#52026PC0540EU Proposal to Fight Housing Exclusion and Homelessness
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This proposal sets out EU guidance for reducing housing exclusion and homelessness. It asks Member States, regions and cities to move away from short-term crisis responses and build person-centred, housing-led policies that prevent evictions, help people access stable housing, and connect housing support with health, social care, employment and other services. The recommendation would not be legally binding, but it would create a common policy framework for national and local authorities. It matters for public bodies, social housing providers, NGOs, landlords, tenants, and vulnerable groups such as families with children, migrants, older people, people with disabilities, Roma communities, LGBTIQ+ people, and people leaving institutions.
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Key Changes
- Encourages Member States to create comprehensive strategies to prevent and reduce housing exclusion and homelessness.
- Promotes housing-led approaches, including rapid access to stable housing combined with tailored support services.
- Calls for stronger eviction prevention, early intervention on rent arrears, debt counselling, legal support and better use of EU funding for social and affordable housing.
Obligations
What this law requires
Member States, regions and cities are recommended to review, design and implement comprehensive strategic policy frameworks to prevent and reduce housing exclusion and homelessness in both urban and rural areas.
Member States and local authorities are recommended to shift housing exclusion policy from emergency crisis management toward person-centred, housing-led and integrated support policies.
Authorities are recommended to prevent evictions wherever possible and ensure that no person is evicted without assistance toward an appropriate housing solution when needed.
Authorities are recommended to ensure that people discharged from institutions such as prisons, hospitals or care facilities receive an offer of appropriate housing.
Authorities are recommended to provide people experiencing homelessness with adequate shelter and services that support social inclusion.