EU consultation
182 submissions from 177 organizations told the European Commission what they think about this file. Here is what each of them said, in their own words.
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90 submissions from industry (companies and their trade associations) against 45 from civil society: NGOs, consumer organizations, environmental groups and trade unions. That is 2 industry submissions for every one from civil society.
Groupings use the respondent type each organization selected when filing. Counting submissions, not organizations: a body that filed twice is counted twice.
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Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026). The cost figure sums band floors, so the true total is higher.
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The consultation closed on 30 Sept 2026; it ran from 1 Jul 2026.
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Simplification, however, specifically for affordable housing. The housing crisis in Europe is not, in reality, simply a matter of the lack of new buildings. High housing costs and limited supply have many causes: scarce and expensive land, vacant and underused buildings, high construction and financing costs, limited municipal capacity, and lengthy or unnecessarily complex procedures.
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SEO/BirdLife supports the objective of making the delivery of affordable, sustainable and quality housing faster and more predictable. However, regulatory simplification should address the real causes of delays - insufficient staff and technical capacity, fragmented procedures, poor coordination between authorities, lack of interoperable data and late identification of environmental constraints - rather than…
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The Authority for Spatial Planning and Construction of the Slovak Republic encourages the Commission to simplify housing planning and delivery through clearer responsibilities, coordinated requirements and standardised procedures, without lowering housing quality.
Deutsche Kreditbank AG welcomes the initiative to simplify the regulatory framework for housing construction. From a financing point of view, our opinion identifies four specific points of view: Cutting red tape, avoiding cumulative regulatory burdens, making building data more usable, and combining public support with private funding.
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BIBM - the Federation of the European Precast Concrete Industry - supports regulatory simplification that can help Europe deliver more affordable housing faster, while maintaining high standards of quality, safety, sustainability and resilience. Simplification should focus on removing unnecessary administrative complexity rather than reducing building performance requirements.
APCEspaña, the Spanish Association of Property Developers and Builders, represents 22 regional organisations and more than 3,000 companies, accounting for approximately 95% of Spains property development and construction sector. APCEspaña welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a Housing Simplification Package.
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The contribution identifies a number of priorities to increase the supply of social and affordable housing, including the better use of underutilised public real estate assets, improved coordination of the European regulatory framework, administrative simplification, digitalisation of procedures, and the streamlining of requirements associated with the use of multiple funding sources.
The European Council of Interior Architects (ECIA), the European representative body for national professional organisations in interior architecture and interior design, supports the Commissions objective of making the delivery of affordable housing simpler and more efficient while safeguarding health, safety, accessibility, sustainability and quality.
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The Finnish Home Owners Association supports the EU’s objective of reducing unnecessary administrative burdens related to housing, construction and renovation. Regulation must be proportionate, consistent, predictable and economically viable for households. The single-family federation takes a position on the matter from the point of view of people living in small houses and in leisure activities.
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Streamline environmental and social aspects, not simplify, for better housing delivery ECOS submission to the Call for Evidence for an Impact Assessment on Regulatory Simplification for Housing Brussels, September 2026 Contents General remarks ..............................................................................................................2 EU acquis…
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Euroconsumers' contribution to the Call for Evidence on the Housing Simplification Package 30 September 2026 Introduction Euroconsumers1 welcomes the opportunity to contribute its evidence to the European Commission's work on the Housing Simplification Package.
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The attached document sets out the proposals of MR Community Housing Found to the Housing Simplification Package. MRKLs proposals address the following key areas: financing, public procurement procedures, legal and general policy aspects, and maintenance and supply pf properties.
Quercus Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza, a Portuguese environmental non-governmental organisation and member of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this Call for Evidence on the Housing Simplification Package. Quercus fully endorses and subscribes to the response submitted by the EEB and partner organisations on 22 September 2026.
Greystar supports the European Commissions ambition to increase housing supply, stimulate sustainable investment and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens. As a rental housing specialist active across multiple European markets, we see first-hand how regulatory complexity, inconsistency and delay can increase costs, deter investment and constrain housing delivery.
Addressing the housing crisis in the EU is an urgent priority. The European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) represents important progress in transforming the housing sector, but so far does little to address structural causes of the housing crisis and instead focuses on a simplistic narrative of supply and demand.
Simplification alone will not deliver more homes. Faster permits bring construction forward, but do not raise the output of a sector whose labour productivity has stagnated for thirty years and which faces a growing shortage of skilled workers. The binding constraint on Europe's housing supply is production capacity.
Eurogypsum welcomes the European Commission's initiative to identify opportunities for simplification in the housing sector. Efforts to improve housing affordability and increase housing supply should build on, rather than weaken, the EU legislative framework that supports better-performing, more resilient buildings.
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The Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union submits, at the request of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, the contribution of the State Secretariat for Housing to this consultation, set out out in the attached document.
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Eurima Response to the European Commission's Call for Evidence on the Housing Simplification Package The construction sector is central to Europe’s competitiveness, supporting more than 12 million workers across over 3.8 million enterprises and accounting for more than 5% of EU employment.
