12 Amendments of Anthea McINTYRE related to 2012/2293(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas access to housing is a fundamental right that affects access to other fundamental rights and to a life in conditions of human dignity; and whereas guaranteeing access to decent housing is an international obligation incumbent on the Member States, to which the Union must have regard;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity determine and organise the provision of social housing in parallel and in addition to the unplanned, market-based housing supply;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the provision of social housing can plays a key partrole in the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategyachievement of the Poverty Target within EU2020 strategy as agreed by Member States;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, as a result of the current economic and social crisis, the need for affordable homes is increasingly unmet by the private housing market alone, and that rising house prices and energy prices are aggravating the risks of poverty and social exclusion; is concerned about the impact of austerity measures such as cuts in housing benefitndirect negative impact that some austerity measures may have on those in most need;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Member States and the Commission that spending othat investment in social housing enables urgent social need to be met and, as strategic social investment, it can also helps in an indirect sustainable way to provide non- relocatable local jobs, and to stabilise the economy by preventing 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 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes the establishment of theCalls for an analysis on the benefits of establishing a European Housing Observatory to develop knowledge about the housing situation in the various countries, especially social housing, on the basis of reliable statistical indicators; Considers that such data might be collected by an existing European agency;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises that many Member States have already put in place effective social housing policies and believes that the role of the EU in this context should be to facilitate the exchange of best practice across Member States;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges Member States to retain an ambitiousthe Council and Parliament to agree on a realistic budget for the 2014- 2020 multiannual financial framework based on needs, taking into account the need for fiscal consolidation at both national and EU level, identifying cohesion policy as a useful driver of recovery by focusing it on those regions in most need; calls on Member States to facilitate and speed up the reallocation of unused monies from the Structural Funds to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in the social housing sector during the 2014-2020 programme planning period, having regard to the conclusions of the European Compact for Growth and Jobs;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Agency for Fundamental Rights to consider the benefits of conducting a study assessing how effectively and under what conditions the right to housing is implemented in the Member States;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States to introduce a definition of energy poverty; pPoints out that energy poverty cannot be considered simply in terms of expenditure on energy and energy prices, but that it also has a qualitative dimension in that it affects people's behaviour and patterns of consumption;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21