"Housing is about dignity. It is about fairness. And it is about Europe's future. Eight years ago, the European Pillar of Social Rights made housing a social right in Europe. It's time to turn this promise into reality."
"Love or abhor Von der Leyen, the EC president is a formidable force. The centre-right German medical doctor with a chrome-hard determination to push policy through, could be the one to build and launch a Brussels-based machine to deal with the housing malaise across all of its member states. Or, at least, provide a plausible foundation from which states can work to get the job done in their own back yards."
Successive national governments have failed to reverse soaring house prices, chronic unavailability and record homelessness across Europe. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen framed housing as a fundamental social right tied to dignity, fairness and Europe's future, recalling the European Pillar of Social Rights designation eight years ago and calling to turn that promise into reality. Von der Leyen is portrayed as a determined leader who could build and launch a Brussels-based mechanism to confront the housing malaise across member states or provide an EU foundation for national efforts to expand supply, affordability and protection.
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