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Position Paper 30.09.2026 Position of the EPS Insulation Industry on the EU Housing Simplification Package The EPS insulation industry welcomes the European Commission's initiative to identify regulatory simplification opportunities that can support housing supply and affordability. Europe urgently needs more affordable, energy-efficient housing.
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Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC) Group is the leading financier of social and affordable housing in France, contributing to over 70% of the funding for new housing operations around 100,000 units per year. In addition to its lending activities, the Group is also one of Frances largest social and affordable housing operator, managing a portfolio of more than 560,000 housing units nationwide.
Affordable Housing in Healthy and Resilient Cities: the efficient use of urban space must align with the sustainable management of soil and urban nature. The European Affordable Housing Plan takes an important step in the right direction in acknowledgement of the importance of structural factors such high vacancy rates, inefficient use of buildings, financialisation and unequal access.
The European Panel Federation (EPF), representing European manufacturers of wood-based panels - particleboard, MDF, OSB, hardboard, softboard and plywood - welcomes this initiative and the Commission's recognition that Europe's housing shortage is compounded by low construction productivity, insufficient scale, lengthy permitting and the accumulation of requirements across EU, national, regional and local levels.
The EACB welcomes the launch of a call for evidence on Housing supply and affordability. We would like to emphasise the persistent supply-demand gap. Rising construction costs and higher interest rates continue to make access to housing more difficult, especially for first-time buyers and vulnerable households. For cooperative banks, this issue is a core priority.
EACH welcomes the European Commission's initiative to remove unnecessary obstacles to the delivery of affordable housing models that guarantee lasting public value. Our members encompass a range of housing models grounded in two core principles: long-term affordability and community stewardship.
More detailed feedback can be found in the annex. As an association, VDW Bayern represents around 500 Bavarian housing cooperatives and municipal housing companies, which together manage around 550.000 affordable housing units and have invested considerable sums in both new construction and stock over the past decade. Bavaria stands for a housing market with a sharp increase in demand and insufficient supply.
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We welcome the European Commissions aim to remove unnecessary administrative barriers that increase costs and delays in housing construction and renovation. We support simplification where it improves the efficiency, predictability and coordination of existing procedures, including through digitalisation, better data, one-stop shops, standardised processes, clear deadlines and stronger administrative capacity.
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Housing simplification needs to be seen holistically The EAE, European Association for External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS), welcomes the European Commissions Call for Evidence in support of the Housing Simplification Package.
Please find attached Deutsche Bauchemies contribution to the Call for Evidence on the Housing Simplification Package. We welcome the European Commissions initiative to address regulatory obstacles affecting housing supply and affordability and are pleased to provide our views from the perspective of the construction chemicals sector.
September 2026 SYNERGI’s call for evidence on the Housing Simplification Package Submitted by SYNERGI in response to the Commission's Call for Evidence, Ref. Ares(2026)6597089. September 2026. SYNERGI welcomes the Commission's objective of simplifying the rules that affect housing supply and affordability.
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Europes hidden potential The homes of tomorrow are already built today Europe's buildings are at the centre of its biggest challenges. They produce more than a third of Europe's CO2 and more than a third of its waste. Real estate is the largest store of household wealth in Europe, more than all other financial assets combined.
Provivienda is a Spanish non-profit organisation with over 30 years of experience in affordable housing and residential exclusion. We manage rental intermediation, social support programmes and housing stock, and run the Affordable Housing Observatory (Observatorio de la Vivienda Asequible), which produces data and analysis on housing affordability in Spain.
BPIE welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the call for evidence on regulatory simplification for housing supply and affordability. Our response underlines two points. First, EU buildings legislation already supports housing affordability and should be preserved and properly implemented.
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Sika AG is a specialty chemicals company that develops and manufactures construction chemicals and systems for bonding, sealing, waterproofing, reinforcing and protecting buildings. Originating from Switzerland, we have production sites and subsidiaries in 22 EU Member States.
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The Association of the European Producers of Laminate Flooring (EPLF) welcomes the European Commission's call for evidence on the Housing Simplification Package, as part of the EUs efforts to reduce regulatory burdens and strengthen EU competitiveness while also protecting economic, social, and environmental goals.
The German Association of Cities and Towns represents around 3200 towns and municipalities with around 54 million inhabitants. We would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s call for evidence on the planned simplification package on housing. Please find attached our comments.
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CECA welcomes the European Commissions initiative to improve access to housing through a comprehensive approach that combines increasing housing supply, mobilising public and private investment, renovating existing housing stock, and simplifying administrative procedures.
Simplification at European level must not result in new administrative burdens, particularly for non-profit and municipal housing developers, or limit their room for manoeuvre in housing policy. The main elements that should be taken into account in the Housing Simplification Package include: Permit-granting procedures & digitalisation Projects of particular importance for housing or climate policy for which no…
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The Association of the Austrian Wood Industries would like to express its gratitude for the opportunity to contribute to the simplification of legislation aimed at facilitating housing construction as a means of tackling the housing affordability crisis. Please see our views in the attachment.
