Viedi, ilgtspējīgi un cenas ziņā pieejami mājokļi kā vietējo pašvaldību instruments dažādu problēmu risināšanai
Opinion factsheet
Šajā lapā
- Kohēzijas politika
- Pilsētpolitika
- Nodarbinātība un sociālā politika
- Sociālā aizsardzība
Opinion number:
CDR-4562-2023
Status:
Pieņemtie
Objective
With the opinion on Smart, sustainable and affordable housing as a tool for local authorities to face multiple challenges, the CoR aims to call for a renewed focus on the ongoing initiatives related to housing and for better coordination between EU policies and the housing policies of the Member States, their regional and local authorities. Our intention is to give new impetus to the EU debate on housing and to draw the EU's attention to the challenges that the regions and cities are facing today.
Impact
In the political guidelines for the European Commission 2024-2029, President von der Leyen highlights the need to address the ongoing housing crisis. As an immediate first step, the Commission will propose to inject liquidity into the market by allowing Member States to double the planned cohesion policy investments in affordable housing.
The Commission will also put forward the first-ever European Affordable Housing Plan. This new Plan will address structural drivers, develop a strategy for housing construction, offer technical assistance to cities and Member States and focus on investment.
State aid rules will also be revised to enable housing support measures.The Commission confirmed that it will duly take into account the CoR’s proposals during the ongoing reflections with Member States and stakeholders. Monitoring of the national policies related to
housing are now part of the European Semester. Commission provides recommendations ato Member States in this regard.
The Commission has also start of the implementation work on the Short-Term Rentals Regulation.The prototype of the system for exchange of data will be ready by the end of 2024, well ahead of the entery into force date of the Regulation (20 May 2026).
Member states should also transponse a directive on systems for the prevention of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing mandates and to create of a single access point at member state level, through which competent authorities can access a wide range of financial information on real estate, including the identity of their owners. Citizens who can demonstrate a legitimate interest in connection with the prevention and combating of money laundering, its predicate offences, and terrorist financing will be able to access that information.
Concerning the call to establish a comprehensive policy strategy to address energy poverty, the Commission has taken a cross-sector and multidisciplinary approach to tackle energy poverty through the publication of the 2023 Recommendation on energy poverty and other recent legislative and non-legislative instruments, including the revised Energy Efficiency Directive, which includes a new definition of energy poverty.
The Commission takes note of the CoR request for annual EU summit on social and affordable housing, which has also been raised in the context of the Liège Declaration: Towards affordable, decent, and sustainable housing for all issued in March 2024 under the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The Commission will also put forward the first-ever European Affordable Housing Plan. This new Plan will address structural drivers, develop a strategy for housing construction, offer technical assistance to cities and Member States and focus on investment.
State aid rules will also be revised to enable housing support measures.The Commission confirmed that it will duly take into account the CoR’s proposals during the ongoing reflections with Member States and stakeholders. Monitoring of the national policies related to
housing are now part of the European Semester. Commission provides recommendations ato Member States in this regard.
The Commission has also start of the implementation work on the Short-Term Rentals Regulation.The prototype of the system for exchange of data will be ready by the end of 2024, well ahead of the entery into force date of the Regulation (20 May 2026).
Member states should also transponse a directive on systems for the prevention of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing mandates and to create of a single access point at member state level, through which competent authorities can access a wide range of financial information on real estate, including the identity of their owners. Citizens who can demonstrate a legitimate interest in connection with the prevention and combating of money laundering, its predicate offences, and terrorist financing will be able to access that information.
Concerning the call to establish a comprehensive policy strategy to address energy poverty, the Commission has taken a cross-sector and multidisciplinary approach to tackle energy poverty through the publication of the 2023 Recommendation on energy poverty and other recent legislative and non-legislative instruments, including the revised Energy Efficiency Directive, which includes a new definition of energy poverty.
The Commission takes note of the CoR request for annual EU summit on social and affordable housing, which has also been raised in the context of the Liège Declaration: Towards affordable, decent, and sustainable housing for all issued in March 2024 under the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
- warns that excessive housing costs have a detrimental impact not only on local and regional economies, but also on mobility within the Single Market. Qualified individuals and graduates often find it prohibitively expensive to relocate to areas with professional opportunities in their field;
- calls for a renewed focus on the ongoing initiatives aimed at delivering all types of affordable housing, and for a financial boost to their implementation, which could equip LRAs with the tools to face the ongoing crises; calls for the ERDF to be used to build new social housing and to upgrade and regenerate residential buildings in all European regions;
- calls for better coordination between EU policies and the policies of the Member States, their regions and local authorities and for the launching of a Housing Agenda for the European Union;
- calls for the European Semester to take better account of urban issues;
- points out that residential deep renovation is lagging behind with rates lower than for non-residential deep renovation; calls for more incentives and financial support regarding residential deep renovation in the EU;
- calls for targeted financial support for cities and regions to enable them to address the challenges of receiving refugees, considering that adequate housing is the first step towards integration.