Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002166/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Afroditi Latinopoulou (PfE)
Greece is currently facing a profound housing crisis, which is not an isolated phenomenon but a symptom of broader systemic deregulation in the European Union. Thousands of citizens are at risk of losing their homes, either due to debt or due to the uncontrolled action of foreign investment funds that buy properties en masse, exploiting economic impoverishment and the inability in law to protect primary residences. At the same time, reports in foreign media, such as BILD, provocatively present the situation in Greece as an ‘opportunity’ for citizens of the North to acquire homes for little money, at the expense of Greeks themselves.
In view of the above:
- 1.How does the Commission intend to support Greece and other Member States affected by housing crises, when mass acquisition of real estate by foreign funds and investment schemes – often on non-transparent terms – is leading to an unprecedented displacement of citizens from their own homes?
- 2.Is there an intention to create a European mechanism to protect primary residences, as well as to regulate electronic auctions so that they do not develop into a tool for the redistribution of property in favour of external interests?
- 3.What measures does the Commission intend to put in place to control the inflow of non-European capital and offshore schemes in the real estate sector of European countries, especially on the periphery?
Submitted: 29.5.2025