New Director-General EU Social 🇪🇺 Mario Nava confirmed at EMPL Committee Press meeting yesterday that EU Platform for Combating Homelessness (EPOCH) remains a priority. Great! You can count on FEANTSA to help make it a success!

President of FEANTSA Jules van Dam awarded knighthood because of his exceptional work with homeless people in Utrecht. Congrats Jules!!!

Dubravka Suica likely to be next Commissioner for Social Affairs and Housing. euronews.com/my-europe/2024…

Lhabib (🇧🇪) named as next EU Commissioner Home Affairs. Then she can immediately launch an infringement procedure against her current government colleague Nicole de Moor for consitent violation of EU law by not providing accommodation for all asylum seekers...

For those claiming housing xclusion affects big part middle incomes in 🇪🇺 some data👇 ▶️Housing cost overburden ✔️1st income quintile: 30% affected ✔️2nd: 8% ✔️3rd: 4% ▶️Severe housing deprivation ✔️10% ✔️5% ✔️3% ▶️Overcrowding ✔️28% ✔️20% ✔️15% Focus on poor still makes sense!

.Emmaüs International, Emmaüs France et la FondationAbbéPierre rendent publics de nouveaux faits graves commis par l’abbé Pierre et annoncent plusieurs mesures relatives à la place de l’abbé Pierre au sein de leurs organisations. Pour en savoir plus : fondation-abbe-pierre.fr/nos-publicatio…

Beware when the property sector sounds alarm over housing affordability... belganewsagency.eu/rental-prices-…

The title👇in #Draghi report says it all. Ambition is limited to preserving social inclusion. As if current levels of exclusion are ok... There are more than 1 million people experiencing homelessness every day in EU. We should not tolerate this! commission.europa.eu/document/downl…

EU Migration Pact in action...

Belgian MR (Renew Europe) boss says Hungary is right to send migrant buses to #Brussels to protest against an EU imposed fine. Bouchez is the main architect behind Hadja Lahbib's nomination for the European Commission, where she is rumoured to get the migration portfolio.

Don't know much ab competition but I know for fact increased competitiveness does not automatically lift standard of living of vulnerable. ...and ambition of #Draghi seems not to go beyond preserving current levels of inclusion. As if poverty as we know it is there to stay?!

According to POLITICOEurope Romanian Socialist Roxana Minzatu would be next Commissioner for Jobs, Social Rights, and Housing. politico.eu/article/great-…

Almost 1.700 people lived on the street of Bucharest in 2023. Increase of 100% in 2 years! spotmedia.ro/stiri/social/s…

.Eurocities presents its shadow EU Commission cabinet. Mayors of Florence Sara Funaro & Zagreb Tomislav Tomašević responsible for Social Inclusion. Vice-Mayors of Vienna Kathrin Gaál & Lyon Renaud Payre take on Housing. Look forward to push together #homelessness as EU priority.

Employment Committee of EP EMPL Committee Press voted last week 1 million euro Pilot Project to assess impact of Just Transition on housing affordability. Much needed! Hopefully it will survive the next stages of the decision making process on the 2025 EU budget...