12 Amendments of Josef WEIDENHOLZER related to 2012/2293(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 3(3) thereof, and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in particular Articles 9, 14, 148, 151, 153 and 160 thereof,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the right of local, regional and national authorities to define their own housing policy is essential in order to organise measures in accordance with the needs of their inhabitants;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the construction and renovation of social housing is crucial for achieving the targets of meeting the housing demand, providing for affordable housing for broad levels of the population, boosting economies and ensuring tax income of Member States;
Amendment 67 #
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 benefit, especially for the area of construction; further stresses the economically, employment related, socially and climate-related positive regulatory effects of housing benefit;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the importance of strengthening the economic multiplier effects of investments in social housing, which are even more significant in times of economic lull or recessions;
Amendment 155 #
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 and non- profit making housing cooperatives, eligible for Structural Fund support in the 2014-2020 budgetary period;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages Member States and all the relevant bodies to give social and non- profit making cooperative housing investment a prominent place in national reform programmes and in the shaping of strategic priorities under partnership agreements for the period 2014-2020;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Proposes that the funding of social housing should be thus structured that lifetime rent control for buildings is established; points out that this achieves a maximum effect of taxes allocated and provides affordable rental flats for future young generations;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote thorough controls and adequate measures to avert social dumping and wage dumping in order to ensure a fair competition in the construction sector with special regards to social housing;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that implementing the right to affordable housing affects the implementation of other fundamental rights, including political and social rights; takes the view, therefore, that the enforceable right to housing should be part of the primary law of the EU;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that social housing shall be attractive for different income groups to ensure a balanced social mix; points out that social housing should be thus structured that any spatial segregation, hence "ghettoization", will be avoided;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Points out that energy efficiency measures in housing may increase the purchasing power of inhabitants;