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2006/2108(INI) Housing and regional policy

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead REGI ANDRIA Alfonso (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Committee Opinion EMPL
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54

Events

2007/07/12
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2007)3440
2007/06/14
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2007)3179
2007/05/10
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2007/05/10
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2007/05/10
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the own-initiative report drafted by Alfonso ANDRIA (ALDE, IT) on housing and regional policy by 469 votes in favour, 38 against and 46 abstentions. It stated that the lack of decent housing at affordable prices directly affected the lives of citizens, restricting their options for social integration and mobility in both urban and rural areas. Many European Union cities were experiencing great problems with housing, such as overabundant or insufficient supply, homelessness, soaring costs of purchase and maintenance and buildings in a bad state of repair. Difficulties in gaining access to housing were a cause of social segregation and ghettoisation. In addition, the combination of low incomes, high energy prices and inadequate heating and insulation systems results in energy poverty and energy exclusion.

Parliament considered that the right to adequate and good-quality housing at reasonable prices was an important fundamental right that is recognised in a number of international charters and constitutions of the Member States. It called for the identification, at European level, of a series of quality indicators defining the concept of "adequate housing"./It was important for the EU to adopt a European Declaration on housing based on the charter adopted by Parliament's Urban Housing Intergroup. Parliament also insisted on the need – in the context of the Lisbon Strategy – to strengthen the right to housing benefits, so that worker mobility could become a reality. It emphasised the need for housing policies to be formulated as part of a spatial planning policy that fosters social balance and a social mix.

With regard to the principle of subsidiarity, Parliament felt that housing-related problems, as a national issue, should be dealt with predominantly at local level and municipalities should be supported. The provision of European guidance would contribute to improve the capacities to solve problems. Given the complexity of the issues affecting housing, an integrated approach, rooted in the principles of subsidiarity and proximity, should be adopted, so as to ensure the simultaneous introduction of various factors which would promote access to housing, improve building quality, improve quality of life for all generations and promote the attractiveness of both urban and rural environments. An integrated approach would have a greater chance of success if it were taken by the local and regional authorities, which could provide an overall view, optimal coordination of the policies and measures implemented in the urban area and a long-term vision of the development of the urban area in question. Member States were encouraged to involve cities in the programming and management of structural funding designed to co-finance urban actions that are eligible under the operational programmes, and to delegate implementation to them.

Parliament went on to stress the need for greater coordination of financial flows and policies affecting housing, in particular ensuring that the actions supported by the ERDF, the Jessica and Jeremie financial instruments, the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and the other measures concerning housing and urban redevelopment were complementary, and specifically ensuring that residential buildings in historic city districts were renovated. In the context of the revision of the regulations governing cohesion policy planned for 2009, it hoped that the debate would be reopened on extending access to Community funds for the renovation of social housing to all Member States in order to save energy and protect environment, which is currently provided for only for certain countries, given that housing needs are critical throughout Europe. The Commission and the EIB were asked to implement the Jessica initiative under the same conditions in all countries.

Parliament emphasised how important it was for spatial management authorities to take into account the accessibility of housing, public services and urban transport for disabled and elderly people and to plan exercise and recreation areas for children and young people when framing spatial planning policies.

Lastly, it encouraged the EIB Group and the Commission, under Jeremie and in synergy with the Jessica initiative, to establish a strategy for boosting the building sector, chiefly in the new Member States, which would constitute structural aid for developing housing and involve the mobilisation of local and regional resources geared to urban projects.

Documents
T6-0183/2007
2007/05/10
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2007/03/29
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
A6-0090/2007
2007/03/29
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
A6-0090/2007
2007/03/20
   EP - Vote in committee
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The committee adopted its own-initiative report drawn by Alfonso ANDRIA (ALDE, IT) on housing and regional policy. The report started from the premise that "the right to adequate housing at reasonable prices is an important fundamental right" and pointed out that the financial instruments supporting cohesion policy could and did play an important role in this area.

The report called for the identification, at European level, of a series of quality indicators defining the concept of 'adequate housing' and stressed the need for the EU to adopt a "European housing charter". In the context of the Lisbon Strategy, the report also highlighted the need to strengthen the right to housing benefits and other social rights, so that worker mobility can become a reality. MEPs also expressed the hope that national and local decision-makers would adopt measures to help young people get their first home.

The committee said that it was necessary, in the rural environment, to propose incentives for the acquisition, rehabilitation and renovation of old buildings, to support public and private bodies providing advice and personalised guidance to private individuals and business people wanting to settle and to improve the supply of public and private, new and renovated social housing.

