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Activities of Stefania ZAMBELLI related to 2019/2187(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Decent and affordable housing for all (debate)
2021/01/20
Dossiers: 2019/2187(INI)

Amendments (16)

Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas growing numbers of people living in the EU in low or medium income brackets face affordability limits, an excessive housing cost burden and unhealthy, low-quality, energy-inefficient or overcrowded housing situations, or are homeless or at risk of eviction;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there is a shortage of social, affordable and accessible housing;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the housing problem is rarely viewed as a social home ownership issue;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas excessive tenant protection or slow eviction procedures increase the guarantees required to rent accommodation and therefore contribute to a reduction in the number of private dwellings on the property market;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the European Union aims to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for an EU-level goal of ending homelessness by 2030; calls on the Commission to take stronger action to support Member States in reducing and eradicating homelessness as a priority in the context of the action plan on the EPSR; calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework for national homelessness strategies; calls on the Member States to prioritise the provision of permanent housing to homeless people; stresses the importance of reliable data collection on homelessness;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to ensure equal access to housing for all and safeguard non-discrimination on all grounds stipulated in Article 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the implementation of the Charter as well as of the Racial Equality Directive; calls on the Council to swiftly adopt the horizontal anti-discrimination directive; calls on the Commission to launch infringement procedures against Member States which do not enforce EU anti-discrimination legislation or which criminalise the homeless;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with deep concern that the living conditions of Roma continue to be extremely worrying; calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in housing projects, to prevent forced evictions, and to provide halting sites for non-sedentary Roma; emphasises the urgent need for public investment in this regard;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that EU policies, funding programmes and financing instruments have a great impact on housing markets and citizens’ lives; calls on the CommissionMember States to develop an integrated strategy, for social, public and affordable housingacilitate home ownership at EU level to, and ensure the provision of safe, accessible and affordable quality housing for all;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the inclusion of housing affordability in the European Semester; urges the Commission to ensure that all country-specific recommendations contribute positively to the implementation of the principles of the EPSR; stresses the need to refine the House Price Index indicator and to set the reference threshold for the housing cost overburden rate at no higher than 25% of the disposable income of a household;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States and regional and localthe authorities to put in place legal provisions to protect tenants who are not in arrears and owner-occupiers from eviction and to ensure security of tenure by favouring long-term rental contracts as the default option, together with rent transparency and rent control measures;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to recognise that landlords are exposed to the risk of squatters; appropriate legal provisions should therefore be put in place so that squatters can be quickly evicted, as the financial losses can be significant for landlords, who are sometimes from modest backgrounds or older people who need the rent to supplement their income;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to pursue housing policies that are based on the principle of neutrality between home ownership, private rented accommodation and rented social housing; calls on the Commission to respect this principle in the European Semester;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with concern the increased financialisation of the housing market, in particular in cities, whereby investors treat housing as a tradable asset rather than a human right; calls on the Commission to assess the contribution of EU policies and regulations to financialisation of the housing market and the ability of national and local authorities to ensure the right to housing and, where appropriate, to put forward legislative proposals to counter financialisation of the housing market by mid-2021; calls on the Member States and local authorities to put in place taxation measures to counter speculative investment, and to develop urban and rural planning policies that favour affordable housing, social mix and social cohesion;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that the expansive growth of short-term holiday rental is extracting housing from the market and driving up prices, and has a negative impact on liveability; calls on the Commission to set up a regulatory framework for short-term accommodation rental that gives wide discretion to national and local authorities to define proportionate rules for hospitality services; urges the Commission to include in the Digital Services Act a proposal for mandatory information-sharing obligations for platforms in the short-term accommodation rental market, in line with data protection rules;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to adapt the target group definition of social and publicly funded housing in the rules on services of general economic interest, so as to allow national, regional and local authorities to support housing for all groups whose needs for decent and affordable housing cannot be met within market conditions, while also ensuring that funding is not steered away from the most disadvantaged, in order to unblock investment and ensure affordable housing, create socially diverse neighbourhoods and enhance social cohesion;deleted
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL