The European Parliament wants to promote access to decent housing and proposes, among other things, to end homelessness in the European Union by 2030, by promoting the principle of ‘housing first’, in a report presented by Kim van Sparrentak (Greens/EFA, The Netherlands), which was adopted on Thursday 21 January (391 votes in favour, 114 against, 177 abstentions).
“The right to housing is simply a fundamental right. However, due to excessive market forces, this is becoming increasingly...