Impact of the Greek recovery and resilience plan on access to decent and affordable social housing
13.12.2021
Question for written answer E-005536/2021
to the Commission
Rule 138
Konstantinos Arvanitis (The Left)
In Greece, the severe housing crisis is being compounded by a chronic absence of any housing policy. The situation has been exacerbated by the economic crisis which has led to a 25% contraction in GDP, an increase in poverty and a growing number of people at risk of social exclusion (30% of the total population[1] ), while the Social Housing Agency, the only one of its kind, has been abolished[2]. High levels of energy poverty, the increase in house prices over the last two years[3]
and the accumulation of non-performing loans due to the crisis, have left a high proportion of households spending over 40%[4] of their disposable income on housing.
In view of this:
- 1.Is the amount of Greek national recovery and resilience plan[5] funding earmarked for social housing - among the lowest in Europe-[6]sufficient to improve housing conditions and affordability, in line with European Pillar of Social Rights[7] and European Parliament objectives[8]?
- 2.Has a budget been earmarked for the ‘Housing and Employment’ and ‘Housing for Roma’ programmes referred to in the Greek NRRP?
- 3.What other EU-funded programmes could help Greece make adequate provision for affordable social housing?
- [1] Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) / 2021
- [2] 2nd memorandum 2012
- [3] https://www.bankofgreece.gr/en/statistics/real-estate-market/residential-and-commercial-property-price-indices-and-other-short-term-indices
- [4] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Housing_statistics
- [5] undefined
- [6] undefined
- [7] https://op.europa.eu/webpub/empl/european-pillar-of-social-rights/en/
- [8] European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2021 on access to decent and affordable housing for all (2019/2187(INI))