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Administrative simplification to give non-profit housing providers access to public land: the Catalan legal framework and Barcelona's ESAL Agreement Catalan law allows public administrations to transfer land directly, and even free of charge, to non-profit housing providers, instead of selling it through open tenders. Barcelona's ESAL Agreement turns that possibility into a standing procedure.
The Urban Agenda for the EU (UAEU) Compact Cities Thematic Partnership (https://www.urbanagenda.urban-initiative.eu/partnerships/compact-cities) is pleased to submit the attached evidence report in response to this call for evidence. The Partnership addresses sustainable urban planning and the mitigation of urban sprawl through a strategic and integrated approach, and promotes a model for compact cities.
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The German Property Federation (ZIA) welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to review the impact of existing regulation on housing supply, construction costs and investment. Affordable housing requires sufficient construction, efficient use of the existing stock and economically viable investment conditions.
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Input Aedes Housing Simplification Package Through this position paper, Aedes would like to give her feedback on the European Commission’s call for evidence for the simplification of European legislation considering housing supply and affordability. Aedes is a federation that represents the interests of social housing providers from the Netherlands.
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The Housing Simplification Package must ensure that it benefits those facing the most exclusion, such as racialised communities including the Roma, not only whether it lowers costs for property developers. The latest data from the Fundamental Rights Agency show the scale of Roma housing deprivation: 47% live in housing deprivation, 83% in overcrowded households, and 17% lack tap water indoors; 35% report…
This contribution looks at how EU rules and their national implementation can make housing projects slower, more expensive or harder to deliver. It brings together practical examples from the construction sector and shows where problems arise, from permitting and environmental procedures to product rules, procurement, finance and taxation. FIEC does not argue for weaker environmental or safety standards.
FEANTSA Working together to end Homelessness in Europe FEANTSA’s input to the consultation on Housing supply and affordability (regulatory simplification) The housing simplification package. Procedural & Contextual issues The housing simplification initiative, one of the actions proposed by the Commission in its Affordable Housing Plan, follows several steps of the Commission regarding the competitiveness agenda…
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Position Paper SGI Europe response to the Call for Evidence on the EU Housing Simplification Package ––– 30 September 2026 Introduction SGI Europe welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to prepare a Housing Simplification Package as announced in the European Affordable Housing Plan and as part of the broader EU agenda to reduce unnecessary regulatory and administrative burdens.
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Please find attached Glass for Europe's feedback regarding the upcoming initiative on housing simplification. It is organised around four themes: - Energy efficiency as a driver of affordability - Renovation as a means of increasing supply - Simplified funding schemes to support renovation and refurbishment - Simplified procedures for conversion and repurposing
The BAK supports the European Commission’s objective of making housing simpler, faster and more affordable. Simplification must not be equated with one-size-fits-all deregulation. What matters is where the burden arises: EU law, national transposition, enforcement or private standards. Changes should be made where avoidable costs, multiple proofs or delays are justified.
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RICS position on the Housing supply and affordability call for evidence RICS is a global professional body promoting and enforcing the highest international standards in the valuation, management, and development of land, real estate, construction, and infrastructure.
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Housing affordability requires a life-cycle perspective Feedback to the Call for evidence regarding Housing supply and affordability ZVEI supports the European Commission's objective of increasing housing supply and affordability. How-ever, regulatory simplification must not be confused with deregulation. Europe needs less bureaucracy, not less ambition.
30.9.2026 Housing supply and affordability (regulatory simplification) Finnish Property Owners Rakli (Transparency Register id 727236253172-92) is association of Finland’s most prominent owners of residential and commercial properties and infrastructure, property investors, largest cities in Finland, as well as construction clients. Our members include both private and public sector entities.
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Administrative response from the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Consultation Response The Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the European Commission’s call for evidence regarding the forthcoming Housing Simplification Package. General remarks Housing market challenges vary across regions.
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Efficient Buildings Europe's full contribution can be found attached. Below, a summarised version. Energy and water efficiency technologies are already available and can play a central role in lowering bills, improving living conditions and increasing the supply of affordable housing.
ASVAL (Association of Rental Housing Owners, Spain) supports the simplification of administrative burdens and delays that hinder the development and renovation of long-term rental housing, without lowering safety, quality, environmental or social standards.
UIPI welcomes the Commission's decision to examine how EU legislation affects housing supply and affordability. The Housing Simplification Package can make an important contribution if it addresses not only individual administrative obligations but also the cumulative regulatory environment confronting those who build, own, renovate and provide housing.
ICLEI Europe welcomes the European Commissions initiative for a Housing Simplification Package (HSP) to reduce the administrative complexity, costs, delays, and uncertainty that can constrain housing delivery. From the perspective of cities and regions, simplification should not mean building more and faster at the expense of environmental, social and quality standards.
