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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
4.3.2026 A10-0025/79
Amendment 79
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
28a. Acknowledges tenants’ unions as representative unions for the purpose of defending the collective interests of tenants within the meaning of Article 12 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and their consequent right to take part in collective bargaining and collective action; emphasises the role of tenants’ unions and other organised housing civil society actors as key stakeholders in housing policy, including in rent-setting and rent stabilisation negotiations, determination of tenancy conditions, urban planning processes, and housing law reform at local, national and European level; highlights the existing best practices in the EU to build on, where tenant unions play a central role in municipal-level rent negotiations and national policy consultation, to strengthen tenants’ representation, housing democracy and social dialogue; emphasises the need to ensure the direct participation of tenants in the elaboration and implementation of housing policies; urges the Commission to develop common guidelines for fair and transparent rental contracts, ensuring full respect for tenants’ rights, habitability standards, rent transparency and legal security;
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4.3.2026 A10-0025/80
Amendment 80
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
28b. Strongly condemns slum landlord practices across Europe, where tenants – often in vulnerable situations – are forced to live in substandard, unsafe or unsanitary housing, while being subjected to exploitative rents and precarious legal arrangements; calls on the Member States to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards slum landlords, including by using extra-legal sanctions, such as administrative penalties, fines or rental bans and where these prove ineffective, to apply civil liability mechanisms;
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4.3.2026 A10-0025/81
Amendment 81
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
39. Welcomes Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s September 2025 announcement53 of a legal initiative on short-term rentals to tackle the remaining regulatory gaps; calls on the Commission to provide additional information and data on outstanding issues, as well as on the suitability of EU intervention; believes that the aim of such initiative should be to ensure a fair balance between tourism development and housing affordability and that this initiative should set common objectives at EU level while leaving Member States, regions and local authorities the flexibility to design and implement measures adapted to their specific territorial realities and housing markets; calls on the Commission to conduct a comprehensive, data- and evidence-based impact assessment of the effects of the proliferation of short-term rentals on housing prices and affordability, availability and tenure security, both in macro and micro real estate markets, following the full implementation of Regulation (EU) 2024/102854 on short-term rentals, and with particular attention to its impact on long-term rental stock; acknowledges that Member States have until 20 May 2026 to implement the regulation; recognises the potential difficulties related to system interoperability, as well as the challenges faced by microenterprises and SMEs in meeting the obligations of this regulation; recognises the differentiated impact that the proliferation of short-term rentals can have on territories depending on their characteristics; acknowledges the lack of legal clarity as regards the compliance of certain national and local legislation with EU law; calls on the Commission to clarify through guidelines the framework in which public authorities can operate; calls on public authorities to ask digital platforms to remove illegal listings for tourist apartments; takes the view that more data is needed, but is concerned that an excessive burden could hinder small businesses, such as sustainable and rural tourism businesses; believes that local authorities, associations and the relevant stakeholders should be consulted about any future actions, as they are best placed to determine the measures needed, including in stressed areas, and that these actions must not deter tourism; calls for it to be ensured that the proliferation of short-term rentals does not threaten the social fabric, affordability and long-term liveability of cities;
39. Welcomes Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s September 2025 announcement53 of a legal initiative on short-term rentals to tackle the remaining regulatory gaps; believes that the aim of such initiative should be to strengthen action to ensure housing affordability and should set common objectives at EU level while leaving Member States, regions and local authorities the flexibility to design and implement measures adapted to their specific territorial realities; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to counter the serious effects of the proliferation of short-term rentals on housing prices, affordability, availability and tenure security; calls on the Commission to ensure the correct and full implementation of Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 on short-term rentals, delivering as soon as possible on the common technical specifications needed for the development of the interoperable digital interface, which will ensure a more extended data exchange between short-term rental platforms and authorities; acknowledges that Member States have until 20 May 2026 to implement the Regulation; calls on public authorities to ask digital platforms to remove illegal listings for tourist apartments; believes that local authorities, tenants’ unions and citizens’ associations should be consulted about future actions aimed at addressing the proliferation of short-term rentals for tourists (touristification), as they are best placed to contribute determining the measures needed, including in stressed areas; calls for it to be ensured that any future provisions to regulate short-term rentals, as well as their implementation, preserve the social fabric, permanent housing affordability and long-term liveability of cities;
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53 European Commission, ‘2025 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen’, European Commission website, 10 September 2025.
