Homes are for people, not for greedy corporations.

Today, MEPs in the housing committee will vote on European Parliament’s report on the Housing Crises in the European Union. The Housing Report heavily mirrors the EPP’s positions.

Greens/EFA MEP Maria Ohisalo, Greens/EFA shadow on the Housing Report, comments:

"Housing is one of the biggest crisis facing Europeans today. The housing crisis is not a natural disaster - it is the result of political choices, decades of policies that have treated homes as financial assets rather than places to live. Housing is a fundamental human right, not a luxury.

“The Conservative EPP group wants to ensure that the businesses who have been profiting off the housing crisis keep lining their pockets and has teamed up with the far-right to push its agenda. The EPP has no clear vision to tackle the real root causes of the housing crisis and instead uses this report to pledge their continuing their support for greedy landlords, Airbnb tycoons and housing speculators. This is not a message the Greens/EFA can support. Instead, the EU should introduce binding reinvestment obligations and conditionalities to investors to contribute ensuring affordable, sustainable and decent housing.”

Greens/EFA MEP Gordan Bosanac, Greens/EFA coordinator of the Housing Committee, comments:

"This report needs to be drastically improved to reflect the real issues citizens face in finding decent and affordable homes across the EU. Speculation, short-term rentals, and underinvestment in public housing are driving up costs, leaving millions without affordable, sustainable and decent secure homes. Everyone deserves a decent home to live in.

“Putting an end to speculation is essential to tackle the housing crisis. Homes are for people, not for greedy corporations.”

Read more about the Greens/EFA solutions to the housing crisis.