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), an alliance of over 70 member organisations working for better health through a healthier environment has great concerns that this consultation is part of efforts to deregulate key health protective environmental legislation and slow down the much-needed stronger implementation and enforcement of EU environmental and climate legislation.
In response to the European Commission’s consultation, Lush would like to make an initial contribution and question the methodology and objectives of this approach. European laws and regulations are already subject to devaluation mechanisms, including calls for evidence and public consultations, which the Commission takes into account when preparing proposals for revision.
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ANCE welcomes the European Commissions initiative on the Housing Simplification Package. It is considered essential that simplification measures help facilitate affordable housing delivery while safeguarding the economic and financial viability of housing projects, and fair competition. The observations concern procurement, VAT and environmental legislation.
The European Federation of Premanufactured Building (EFV) welcomes the Commission's call for evidence on the Housing Simplification Package. The housing shortage results from a structurally constrained supply side: industrial capacity exists, but the framework conditions prevent it from being deployed.
The European Union needs more than two million additional homes a year, and the vast majority of the building, renovation and installation work needed to deliver them is carried out by small and micro construction enterprises. In construction, 99.9% of enterprises are SMEs and 94% are micro-enterprises.
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No simplification in the area of housing without taking into account its effects on forest management, forestry and harvesting work. The forestry sector supports the objective of simplification pursued by the European Commission.
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The Phosphorus, Inorganic and Nitrogen (PIN) Flame Retardants Association, pinfa, supports the industry and stakeholder position (1) that housing simplification is synergistic with harmonised safety requirements.
The German Building Materials Association (BBS) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to review regulatory burdens affecting housing construction and to reduce costs, delays and administrative burdens. You will find our detailed feedback in the attached file.
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REGIÃO AUTÓNOMA DA MADEIRA GOVERNO REGIONAL SECRETARIA REGIONAL DAS FINANÇAS DIREÇÃO REGIONAL DOS ASSUNTOS EUROPEUS ASSUNTO: Contributo da Região Autónoma da Madeira no âmbito do convite à apreciação: Oferta e acessibilidade dos preços da habitação (simplificação regulamentar) A Região Autónoma da Madeira identifica alguns constrangimentos com impacto na complexidade administrativa, nos prazos e nos custos…
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Estonia agrees that reducing the regulatory burden and removing barriers to housing development, both at European Union and national level, are among the keys to improving access to quality and affordable housing. We can support the reduction of administrative burdens, the review of the existing regulatory framework and, where necessary, the modernisation to reduce barriers in the housing market.
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ClientEarth welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Call for Evidence on the Housing Simplification Package and calls on the Commission to ensure that housing policy addresses the structural factors of the housing crisis and protects the environmental and building standards that safeguard EU citizens wellbeing.
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The Architects Council of Europe (ACE), representing over 600,000 architects across Europe, welcomes the Commissions intention to adopt a Housing Simplification Package. ACE recalls that regulatory simplification must strictly avoid deregulation or a lowering of safety, environmental, and spatial standards.
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ANERR (Asociación Nacional de Empresas de Rehabilitación y Reforma) is a Spanish association that represents and supports companies and professionals in the building renovation, renovation and improvement sector. ANERR works to boost the professionalisation and quality of the sector’s business fabric, promoting good practices, training and criteria that help ensure reliable and quality actions.
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Housing Simplification Package Evidence from the city of Leuven The European Commission has launched an open call for evidence on the future Housing Simplification Package . The Package wants t o accelerate the supply of affordable, sustainable and quality housing , as part of The European Affordable Housing Plan .
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Eingabe der BAUINDUSTRIE zur Konsultation der Europäischen Kommission zum „Housing Simplification Package“ Stand: 29.09.2026 Die BAUINDUSTRIE begrüßt die Initiative der Europäischen Kommission, im Rahmen des Europäischen Plans für bezahlbaren Wohnraum ein Housing Simplification Package vorzulegen.
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The German Savings Banks Association (DSGV) welcomes the Commissions objective of reducing unnecessary regulatory and administrative barriers to housing construction and renovation. Simplification should reduce costs and delays while preserving financial stability and balancing safety, quality and climate resilience.
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Concerning: Integration of regulatory simplification measures with supporting financial instruments Introduction of ‘Basic Rate Mutui’ in the European Affordable Housing Plan. Text of the comment: The package’s approach to regulatory simplification of housing to increase housing supply and affordability is strongly welcomed.
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CEMR, the largest association representing local and regional governments (LRG) across Europe, welcomes the possibility to provide input to the European Housing Simplification Act. While housing requires European attention, measures need to be adaptable to each Member State and the principle of subsidiarity must be respected.
The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) is the voice of Europes listed real estate companies, their investors, and suppliers. With more than 290 members covering the entire spectrum of the listed real estate industry, EPRA represents 1.049 tln EUR worldwide and 765 Bln EUR in Europe only. EPRAs mission is to promote, develop and represent the European publicly listed real estate sector.