53 European Commission, ‘2025 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen’, European Commission website, 10 September 2025.
54 Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (OJ L, 2024/1028, 29.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1028/oj).
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4.3.2026 A10-0025/82
Amendment 82
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
40. Recalls that the judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-724/18 and C-727/1855 stated that a legitimate public interest may exist for establishing mechanisms to regulate short-term rentals at the national, regional or local level, provided that the measures adopted are necessary, adequate and proportionate; calls for a balanced approach that reconciles the right to private property ownership, legal certainty for owners, and sustainable tourism with the need to preserve the availability of housing and liveability in historic city centres; considers that certain measures could help urban centres regain their residential functions, such as adequate and proportionate licensing systems, increased transparency regarding large-scale foreign property acquisitions in order to monitor housing availability, authorisations from neighbours’ associations or the main owner, or safety, quality and consumer protection standards, ensuring that those policies are proportionate and tailored to the specific circumstances; underlines that measures are needed to safeguard housing for residents and preserve the diversity and vitality of urban communities; calls for tourism activities and their positive impacts on local economies to be balanced with the preservation of housing availability for local residents and strategic and essential workers in the long-term;
40. Recalls that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) set out that, in areas affected by a shortage of residential rental housing, establishing mechanisms to regulate short-term rentals, the objectives of which are to ensure a sufficient supply of residential housing units, socially diverse housing and maintaining rents at an affordable level, since housing is a basic necessity and a fundamental right, constitutes an overriding reason relating to the public interest for the purposes of EU law; firmly believes that Member States must take action to achieve the abovementioned objectives and address the proliferation of short-term rentals, including by adopting provisions on banning short-term rentals, mandatory registration and prior authorisation schemes as well as on offset requirements, primarily targeting professional investors and large-scale houseowners, while avoiding disproportionately burdening small-scale private homeowners; considers key the adoption of effective mechanisms aimed at making it possible to revert current short-term rentals to long-term residential rental housing as well as eradicating illegal short-term rentals through enhanced inspection powers, especially in areas with a particularly high population density and experiencing a structural residential rental housing shortage, thus defending the overriding reasons relating to the public interest, recognised as such also in the CJEU’s case-law, which includes, in particular, grounds relating to the protection of the urban environment and social policy objectives as well as public housing policy, seeking to combat land pressure; calls on the Commission to refrain from pursuing any infringement procedure against Member States for their efforts in this regard;
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55 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 22 September 2020, Cali Apartments SCI and HX v Procureur général près la cour d’appel de Paris and Ville de Paris, Joined Cases C-724/18 and C-727/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:743.