MEPs also advocated an integrated approach, given the complexity of the issues affecting housing, in order to ensure the simultaneous introduction of various factors which would promote access to housing, improve building quality, improve quality life for all generations and promote the attractiveness of both urban and rural environments. Such an approach would have a greater chance of success if it were adopted by the local and regional authorities, which could provide an overview, optimal coordination of the policies and measures implemented in a particular urban area and a long-term vision of its development. Cities should therefore be involved to a greater extent in the programming and management of structural funding for housing projects.

MPEs expressed their hope that, in the context of the revision of the cohesion policy regulations in 2009, "the debate will be reopened on extending access to Community funds for the renovation of social housing to all Member States" in order to save energy and protect the environment, as this was currently provided for only for certain countries. The Commission and the EIB were urged to implement the Jessica initiative under the same conditions in all countries.

Among other recommendations, the report called on spatial management authorities to take into account the accessibility of housing, public services and urban transport for disabled people and to plan exercise and recreational areas for children and young people. It also encouraged the EIB Group and the Commission to establish a strategy for boosting the building sector, chiefly in the new Member States, which would constitute structural aid for developing housing and involve the mobilisation of local and regional resources geared to urban projects.

2007/01/31
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
PE384.350
2007/01/09
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
PE382.449
2006/05/18
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2006/05/02
   EP - ANDRIA Alfonso (ALDE) appointed as rapporteur in REGI

Documents

Activities

Votes

Rapport Andria A6-0090/2007 - am. 1/rév. #

2007/05/10 Outcome: -: 296, +: 285, 0: 21
PL NL DE CZ EL IE HU LV IT SK SI CY MT LU FI BG PT EE BE ES RO AT LT DK SE FR GB
Total
44
24
73
18
15
7
23
9
51
12
7
2
5
5
14
7
18
6
19
44
28
16
11
12
17
55
60
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
213

Poland PPE-DE

14

Netherlands PPE-DE

5

Germany PPE-DE

37

Czechia PPE-DE

11

Greece PPE-DE

9

Ireland PPE-DE

For (1)

Jim HIGGINS
1

Hungary PPE-DE

13

Latvia PPE-DE

3

Italy PPE-DE

17

Slovakia PPE-DE

7

Slovenia PPE-DE

4

Cyprus PPE-DE

1

Malta PPE-DE

2

Luxembourg PPE-DE

2

Finland PPE-DE

4

Bulgaria PPE-DE

2

Portugal PPE-DE

6

Estonia PPE-DE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Belgium PPE-DE

4

Spain PPE-DE

18

Romania PPE-DE

6

Austria PPE-DE

5

Sweden PPE-DE

For (1)

Anders WIJKMAN
5

France PPE-DE

13

United Kingdom PPE-DE

Against (1)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT
23
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Poland UEN

13

Ireland UEN

4

Latvia UEN

4

Italy UEN

Against (1)

Roberta ANGELILLI
7

Lithuania UEN

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Denmark UEN

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Mogens CAMRE
1
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Luca ROMAGNOLI
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5

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6

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Ashley MOTE
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Helmuth MARKOV

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Sahra WAGENKNECHT
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Esko SEPPÄNEN
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Miguel PORTAS
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Willy MEYER
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Jacky HÉNIN
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Giovanni RIVERA
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Peter BACO, Sergej KOZLÍK
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Hans-Peter MARTIN
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Robert KILROY-SILK
1
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Jens-Peter BONDE
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2

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4
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Paul van BUITENEN
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8

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Tatjana ŽDANOKA
1

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Claude TURMES
1

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Satu HASSI
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Margrete AUKEN
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Carl SCHLYTER
1

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4

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3
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5

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4

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Marian HARKIN
1

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Against (1)

István SZENT-IVÁNYI
1

Latvia ALDE

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Georgs ANDREJEVS
1

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10

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Marios MATSAKIS
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Lydie POLFER
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5

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3

Estonia ALDE

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Siiri OVIIR, Toomas SAVI
2

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4

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2

Romania ALDE

6

Austria ALDE

Against (1)

Karin RESETARITS
1

Lithuania ALDE

7

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Lena EK, Maria ROBSAHM

Abstain (1)

Olle SCHMIDT
3

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2

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11
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7

Netherlands PSE

6

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20

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3

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9

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7

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Borut PAHOR
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3

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Robert GOEBBELS
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10

