If you’re an EU citizen, sign the initiative so that it can be brought before the EU commission. The ECI is legally binding.

Objectives

We, the citizens of Europe, demand access to housing that is affordable, sustainable and fair.

We see and feel it every day: workers who can no longer afford the city they build, young people who cannot leave their parents’ home, tenants pushed out of their neighbourhoods after renovation, empty buildings while people sleep on the street.

The current housing market is putting profit over people and the planet. Europe’s buildings are expensive, empty and broken. But it does not have to be this way: the buildings exist, and so do the approaches to make them affordable. What is missing are the rules:

USE

Regulate short-term rentals and vacancy.
Convert empty buildings, like vacant homes and offices, into housing.
Create incentives and fast permits to make renovation the first choice.

INVEST

Ensure public money serves people not speculation.
Reform fiscal rules so governments can invest more in housing.
Create an EU housing fund.

PROTECT

Set enforceable standards to keep housing affordable and sustainable.
Keep people in their homes during EU-funded renovation.
Establish an EU Housing Agency to govern transparently.

We call on the EU to act and people to sign!