draw up integrated policies and provision of accessible homes through construction and adaptation to ensure independent living and social inclusion for people with reduced mobility, for guaranteeing universal access to decent affordable housing, with aims including:
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 5 a (new)
- conception to prevent misallocation of social housing
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Steps to address the ageing of the population and the need to provide access to accessible, adequate and decent housing for the growing number of older people in the EU;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the relevant public and private authorities to systematically include modules on accessibility of the built environment and design-for-all in the training systems for engineering, architecture, urban planning and construction;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges Member States to adopt integrated measures, based on local energy audits, for combating energy poverty: reducproviding financial support regarding energy costs for the most vulnerable households (by means of social tariffs, support on a one-off basis or as part of other social assistance, action to prevent non-payment of bills and protection against the cutting-off of supplies) and supporting measures to help residents develop a more economic lifestyle, while at the same time using effective long-term financial leverage to make residential buildings more energy efficient;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Member States to establish a fair and transparent system of allocation for social housing that should take into account the socio-economic and family situation of the claimer, and should give priority to youth, to large families, to monoparental families, to persons with disabilities, and the elderly;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21