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6

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20

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11

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7

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2

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5

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5

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Martine ROURE
27

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17

Rapport Andria A6-0090/2007 - par. 3 #

2007/05/10 Outcome: +: 328, -: 247, 0: 28
GB FR RO ES IT LT DK BE FI AT EE BG PT LU HU MT CY SI NL EL DE SK LV IE CZ SE PL
Total
60
54
27
42
51
11
12
20
14
16
6
8
19
5
23
5
2
7
25
15
72
12
9
7
18
17
46
icon: PSE PSE
179

United Kingdom PSE

17

France PSE

Against (1)

Pervenche BERÈS
27

Romania PSE

10

Spain PSE

18

Italy PSE

7

Lithuania PSE

2

Denmark PSE

5

Belgium PSE

6

Finland PSE

3

Austria PSE

7

Estonia PSE

3

Bulgaria PSE

3

Portugal PSE

Against (1)

Joel HASSE FERREIRA
10

Luxembourg PSE

For (1)

Robert GOEBBELS
1

Hungary PSE

9

Malta PSE

3

Slovenia PSE

For (1)

Borut PAHOR
1

Netherlands PSE

7

Greece PSE

3

Germany PSE

20

Slovakia PSE

3

Czechia PSE

2

Sweden PSE

5

Poland PSE

7
icon: ALDE ALDE
79

United Kingdom ALDE

11

France ALDE

2

Romania ALDE

6

Spain ALDE

2

Italy ALDE

9

Lithuania ALDE

7

Denmark ALDE

3

Belgium ALDE

4

Finland ALDE

5

Austria ALDE

1

Estonia ALDE

2

Bulgaria ALDE

Against (1)

Christina CHRISTOVA
3

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

Lydie POLFER
1

Hungary ALDE

1

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

Marios MATSAKIS
1

Slovenia ALDE

2

Netherlands ALDE

5

Germany ALDE

4

Latvia ALDE

1

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Sweden ALDE

Abstain (1)

Olle SCHMIDT
3

Poland ALDE

5
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
34

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4

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5

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3

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2

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Margrete AUKEN
1

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2

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Satu HASSI
1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

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Claude TURMES
1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

Paul van BUITENEN
4

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7

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Carl SCHLYTER
1
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Willy MEYER
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Esko SEPPÄNEN
1

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Miguel PORTAS

Abstain (1)

Pedro GUERREIRO
2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Greece GUE/NGL

3

Germany GUE/NGL

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Helmuth MARKOV

Abstain (1)

Sahra WAGENKNECHT
4

Czechia GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Vladimír REMEK
4

Sweden GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Eva-Britt SVENSSON
1
icon: ITS ITS
14

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Abstain (1)

Ashley MOTE
1

France ITS

4

Romania ITS

5

Italy ITS

For (1)

Luca ROMAGNOLI
1

Belgium ITS

3
icon: NI NI
10

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Abstain (1)

Robert KILROY-SILK
1

Italy NI

Abstain (1)

Giovanni RIVERA
3

Austria NI

1

Slovakia NI

Abstain (2)

Peter BACO, Sergej KOZLÍK
2

Czechia NI

1

Poland NI

2
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4

France IND/DEM

2

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Jens-Peter BONDE
1

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2

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Kathy SINNOTT
1

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2

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For (1)

Witold TOMCZAK
3
icon: UEN UEN
33

Italy UEN

7

Lithuania UEN

2

Denmark UEN

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Mogens CAMRE
1

Latvia UEN

4

Ireland UEN

4

Poland UEN

15
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
215

United Kingdom PPE-DE

Abstain (1)

James NICHOLSON
22

France PPE-DE

For (1)

Nicole FONTAINE
13

Romania PPE-DE

6

Spain PPE-DE

18

Italy PPE-DE

18

Belgium PPE-DE

5

Finland PPE-DE

4

Austria PPE-DE

5

Estonia PPE-DE

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Tunne KELAM
1

Bulgaria PPE-DE

2

Portugal PPE-DE

7

Luxembourg PPE-DE

2

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13

Malta PPE-DE

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David CASA, Simon BUSUTTIL
2

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Yiannakis MATSIS
1

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4

Netherlands PPE-DE

5

Greece PPE-DE

9

Germany PPE-DE

Abstain (1)

