Activities of Marije CORNELISSEN related to 2012/2293(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social housing in the European Union (short presentation)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on social housing in the European Union
Amendments (9)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph E a (new)
Paragraph E a (new)
E a. Whereas homelessness is often perceived as affecting mostly men, however, research has shown that the typical form of homelessness among women appears to be "hidden homelessness", whereas women's strategies to avoid ending up in the street by staying at family or friends are in no way appropriate solutions,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph E b (new)
Paragraph E b (new)
E b. Whereas in some Member States mass evictions have forced families and single mothers to live on the street and this situation has lead to people, including elderly women, committing suicide.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph E c (new)
Paragraph E c (new)
E c. Whereas the economic crisis and the housing market prices, reduce the capability for women to divorce or end co- habitation, limiting their freedom and making them more vulnerable to gender- based domestic violence.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the Member States should increase the number of affordable housing options and support women in achieving financial independence, by providing them with conditions more conducive to reconciling work and family life; expresses its concern about Country Specific Recommendations aimed at limiting Member States' social housing sector as well as the Commission's restrictive approach in competition policy by limiting the qualification of SSGI to social housing for socially disadvantaged persons only;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that the different facets of homelessness among women must be addressed in a holistic way and should form an integral part of all EU policy frameworks, urges the Commission and the Member States to carry out systematic gender impact assessments and monitoring of homeless women's specific situation and needs,
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes Directive 2011/0062 on credit agreements relating to residential property and notes that many families with mortgages have been victims of abusive closures; calls for an exceptional steps to be taken to guarantee housing rights all over Europe; calls on Member State to ensure that the dramatic social consequences of evictions are effectively dealt with;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses the need for Member States to ensure sufficient availability of shelters for victims of violence;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that, under Protocol No 26 annexed 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 needstypes of household are eligible, with a view to meeting the needs of local people; 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 in accordance with Articles 16, 30 and 31 of the European Social Charter;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to warn Member States, in its country-specific recommendations, when reforms are likely to threaten investment in social or affordable housing and not to issue recommendations regarding the size of the social housing sector in Member States; criticises the fact that, as part of fiscal consolidation programmes and in line with specific recommendations made by the Commission on housing market action, some Member States are squeezing capacity in the sector by taxing social housing providers;