Brüssel, 28. September 2026 Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer Stellungnahme EU-Konsultation zum Vereinfachungspaket zum Wohnraum Wir bedanken uns für die Gelegenheit Stellung zur EU-Sondierung zum Vereinfachungspaket zum Wohnraum der Europäischen Kommission zu nehmen. A.
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We, the Deutsche Studentwerk e.V. (DSW), take a position here as the umbrella organisation for the 57 student unions in Germany. Student unions are an essential and indispensable guarantor of the German higher education system.
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The Entrepreneurs propose targeted simplification measures. They also call for better consistency between regulations, in order to avoid requirements that vary from one text to another and increase the administrative burden for businesses. Their proposals are structured around seven messages: 1. Let the choice of technical solutions be made.
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The position paper attached presents Eurocities recommendations for the Housing Simplification Package. Drawing on the practical experience of cities, it identifies opportunities to simplify the application of selected EU legislation, funding and knowledge-sharing initiatives, as well as governance and administrative procedures affecting housing delivery in practice.
VELUX Feedback on the European Commission's Call for Evidence on the Housing Simplification Package VELUX welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the upcoming Housing Simplification Package. Europe's housing crisis requires urgent action to ensure Europeans have access to affordable, sustainable and healthy homes.
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The current housing crisis is weighing on budgets, access to housing and the quality of life of many Europeans. Particularly in energy-inefficient buildings, high energy and operating costs represent a significant financial burden.
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Simplifying building permits should help increase housing supply without reducing safety, quality or public accountability. The European Council of Engineers Chambers (ECEC) proposes a system based on qualified professionals, recognised competences, digitalisation and proportionate controls. Simplification does not mean less technical control, but better and more efficient control. 1.
LEG Immobilien SE is one of Germany's leading listed residential property companies, with around 171,000 rental homes and 500,000 residents. Around one fifth of its portfolio is publicly subsidised; its average rent is approximately EUR 7 per square metre. As a provider of housing for people on low and middle incomes, LEG must balance investment in its existing buildings with affordability for tenants.
Municipalities and provinces play a pivotal role in accelerating construction of affordable and sustainable housing. However, they encounter EU legislation that causes delays or increases costs. In many cases, the issue does not lie in the objectives of these rules, but rather in the way they operate in practice for housing development.
The Villaägarna Riksförbund (Villaägarna Riksförbund), Position on Housing supply and affordability (regulatory simplification) 29.9.2026 The Villaägarna Riksförbund (Villaägarna Riksförbund) supports the EU’s objective of reducing unnecessary administrative burdens linked to housing, construction and renovation.
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VIVA Alliance welcomes the Commissions examination of ways to reduce the burdens and delays that hinder the construction and refurbishment of affordable housing. However, the empirical data analysed for Spain show that the crisis is structural and is not due to a mere shortfall in aggregate supply.
This contribution sets out FIECs proposals for the Housing Simplification Package, based on input from its member federations. It examines how EU rules and their implementation can delay housing projects and increase costs. FIEC calls for simpler permitting procedures, with less duplication between environmental assessments and better coordination among the authorities involved.
The Association of Finnish Cities and Municipalities (AFCM) is a national organisation with all 308 municipalities and cities in Finland as its members. Finnish municipalities have extensive responsibilities for public basic services, including education, employment and economic development, environmental matters, and technical infrastructure.The views in the attached document are mainly based on role of local…
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FEICA welcomes the European Commissions efforts to increase the supply of affordable, sustainable and high-quality housing across Europe. Regulatory simplification can support this objective by facilitating renovation and refurbishment, enabling innovative and industrialised construction methods, improving regulatory predictability and reducing unnecessary administrative burdens.
F re i e u n d H a n s e s t a d t H a m bu rg Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen Stellungnahme zur Konsultation „Vereinfachungspaket zum Wohnraum“ (Housing Simplification Package) der EU-Kommission Ref. Ares(2026)6597089 - 29/09/2026 Das „Housing simplification package“ bildet einen der wesentlichen Bausteine der zehn Handlungsschwerpunkte aus dem Europäischen Plan für erschwinglichen Wohnraum.
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The European Impact Housing Network (EIHN) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to identify barriers affecting the delivery of affordable housing across Europe. From the perspective of a transnational network of housing providers, impact investors and system enablers, simplification should not only reduce administrative burdens, but also create the conditions for a more coherent European ecosystem for impact…
The German insurance industry welcomes The European Commissions commitment to addressing Europes housing crisis and its aim to achieve regulatory simplification through the Housing Simplification Package. As key stakeholders and investors in Europes long-term resilience, the industry stands as a reliable partner to support investment, facilitate construction and safeguard insurability in the housing sector.
We welcome the European Commissions Call for Evidence on the Housing Simplification Package. The review of existing European regulations provides an important opportunity to remove barriers to the creation and modernisation of housing, whilst at the same time improving coherence between housing policy objectives and the European regulatory framework.