Karl von WOGAU
37

Slovakia PPE-DE

7

Latvia PPE-DE

3

Ireland PPE-DE

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Jim HIGGINS
1

Czechia PPE-DE

11

Sweden PPE-DE

5

Poland PPE-DE

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Bogusław SONIK
14

Rapport Andria A6-0090/2007 - résolution #

2007/05/10 Outcome: +: 469, 0: 46, -: 38
IT ES FR DE PL RO GB HU NL PT AT CZ FI EL LT BE SK LV BG SI IE EE DK MT CY LU SE
Total
45
40
48
66
41
27
49
23
24
19
14
18
14
14
11
17
11
8
8
7
6
6
9
4
3
4
17
icon: PSE PSE
166

Italy PSE

5

Spain PSE

18

France PSE

23

Germany PSE

17

Poland PSE

6

Romania PSE

10

United Kingdom PSE

15

Hungary PSE

9

Netherlands PSE

7

Portugal PSE

10

Austria PSE

7

Czechia PSE

2

Finland PSE

3

Greece PSE

3

Lithuania PSE

2

Belgium PSE

6

Slovakia PSE

3

Bulgaria PSE

3

Slovenia PSE

For (1)

Borut PAHOR
1

Estonia PSE

3

Denmark PSE

4

Malta PSE

3

Luxembourg PSE

For (1)

Robert GOEBBELS
1

Sweden PSE

5
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
196

Italy PPE-DE

17

Spain PPE-DE

16

France PPE-DE

11

Germany PPE-DE

34

Poland PPE-DE

14

Romania PPE-DE

6

United Kingdom PPE-DE

16

Hungary PPE-DE

13

Netherlands PPE-DE

5

Portugal PPE-DE

7

Austria PPE-DE

4

Czechia PPE-DE

Abstain (1)

Hynek FAJMON
11

Finland PPE-DE

Against (1)

Ville ITÄLÄ
4

Greece PPE-DE

8

Belgium PPE-DE

4

Slovakia PPE-DE

Against (1)

Peter ŠŤASTNÝ
7

Latvia PPE-DE

2

Bulgaria PPE-DE

2

Slovenia PPE-DE

4

Ireland PPE-DE

For (1)

Jim HIGGINS
1

Estonia PPE-DE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

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For (1)

Simon BUSUTTIL
1

Cyprus PPE-DE

1

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For (1)

Jean SPAUTZ

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Astrid LULLING
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5
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2

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2

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4

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5

Romania ALDE

6

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10

Hungary ALDE

1

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4

Austria ALDE

1

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5

Lithuania ALDE

7

Belgium ALDE

3

Latvia ALDE

1

Bulgaria ALDE

3

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2

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Marian HARKIN
1

Estonia ALDE

2

Denmark ALDE

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Anne E. JENSEN
1

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Marios MATSAKIS
1

Sweden ALDE

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Maria ROBSAHM

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Lena EK, Olle SCHMIDT
3
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Paul van BUITENEN
4

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Satu HASSI
1

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1

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1

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Margrete AUKEN
1

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Claude TURMES
1

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Carl SCHLYTER
1
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5

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12

Lithuania UEN

2

Latvia UEN

4

Ireland UEN

3

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Abstain (1)

Mogens CAMRE
1
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Willy MEYER
1

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For (1)

Jacky HÉNIN
1

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3

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2

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5

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Esko SEPPÄNEN
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1

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1
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2

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1

Slovakia NI

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Peter BACO
1
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15

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Luca ROMAGNOLI
1

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5

Romania ITS

5

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Ashley MOTE
1

Belgium ITS

3
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14

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2

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For (1)

