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REPORT (2025/2070(INI))

On the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing

A-10-2026-0025

Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union · Rapporteur: Rapporteur: Borja Giménez Larraz

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This resolution addresses the housing crisis in the EU, proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing. It calls for increased supply, reduced regulatory burdens, support for vulnerable groups, and better data collection.

Committee position. The committee report proposes a comprehensive resolution on the housing crisis, calling for increased supply, reduced regulation, and support for vulnerable groups, while respecting subsidiarity.

Key points

  1. Expresses concern about the housing crisis and its socio-economic consequences, including impacts on young people, labour mobility, and competitiveness.
  2. Welcomes the European Affordable Housing Plan and calls for it to respect subsidiarity, involve local authorities, and prioritize genuine affordability.
  3. Calls for reducing regulatory burdens, simplifying permitting, and improving land availability, including a Housing Simplification Package and 60-day permit deadlines.
  4. Urges measures to combat energy poverty, ensure energy-efficient renovation, and review tax systems to support housing affordability.
  5. Calls for action on raw materials, innovation, and productivity in construction, including support for SMEs and prefabrication.
  6. Condemns squatting and calls for stronger protection of property owners, while also supporting tenants' rights and transparency in the rental market.
  7. Highlights labour shortages in construction and calls for investment in skills, better working conditions, and labour mobility.
  8. Supports public, cooperative, and non-profit housing models, and calls for mechanisms to increase their supply.
  9. Calls for a balanced approach to short-term rentals, with EU-level objectives but local flexibility, and for impact assessments.
  10. Urges mobilisation of private investment and public-private cooperation, while ensuring financial stability and efficient use of EU funds.
  11. Calls for dedicated EU funding, including a stronger InvestEU, and for measures to support young people, students, families, persons with disabilities, and homeless people.
  12. Insists on better data collection and analysis, including an annual European housing report and common indicators.

Who is affected

  • Member states, regional and local authorities: called on to implement housing policies, simplify procedures, and support vulnerable groups.
  • Construction and renovation sector, including SMEs and self-employed: targeted for support, skills development, and reduced administrative burdens.
  • Young people, students, low- and middle-income households, families, persons with disabilities, and homeless people: focus of housing support measures.
  • Property owners and tenants: calls for balanced protection, including measures against squatting and for tenants' rights.
  • European Investment Bank and national promotional banks: encouraged to expand financing for affordable housing.

Figures and deadlines

  • Rents increased by 28.8% and house prices by 60.5% from 2010 to Q2 2025.
  • 10.6% of EU urban population is overburdened by housing costs (over 40% of disposable income).
  • Around 1.3 million people are homeless in the EU on any given night.
  • Building permits fell by 14.6% for floor area and 19.6% for dwellings in 2023.
  • 75% of EU building stock has poor energy performance.
  • Investment gap in affordable housing estimated at EUR 270 billion per year.
  • 49.1% of young adults aged 18-34 lived with parents in 2024.
  • Structural shortage of approximately 4.8 million student bed spaces.

Legal basis: Articles 3(3), 5(1) and 5(3) TEU and Protocol No 2; Articles 9, 14, 114, 151, 153, 160, 168, 174, 175 TFEU and Protocol No 26.