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4.3.2026 A10-0025/83
Amendment 83
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 13 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
13a. Calls for the establishment of an EU transparency register on real estate transactions and ownership as a tool to ensure full transparency on beneficial housing ownership and prevent distortions as well as any money laundering in the housing sector;
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4.3.2026 A10-0025/84
Amendment 84
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
43. Stresses the importance of safeguarding financial stability and ensuring that financial instruments contribute to housing affordability; underlines the role of the Stability and Growth Pact in ensuring financial stability in the EU, which is a prerequisite for the proliferation of housing; stresses that both the general escape clause and the national escape clause should remain an exceptional and temporary tool; underlines that any public investment in housing must remain consistent with the Union’s fiscal rules;
43. Underlines the urgent need to provide a strong and immediate political response to address the socio-economic crisis suffered by millions of people in the EU, arising from lack of access to affordable, sustainable and decent housing, by setting up a dedicated EU Housing Fund, which should incorporate an ‘EU renovation loan’, as well as establishing that Member States’ public spending on affordable, sustainable and decent housing is not subject to the debt rules under the Stability and Growth Pact, in order to make available investment needed to fill the current massive and increasing gap; supports the establishment of a pan-European investment platform for affordable and sustainable housing; highlights that local authorities as well as non-profit housing providers should be able to obtain 0 % interest rates via this platform or directly from the EIB for long-term loans;
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4.3.2026 A10-0025/85
Amendment 85
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
48a. Denounces the fact that financialisation and a speculation-driven housing sector is undermining young people’s ability to afford stable, sustainable and decent homes, contributing massively to a debilitating sense of financial insecurity; condemns the fact that skyrocketing rent prices and poor tenant protection laws have made rental housing unaffordable and insecure for many young people, exposing them to poor living conditions, eviction and exploitation; acknowledges the need to ensure enhanced access to mortgages for young people with weaker financial backgrounds through, inter alia, more effective and robust public guarantee schemes; stresses that young people’s access to affordable, sustainable and decent housing should not be limited to homeownership, but should also include social and affordable housing, cost-rental schemes, cooperative housing, and other secure rental options;
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4.3.2026 A10-0025/86
Amendment 86
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
48b. Firmly believes that the financialisation and speculative investment in student housing must be eradicated by ensuring public or non-profit ownership requirements, guaranteeing that student accommodation remain permanently decent, sustainable and affordable for students;
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4.3.2026 A10-0025/87
Amendment 87
Maria Ohisalo
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0025/2026
Borja Giménez Larraz
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
(2025/2070(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
52. Welcomes the Commission’s consultation, launched on 5 June 2025 and takes note of the revision of the State aid rules for services of general economic interest (SGEI), to facilitate the provision of decent, sustainable and affordable housing in a faster and more efficient way, while allowing greater flexibility to facilitate national investments; underlines that Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity, should have the discretionary power to support this according to their local, regional or national needs; underlines the importance of an ex ante impact assessment on a country-by-country basis of any proposed changes to the SGEI rules; stresses that any revision of State aid rules should not come at the cost of Member States’ investments in social housing, but could allow greater flexibility to facilitate public investment in housing, while respecting the diversity of national markets; acknowledges the risks that should be considered, including potential private and public crowding out, displacement of investment from social housing, compatibility with EU case-law, and the integrity of the single market; recalls the original purpose of SGEI and the fact that expanding the scope to include broader target groups does not divert resources from the most vulnerable groups; is concerned that broadening the social housing target group under these rules risks exacerbating market distortions and undermining fair competition; highlights that it is essential to maintain a careful balance between addressing social housing needs and preserving competitive, efficient housing markets for all service providers, both public and private, in the provision of affordable housing; underlines the need to ensure that any future framework relating to affordable housing remains open, allowing both public and private operators to participate, thereby preserving a level playing field and preventing undue market exclusion;
52. Believes that State aid rules on housing must be revised to modify the concept of ‘social housing’ with the aim of expanding its scope, referring to affordable, sustainable and decent housing aimed primarily at addressing the housing needs of socio-economically disadvantaged individuals – such as those at risk of poverty, social exclusion or homelessness or who are living in inadequate and undignified housing – as well as to low-to middle-income households, who are unable to access adequate accommodation under market conditions, facing structural barriers to housing affordability, notably in high-demand or undersupplied markets; calls for provisions to allow Service of General Economic Interest compensation only to ‘social housing’ providers that operate on a no-profit basis; welcomes the Commission’s consultation, launched on 5 June 2025 and takes note of the revision of the State aid rules for services of general economic interest (SGEI); underlines the importance of an ex ante impact assessment on a country-by-country basis of any proposed changes to the SGEI rules; stresses that any revision of State aid rules should not come at the cost of Member States’ investments in social housing; recalls the original purpose of SGEI and the fact that expanding the scope to include broader target groups does not divert resources from the most vulnerable groups; highlights that it is essential to maintain social housing under permanent public ownership in the provision of any future framework;
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