Witold TOMCZAK
3

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2

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Kathy SINNOTT
1

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  • date: 2007-03-20T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The committee adopted its own-initiative report drawn by Alfonso ANDRIA (ALDE, IT) on housing and regional policy. The report started from the premise that "the right to adequate housing at reasonable prices is an important fundamental right" and pointed out that the financial instruments supporting cohesion policy could and did play an important role in this area. The report called for the identification, at European level, of a series of quality indicators defining the concept of 'adequate housing' and stressed the need for the EU to adopt a "European housing charter". In the context of the Lisbon Strategy, the report also highlighted the need to strengthen the right to housing benefits and other social rights, so that worker mobility can become a reality. MEPs also expressed the hope that national and local decision-makers would adopt measures to help young people get their first home. The committee said that it was necessary, in the rural environment, to propose incentives for the acquisition, rehabilitation and renovation of old buildings, to support public and private bodies providing advice and personalised guidance to private individuals and business people wanting to settle and to improve the supply of public and private, new and renovated social housing. MEPs also advocated an integrated approach, given the complexity of the issues affecting housing, in order to ensure the simultaneous introduction of various factors which would promote access to housing, improve building quality, improve quality life for all generations and promote the attractiveness of both urban and rural environments. Such an approach would have a greater chance of success if it were adopted by the local and regional authorities, which could provide an overview, optimal coordination of the policies and measures implemented in a particular urban area and a long-term vision of its development. Cities should therefore be involved to a greater extent in the programming and management of structural funding for housing projects. MPEs expressed their hope that, in the context of the revision of the cohesion policy regulations in 2009, "the debate will be reopened on extending access to Community funds for the renovation of social housing to all Member States" in order to save energy and protect the environment, as this was currently provided for only for certain countries. The Commission and the EIB were urged to implement the Jessica initiative under the same conditions in all countries. Among other recommendations, the report called on spatial management authorities to take into account the accessibility of housing, public services and urban transport for disabled people and to plan exercise and recreational areas for children and young people. It also encouraged the EIB Group and the Commission to establish a strategy for boosting the building sector, chiefly in the new Member States, which would constitute structural aid for developing housing and involve the mobilisation of local and regional resources geared to urban projects.
  • date: 2007-03-29T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2007-90&language=EN title: A6-0090/2007
  • date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=13455&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20070510&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2007-183 title: T6-0183/2007 summary: The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the own-initiative report drafted by Alfonso ANDRIA (ALDE, IT) on housing and regional policy by 469 votes in favour, 38 against and 46 abstentions. It stated that the lack of decent housing at affordable prices directly affected the lives of citizens, restricting their options for social integration and mobility in both urban and rural areas. Many European Union cities were experiencing great problems with housing, such as overabundant or insufficient supply, homelessness, soaring costs of purchase and maintenance and buildings in a bad state of repair. Difficulties in gaining access to housing were a cause of social segregation and ghettoisation. In addition, the combination of low incomes, high energy prices and inadequate heating and insulation systems results in energy poverty and energy exclusion. Parliament considered that the right to adequate and good-quality housing at reasonable prices was an important fundamental right that is recognised in a number of international charters and constitutions of the Member States. It called for the identification, at European level, of a series of quality indicators defining the concept of "adequate housing"./It was important for the EU to adopt a European Declaration on housing based on the charter adopted by Parliament's Urban Housing Intergroup. Parliament also insisted on the need – in the context of the Lisbon Strategy – to strengthen the right to housing benefits, so that worker mobility could become a reality. It emphasised the need for housing policies to be formulated as part of a spatial planning policy that fosters social balance and a social mix. With regard to the principle of subsidiarity, Parliament felt that housing-related problems, as a national issue, should be dealt with predominantly at local level and municipalities should be supported. The provision of European guidance would contribute to improve the capacities to solve problems. Given the complexity of the issues affecting housing, an integrated approach, rooted in the principles of subsidiarity and proximity, should be adopted, so as to ensure the simultaneous introduction of various factors which would promote access to housing, improve building quality, improve quality of life for all generations and promote the attractiveness of both urban and rural environments. An integrated approach would have a greater chance of success if it were taken by the local and regional authorities, which could provide an overall view, optimal coordination of the policies and measures implemented in the urban area and a long-term vision of the development of the urban area in question. Member States were encouraged to involve cities in the programming and management of structural funding designed to co-finance urban actions that are eligible under the operational programmes, and to delegate implementation to them. Parliament went on to stress the need for greater coordination of financial flows and policies affecting housing, in particular ensuring that the actions supported by the ERDF, the Jessica and Jeremie financial instruments, the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and the other measures concerning housing and urban redevelopment were complementary, and specifically ensuring that residential buildings in historic city districts were renovated. In the context of the revision of the regulations governing cohesion policy planned for 2009, it hoped that the debate would be reopened on extending access to Community funds for the renovation of social housing to all Member States in order to save energy and protect environment, which is currently provided for only for certain countries, given that housing needs are critical throughout Europe. The Commission and the EIB were asked to implement the Jessica initiative under the same conditions in all countries. Parliament emphasised how important it was for spatial management authorities to take into account the accessibility of housing, public services and urban transport for disabled and elderly people and to plan exercise and recreation areas for children and young people when framing spatial planning policies. Lastly, it encouraged the EIB Group and the Commission, under Jeremie and in synergy with the Jessica initiative, to establish a strategy for boosting the building sector, chiefly in the new Member States, which would constitute structural aid for developing housing and involve the mobilisation of local and regional resources geared to urban projects.
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