Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001803/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Jaume Asens Llodrà (Verts/ALE), Estrella Galán (The Left), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Verts/ALE)
On the occasion of the Global Housing Action Days (25 and 26 April)[1], we would like to reiterate to the European Commission the need to take note of the very serious consequences of the housing crisis in which vulture funds and banks are complicit.
They are robbing us of our livelihoods: evicting families, raising rents, leaving buildings unsafe and hoarding empty properties while millions of people are left homeless or crushed by unaffordable rents, mortgages and wars.
In view of this, could the Commission answer the following questions:
- 1.As part of its affordable housing initiative, will the Commission include an ambitious and binding measure for all Member States to invest in public, cooperative and climate-resilient housing, prioritising the retrofitting of empty spaces and derelict buildings rather than allowing unbridled construction?
- 2.Is the Commission willing to at least match military spending with spending on affordable housing, thereby recognising that human security starts with having a home to live in, not with more guns?
Submitted: 5.5.2025
- [1] https://ipah.top/dias-de-accion-global-por-la-vivienda/.