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The European\nParliament adopted by 349 votes to 45, with 113 abstentions a\nresolution on an EU\nhomelessness strategy.
\nThe resolution was\ntabled by the EPP, S&D, ALDE, and Greens/EFAgroups.
\nIt urged the Commission to develop an EU homelessness\nstrategy along the lines set out in Parliaments resolution of 14 September\n2011 on an EU homelessness strategy and in\nproposals from other EU institutions and bodies. Stating that\nresponsibility for fighting homelessness lay with Member States,\nMembers considered that an EU homelessness strategy should\nsupport Member States in taking up this responsibility. A\nstronger role for the Commission was possible within its\ncurrent areas of competence and while respecting the principle\nof subsidiarity.
\nHomelessness had become a priority of the EUs\npoverty policy in the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy and its\nflagship-initiative the European Platform against Poverty and Social\nExclusion, as well as in the EU Social Investment\nPackage. Homelessness also received increasing focus in the\nframework of the EU Semester. However, the current levels\nof poverty were jeopardising the Europe 2020 Strategy target of\nreducing the number of people in or at risk of poverty and social\nexclusion by at least 20 million.
\nParliament called on the Commission to establish a\nhigh-level expert group to support it in the preparation and\nfurther development of an EU homelessness strategy and to focus on\nthe following priority themes for such a\nstrategy:
\n\n· \nhousing-led / Housing First approaches to\nhomelessness;
\n\n· \ncross-border homelessness;
\n\n· \nquality of homelessness services;
\n\n· \nprevention of homelessness;
\n\n· \nyouth homelessness.
\nIt stressed the following elements:
\n\n· \nregular European monitoring of homelessness,\nincluding collecting comprehensive and comparable data;
\n\n· \nresearch and knowledge building on homelessness\npolicies and services;
\n\n· \nsocial innovation in such policies and\nservices.
\nParliament also called on the Commission\nto:
\n\n· \ngive due consideration to homelessness in the\nCountry Specific Recommendations for Member States, while the\nlatter should strengthen the inclusion of homelessness in their\nNational Reform Programmes;
\n\n· \nuse the EaSI (employment and social innovation)\nprogramme as the main source of funding for an EU strategy to\nfinance research and transnational exchanges.
\nFor its part, the Council was asked to consider\nintroducing a recommendation on a guarantee to ensure that\nnobody in the EU is forced to sleep rough because of a lack of\n(emergency) services.
\nParliament called on Member States and the EU\nPresidency to hold a European Round Table of EU Ministers\nresponsible for homelessness, as initiated by the Irish EU\nPresidency in March 2013, with the Commission providing practical\nand financial support for this meeting.
\nMember States were urged to:
\n\n· \ndevelop social and affordable housing adapted\nfor the most vulnerable individuals in order to prevent\nhomelessness;
\n\n· \nput an end to the criminalisation of homeless\npeople and to change the discriminatory practices used to\nprevent homeless people from accessing social services and\nshelter;
\n\n· \nuse the resources of the Fund for European Aid\nto the Most Deprived (FEAD), as well as other programmes such as\nthe European Social Fund (ESF), to improve the situation of\nhomeless people;
\n\n· \nenhance exchange of best practices and develop a\ncommon policy approach.
\nLastly, Parliament stressed that homelessness was\nneither a crime nor a lifestyle choice and it underlined the\nneed to combat any form of discrimination against the homeless and\nthe marginalisation of entire communities.
\nThe European\nParliament adopted by 349 votes to 45, with 113 abstentions a\nresolution on an EU\nhomelessness strategy.
\nThe resolution was\ntabled by the EPP, S&D, ALDE, and Greens/EFAgroups.
\nIt urged the Commission to develop an EU homelessness\nstrategy along the lines set out in Parliaments resolution of 14 September\n2011 on an EU homelessness strategy and in\nproposals from other EU institutions and bodies. Stating that\nresponsibility for fighting homelessness lay with Member States,\nMembers considered that an EU homelessness strategy should\nsupport Member States in taking up this responsibility. A\nstronger role for the Commission was possible within its\ncurrent areas of competence and while respecting the principle\nof subsidiarity.
\nHomelessness had become a priority of the EUs\npoverty policy in the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy and its\nflagship-initiative the European Platform against Poverty and Social\nExclusion, as well as in the EU Social Investment\nPackage. Homelessness also received increasing focus in the\nframework of the EU Semester. However, the current levels\nof poverty were jeopardising the Europe 2020 Strategy target of\nreducing the number of people in or at risk of poverty and social\nexclusion by at least 20 million.
\nParliament called on the Commission to establish a\nhigh-level expert group to support it in the preparation and\nfurther development of an EU homelessness strategy and to focus on\nthe following priority themes for such a\nstrategy:
\n\n· \nhousing-led / Housing First approaches to\nhomelessness;
\n\n· \ncross-border homelessness;
\n\n· \nquality of homelessness services;
\n\n· \nprevention of homelessness;
\n\n· \nyouth homelessness.
\nIt stressed the following elements:
\n\n· \nregular European monitoring of homelessness,\nincluding collecting comprehensive and comparable data;
\n\n· \nresearch and knowledge building on homelessness\npolicies and services;
\n\n· \nsocial innovation in such policies and\nservices.
\nParliament also called on the Commission\nto:
\n\n· \ngive due consideration to homelessness in the\nCountry Specific Recommendations for Member States, while the\nlatter should strengthen the inclusion of homelessness in their\nNational Reform Programmes;
\n\n· \nuse the EaSI (employment and social innovation)\nprogramme as the main source of funding for an EU strategy to\nfinance research and transnational exchanges.
\nFor its part, the Council was asked to consider\nintroducing a recommendation on a guarantee to ensure that\nnobody in the EU is forced to sleep rough because of a lack of\n(emergency) services.
\nParliament called on Member States and the EU\nPresidency to hold a European Round Table of EU Ministers\nresponsible for homelessness, as initiated by the Irish EU\nPresidency in March 2013, with the Commission providing practical\nand financial support for this meeting.
\nMember States were urged to:
\n\n· \ndevelop social and affordable housing adapted\nfor the most vulnerable individuals in order to prevent\nhomelessness;
\n\n· \nput an end to the criminalisation of homeless\npeople and to change the discriminatory practices used to\nprevent homeless people from accessing social services and\nshelter;
\n\n· \nuse the resources of the Fund for European Aid\nto the Most Deprived (FEAD), as well as other programmes such as\nthe European Social Fund (ESF), to improve the situation of\nhomeless people;
\n\n· \nenhance exchange of best practices and develop a\ncommon policy approach.
\nLastly, Parliament stressed that homelessness was\nneither a crime nor a lifestyle choice and it underlined the\nneed to combat any form of discrimination against the homeless and\nthe marginalisation of entire communities.
\n