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The housing crisis needs a rapid response from all administrations. However, a proper analysis must be carried out to enable the appropriate decisions to be taken. In the particular case of Spain, less housing is built (90.000 per year, according to data from the Ministry of Housing) than households that are created (more than 200.000, according to the National Institute of Statistics – INE).
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The Federation for the Development of Housing Cooperatives (FRSM) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to simplify the regulatory framework affecting housing supply and affordability. From the perspective of housing cooperatives, affordability should be assessed over the entire life cycle of a dwelling and should include not only the initial investment cost or rent, but also energy, maintenance, renovation…
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CEI-Bois welcomes the European Commissions intention to make regulatory simplification a central component of its response to the housing affordability crisis. Increasing the supply of new and renovated housing requires a regulatory framework that reduces unnecessary complexity, delays and costs while preserving high standards of safety, environmental performance and quality.
The Conseil supérieur du notariat, the French national body for notaries, is keen to take part in the European debate on housing. Every day, the 17.536 notaries are the authors and guardians of the contracts between buyers and sellers for all private real estate transactions in France.
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PROPUESTAS PARA LA C.E. PAQUETE DE SIMPLIFICACIÓN DE VIVIENDA HOUSING SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY (REGULATORY SIMPLIFICATION) 1. CONTEXTO Y PROBLEMA ESTRUCTURAL. Actualmente existe una situación de carácter estructural en la que una gran mayoría de población tiene serias dificultades, por no decir imposibilidad, de acceso a una vivienda digna de manera estable, bien en régimen de propiedad o en alquiler, tanto en…
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Housing Supply and Affordability WE DATA EUROPE’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON THE REGULATORY SIMPLIFICATION FOR HOUSING SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY OUR RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Use metered-based EPCs to better target buildings renovations The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 1 already allows, under Annex I, the use of metered energy consumption data in the calculation of Energy…
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Introduction The European Disability Forum is an independent NGO that represents the interests of 100 million Europeans with disabilities. EDF is a unique platform which brings together representative organisation of persons with disabilities from across Europe. EDF is run by persons with disabilities and their families. We are a strong, united voice of persons with disabilities in Europe.
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The Observatorio para la Rehabilitación de las Instalaciones Eléctricas en la Vivienda en España (OREVE) considers that the Housing Simplification Package should address not only the construction of new housing, but also the capacity of the existing residential stock to contribute to greater availability of adequate and affordable housing.
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Vonovia welcomes the European Commission’s initiative for a Housing Simplification Package. From the perspective of a large European housing company, there is significant potential to simplify existing procedures in such a way that investments in affordable, sustainable and high-quality housing can be implemented more quickly and cost-effectively, without lowering existing protection and quality objectives.
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INREV welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a Housing Simplification Package and supports its objective of reducing unnecessary burdens and costs to increase the supply of affordable, sustainable and high-quality housing across the EU. Simplification should improve delivery while preserving environmental objectives, financial stability, tenant protection and local competence over housing policy.
SmartEn strongly welcomes the Commissions housing simplification package as a timely opportunity to tackle Europes dual challenge: decarbonising our building stock while expanding home availability. However, to truly succeed, simplification must look beyond administrative streamlining and adopt a wide-lens approach to the key enablers of building transformation.
COMENTARIOS DEL GOBIERNO DE CANARIAS A LA CONVOCATORIA DE DATOS RELATIVA A LA SIMPLIFICACIÓN NORMATIVA DE LA OFERTA Y LA ASEQUIBILIDAD DE LA VIVIENDA La simplificación norma va impulsada por la Comisión Europea cons tuye una oportunidad para reducir las cargas administra vas que afectan a la oferta de vivienda.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
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Europe's housing challenges demand effective action. Simplification can help improve housing availability and affordability by removing barriers to renovation and vacancy conversion. However, simplification should not sacrifice health and environmental standards to blindly boost new construction; this is detrimental. Simply boosting new construction will not address the roots of the housing crisis.
Call for evidence: Housing simplification package Affordable housing in the EU must be understood as a combination of fair rental costs, stable ownership conditions, and manageable living expenses. A central factor in this equation is energy affordability. Low energy costs are essential for both tenants and homeowners, enabling financial stability and reducing the risk of energy poverty.
In response to the European Commission initiative Housing supply and affordability regulatory simplification, ZMOS highlights procedural, financial and regulatory barriers affecting housing delivery and renovation. A key principle is to distinguish between EU requirements, burdens arising from national implementation, and purely national or local obstacles.
SEFA encourages the Commission to consider simplification not only at the level of individual regulatory requirements, but across the full delivery system in the housing sector.For social and affordable housing providers, municipalities and other delivery actors, complexity often results from the interaction between EU requirements, national implementation, additional local rules and gaps in the operational…
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While the European Commissions initiative addresses a pressing urban challenge across Europe, its regulatory simplification intentions should also consider the structural realities of Eastern European housing supply, the characteristics of housing stock and housing affordability in relation with quality of life.
