14/10/2020 (Agence Europe) – More than 100 mayors, presidents of regions, local and regional councillors and MEPs from the Party of European Socialists signed a joint declaration on Wednesday 14 October, published on the specialised website Euractiv.com, calling for the European Recovery Plan and the European Green Deal to respond to the housing crisis which is hitting everywhere in the European Union. Housing accounts for 40% of the Union’s electricity consumption and 36% of greenhouse gases. 50 million people are struggling to meet their housing costs. 700,000 people are homeless. For the signatories of the letter, it is therefore urgent to launch a European Deal for Housing in order to honour both the initiative on housing renovation (see other news) and the European pillar of social rights. (PH)