Activities of Joachim ZELLER related to 2012/2293(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on social housing in the European Union
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the crucial role played by the European Parliament, and in particular its Committee on Regional Development, in ensuring social housing was eligible for funding under past and current European programme, both in the past and under the new regulations on the Structural Funds;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesDraws attention to the Commission’s proposals for a regulation laying down common provisions (COM(2012)0496), a regulation on specific provisions concerning the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (COM(2011)0614) and a regulation on the European Social Fund (ESF) (COM(2011)0607 final/2), which make full provision for priority investment in energy- efficiency improvements, the promotion of renewable energy sources, integrated sustainable urban development measures and action to combat exclusion by providing marginalisedfinancially less affluent communities with access to high-qualitypublicly subsidised housing and social services at affordable prices; points out that publicly subsidised housing construction must go hand in hand with the development of public and social infrastructure;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to devise ways of bringing about low-cost housing construction, for example by making publicly owned land available free of charge for public and cooperative housing promoters;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that investment in social housing plays a part in more far-reaching policies andwhich hasve a beneficial impact on the local economy in terms of job creation, social inclusion, and support for local SMEs, public health and environmental protection; notes that healthy housing promotes public health;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that investment in socialpublicly subsidised housing can play a concrete and effective role in improving Europe’s economic governance by, in particular, countertackling property price bubbles and their disruptive effect on society and macroeconomic stability.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to tackle speculative tendencies in housing construction by means of statutory regulation;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that housing is a valuable social good, for which Member States bear special responsibility;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to compile information on the extent to which Member States implement or promote housing construction measures using their own resources;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Proposes an exchange of experience and opinions between the Member States and promoters of publicly subsidised housing construction measures in Europe;