The European Builders Confederation (EBC), representing construction SMEs and craft trades, welcomes the Commission's Call for Evidence on the Housing Simplification Package and supports its central premise: housing supply is constrained not by the objectives of EU legislation but by the accumulation, fragmentation and unpredictability of the requirements pursuing them.
U.Di.Con. APS welcomes the European Commission’s initiative on the housing simplification package, recognising the need to take action on the housing crisis affecting millions of European families and young people and to make the system of procedures in the building sector simpler, faster and more efficient.
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High inflation, coupled with the current economic environment and the current level of interest rates (an increase in key interest rates in June and larger increases to be expected), increases the need for affordable housing.
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ES-SO Reaction to the Affordable Housing Simplification Package Affordable Housing must also mean Affordable Living ES-SO welcomes the European Commission's efforts to address Europe's housing affordability crisis by reducing regulatory complexity, accelerating permitting procedures and facilitating the delivery of affordable and sustainable housing.
Konsultationsprozess der Europäischen Kommission für eine Folgenabschätzung des Vereinfachungspakets zum Wohnraum ________________________________________ Empfehlungen des Deutschen Verbands für Wohnungswesen, Städtebau und Raumordnung e.V. (DV) Berlin, September 2026 Hintergrund Die Europäische Kommission hat am 16. Dezember 2025 den Europäischen Plan für erschwinglichen Wohnraum vorgelegt.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Techem welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the housing simplification package and supports the ambition of the European Commission to enhance affordable energy and housing, decarbonisation, and system resilience.
Techem welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the housing simplification package and supports the ambition of the European Commission to enhance affordable energy and housing, decarbonisation, and system resilience.
In the view of the German Rural District Council, a revision of the requirements of the Habitats Directive is particularly necessary in order to enable the creation of new housing or the renovation of existing housing (see Annex).
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Mindful of the work and considerations in the context of the Strategy on Affordable Housing, the French Building Federation welcomes the European Commission’s desire to simplify European regulations that have an impact on the construction and renovation of housing. In its various contributions since 2025, the BTF has already called for the multiple constraints on the housing sector to be reduced.
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The Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) welcomes the European Commission initiative to gather views on possible measures to be considered in order to simplify existing legislation, processes and procedures to accelerate the supply of affordable housing while respecting wider policy goals.
Response to the call for evidence Housing: A simplification that works for consumers September 2026 Why it matters to consumers Housing has become one of the top concerns for European consumers, and for good reason: decent, safe and affordable homes are increasingly out of reach. The issue is straightforward: supply of this kind of housing is failing to meet demand.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
This contribution analyses the Italian housing crisis in the framework of the European Affordable Housing Plan and the Housing Simplification Package, with a particular focus on the role of local authorities and the profound differences between territories.
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Creating affordable housing, and property in particular, is one of the key socio-political challenges of our time. Especially in regions such as Tyrol, where the available settlement space is limited due to geographical and topographical conditions, all screws must be turned to support the creation of property.
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EU Transparency Register number: REG 7968507105087-48 About the contributor MOME is a Porto-based residential development platform, promoter of COLETIVA - a cooperative housing platform structured as a collective-ownership cooperative combined with a right of housing use, aligned with the SFDR Regulation (Article 9) and the EU Taxonomy.
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European Aluminium welcomes the European Commission's call for evidence on the Housing Simplification Package. As an ecosystem deeply committed to delivering high-performance, sustainable, and durable building envelopes, we strongly support the objective of reducing regulatory burdens, accelerating construction and renovation, and lowering unnecessary costs that ultimately affect housing supply and affordability.
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CDP is the Italian National Promotional Institution, with total assets above 450bn. CDP Group has been financing solutions for affordable housing since 2010 in partnership with CDPs minority shareholders, i.e. banking foundations.
Build Europe welcomes the Commissions initiative to prepare a Housing Simplification Package. Europes affordability crisis is driven primarily by an insufficient supply of new homes. Increasing delivery requires investment and a simpler, faster and more predictable regulatory framework. The cumulative effect of EU, national and local rules delays projects and raises costs.
WorldGBCs Europe Regional Network (ERN) consists of 24 European Green Building Councils and six regional industry partners. We provide a vital connection between national policymakers and thousands of member organisations across the built environment value chain.
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The municipal umbrella and regional associations from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg support the simplification package planned by the European Commission to facilitate the creation of affordable housing. Importantly: Housing policies are implemented in the Member States. The EU must strictly respect the principle of subsidiarity.
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TNO herewith would like to provide additional contributions on the stated questions how to reduce delays and costs that affect housing supply and affordability and make some suggestions for increasing productivity in construction and renovation. Provide methods for a shorter, continues and predictable plan-phase in residential development projects (ref.
EuroWindoor welcomes the European Commissions objective to reduce regulatory and administrative burdens affecting housing supply and affordability. The feedback calls for better coordination between EU rules, simpler digital permitting and documentation and practical solutions that reflect the capacity of SMEs.
