{"id":4738,"date":"2020-11-16T08:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T08:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2020-11-16T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:25:56","slug":"time-for-real-eu-action-on-housing-and-assistance-for-the-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/time-for-real-eu-action-on-housing-and-assistance-for-the-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for real EU action on housing and assistance for the homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:30px; background:transparent; display:block;\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div data-cont class=\"\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"vph pat_0 z10\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"z5 pat_0 vph bg-topic \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/miki-fath-1v1zjqxldmc-unsplash.jpg);\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"vph\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px; background:transparent; display:block;\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Earlier this year, the Commission launched a public consultation on its action plan to put the European Pillar of Social Rights into practice. There\u2019s still time to respond and call for action on housing rights in the EU.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-button\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_button\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-black-color has-background has-greens-yellow-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/europa.groenlinks.nl\/en\/housing\">Sign up to receive news on this campaign<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px; background:transparent; display:block;\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There are still two weeks remaining to respond to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eusurvey\/runner\/8257efae-81ed-bee9-ccab-e143deae5ea2\">European Commission\u2019s consultation on a more social Europe<\/a>; the deadline to submit a response is 30 November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As part of the Greens\/EFA housing campaign, we\u2019ve prepared a response outlining some of the main areas of change we want to see when it comes to the issue of housing and EPSR principle 19: housing and assistance for the homeless. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">You can find it <a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.greens-efa.eu\/public\/media\/file\/1\/6663\">here<\/a> in case you\u2019d like to use it for inspiration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Housing has become increasingly important as a frontline defence in the COVID crisis. The pandemic has outlined the inequalities that already existed in terms of the affordability of housing, quality of housing, and access to housing for the most disadvantaged in our societies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We call on the Commission and the Member States to make housing one of the cornerstones of the action plan on the EPSR.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Greens\/EFA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimvsparrentak\">MEP Kim van Sparrentak<\/a> is rapporteur for the European Parliament\u2019s report on \u2018Access to decent and affordable housing for all\u2019. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/EMPL-PR-653984_EN.pdf\">draft report<\/a> is available on the Parliament\u2019s website.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The report will be voted in the European Parliament\u2019s Employment and Social Affairs committee in December, and in plenary in early 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/europa.groenlinks.nl\/en\/housing\">Sign up to the housing campaign<\/a> for updates on this report and to find out more about our work in the EU Parliament to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/housing-rights-before-market-interests-for-a-socially-just-recovery\/\">defend the fundamental right to housing for all<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px; background:transparent; display:block;\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>More information:<\/strong><br><strong>Francesca Jenner<\/strong> \u2013 Social Justice Campaigner<br><a href=\"mailto:francesca.jenner@ep.europa.eu\">francesca.jenner@ep.europa.eu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the Commission launched a public consultation on its action plan to put the European Pillar of Social Rights into practice. 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