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Marginalised communities could get EU regional funds for housing

Poor communities could get EU regional funding in all Member States for renovation or replacement of their houses, according to a regulation to be put to the vote on Wednesday.

Until now only urban housing improvements in the 12 countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 were eligible for European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) money. The approval of the amended regulation, the text of which has already been agreed between Parliament and Council, would entitle all 27 Member States to use the ERDF funds, in addition to other sources, to renovate the existing houses of their marginalised communities or to replace them with new ones, irrespective of where they are located (i.e. whether urban or rural areas).


The law will focus on all "marginalised communities", among them the Roma, which is currently the largest poverty-affected social group in Europe. Last year the EU amended the Regional Development Funds regulation to allow it to finance energy-efficiency measures in housing.

Source: EP link

 

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