Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023

14.5.2025 A10-0063/42

Amendment 42

Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Pál Szekeres, Nikola Bartůšek, Virginie Joron, Sebastian Kruis

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0063/2025

Gheorghe Falcă

Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023

(2025/2027(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
33. Recalls the European Parliament study on Homelessness in the EU which was commissioned by the Committee on Petitions and presented at its meeting in November 2023; notes that this study made an important contribution on this pressing social and economic challenge, which represents one of the most severe forms of societal exclusion, highlighting the need for a public policy change towards preventing homelessness in the first place, inter alia by providing secure and affordable housing;	33. Recalls the European Parliament study on Homelessness in the EU which was commissioned by the Committee on Petitions and presented at its meeting in November 2023; notes that this study made an important contribution on this pressing social and economic challenge, which represents one of the most severe forms of societal exclusion, highlighting the need for a public policy change towards preventing homelessness in the first place, inter alia by providing secure and affordable housing; recalls that illegal squatting cannot be considered a solution to homelessness, as the right to property is enshrined in Article 17 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; underlines that Member States should seek real solutions rather than promoting illegal squatting, as housing policy falls under the exclusive competence of the Member States;

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