13 Amendments of Françoise CASTEX related to 2012/2293(INI)
Amendment 3 #
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 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Protocol 26 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on services of general interest,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 November 2011 on reform of the EU state aid rules on Services of General Economic Interest1, __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0494.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Member States determinehave an essential role and a wide discretion in providing, commissioning and organiseing the provision of social housing in parallel and in addition to the unplanned, market- based housing supply; and whereas the provision of social housing should fulfil a high level of quality, safety and affordability, equal treatment and the promotion of universal access and of user rights;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that, under Article 14 and Protocol No 26 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, public authorities are free to determine how the social housing sector is organised and funded and what its target group is, with a view to meeting local needs; sees the intervention of public authorities here as a response to the shortcomings of the market, with the aim of ensuring universal access to decent, affordable housing;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Member States and the Commission that spending on social housing enables urgent social need to be met and, as strategic social investment, helps in a sustainable way to provide non- relocatable local jobs, to stabilise the economy by preventing property bubbles, to counter climate change and to combat energy poverty; calls on, therefore, on Member States to strengthen or develop specific mechanisms for the financing of social housing construction and asks the 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 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the national, regional and local authorities providing social housing should ensure, under Protocol 26 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a high level of quality, safety, affordability, equal treatment and the promotion of universal access and of user rights; (This is a new paragraph 3)
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that one of the most important aspects of investment in social housing, as in the case of other forms of social investment, is the reconciliation of social, economic and environmental objectives and that it should therefore be considered as not only expenditure but also productive investment;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges Member Statesthe Council to retain an ambitious budget for the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, identifying cohesion policy as a driver of recovery; 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 2007-2013 programme planning period, having regard to the conclusions of the European Compact for Growth and Jobs;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals concerning the ERDF and ESF regulations, under which priority investments in the sphere of the thermal renovation of social housing, access to high-quality affordable housing for marginalised communities, integrated sustainable urban development measures and measures to promote local firms would be eligible for support under the Structural Funds during the period 2014- 2020;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that these investments in social housing are part of broader-based policies to organise and finance the provision of public social and health services and education services, in an effort to enable people to exercise their fundamental social rights and to meet changing social needs;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 1 a (new)
- prevent segregation of specific population's groups and encourage diversity,
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
– steps to address the difficulties commonly encountered by highly vulnerable sections of the population, such as migrants and young, single-parent families, young and elderly people, in seeking access to decent housing,