ANEC welcomes the European Commission's initiative to identify opportunities for reducing unnecessary administrative burdens affecting housing supply and affordability. However, simplification should not come at the expense of consumer protection, safety, accessibility, housing quality or environmental performance. The full ANEC position paper is attached and provides detailed recommendations.
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The Association of German Public Insurers welcomes the European Commissions objective of removing unnecessary regulatory and administrative burdens on the construction and renovation of housing. Faster approval procedures, better coordination between administrative levels and the removal of overlapping regulation can help reduce costs and increase the supply of housing.
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Our most important simplification proposals are closely aligned with EAPB's position paper and encompass the following: - preserve housing project eligibility under InvestEU, - reconsider earmarking of housing under the new MFF; include housing as an explicit Union Action under the EU Facility, with a dedicated budget, - include NPBIs, particularly pillar-assessed ones, as direct operators/distributors of EU funds…
The Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) welcomes the European Commissions Call for Evidence on the forthcoming Housing Simplification Package and strongly supports the Commissions objective of identifying opportunities to simplify legislation affecting housing while respecting environmental protection, building safety, public participation and other wider policy objectives. Please see our response attached.
perspective.brussels is the regional centre of expertise for regional and territorial development in Brussels. In its statement, Perspective invites the Commission in its future Housing Simplification Package to recognise that housing delivery depends as much on spatial planning practices, governance capacity and land policies, as on faster permitting procedures.
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The City of Stockholm welcomes the Housing Simplification Package. Stockholm needs around 5,000 housing starts per year but currently reaches about 2,500 due to legal, financial and structural challenges. Stockholm strongly supports the ambition and objectives set out in EU climate, energy and environmental law.
ENILs response to the call for evidence for the Housing Simplification Package welcomes the European Unions efforts to simplify administrative procedures and reduce unnecessary bureaucracy in the housing sector.
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Firstly, it should be emphasized that housing first and foremost remains a competence of the Member States. While the European Commissions efforts to achieve greater clarity within the framework of EU legislation are generally welcomed, it is essential that the principle of subsidiarity is fully respected. The City of Vienna is internationally regarded for its social and affordable housing model.
The Conference of Building Ministers is the permanent working group of ministers and senators responsible for urban development, construction and housing in the 16 German Länder. At their meeting in September 2026, they adopted this common position on the simplification package (see attached).
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The housing crisis in Europe demands immediate and effective action. While the European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) takes an important step in the right direction, it falls short of advancing the paradigm shift necessary to transform the housing sector.
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MatosinhosHabit MH, E.M., as the municipal body responsible for the promotion and management of public housing, considers that simplifying the rules applicable to the supply of housing could make a significant contribution to reducing investment implementation times and the associated administrative burden, without undermining the objectives of transparency, sustainability, quality and social protection.
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Private housing finance and lending are as decisive for affordability as building land, permitting and public funding. EU rules on energy efficiency, banking regulation, sustainability, construction products and lending pursue legitimate aims but, taken together, can raise costs and constrain lending.
We welcome this assessment as an opportunity to identify where implementation gaps, not the substance of the rules themselves, prevent citizens and Member States from reaping the full benefits of building renovation and affordable housing policy. Simplification should improve the quality, coherence and predictability of planning instruments, not remove requirements that make housing policy socially effective.
Housing Simplification Package. CECU’s Contribution Our position on reducing and simplifying barriers to housing construction is that, to increase housing affordability, we must make use of vacant buildings and regulate the rental market.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
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Cler localises this call for evidence to identify gaps in the implementation of the EU and national regulatory framework (not the content of the rules themselves), which prevent citizens and Member States from reaping the full benefits of building renovation and affordable housing policy.
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As Knauf we welcome the European Commissions Housing Simplification Package and broader European Affordable Housing Plan as an important opportunity to address Europes housing shortage while supporting decarbonisation, affordability and resilience. We are convinced that simplification should focus on removing real delivery bottlenecks without weakening key legislation already agreed and now being implemented.
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The CNSBII Corpo Nazionale Sentinelle Bacini Idrografico Italiani (National Sentinel Body for Italian Hydrographic Basins) has submitted technical observations on the housing simplification package, with particular reference to the relationship between authorisation procedures, different levels of regulation and environmental checks.
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The WKÖ supports the European simplification package in principle, but calls for a comprehensive approach: Housing is set to become cheaper and faster through digital and streamlined procedures, faster permitting, less duplication, proportionate energy and environmental requirements, mobilisation of the building stock, and better financing conditions.
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The WKÖ supports the European simplification package in principle, but calls for a comprehensive approach: Housing is set to become cheaper and faster through digital and streamlined procedures, faster permitting, less duplication, proportionate energy and environmental requirements, mobilisation of the building stock, and better financing conditions.
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ENIL welcomes efforts to simplify administrative procedures and reduce unnecessary bureaucracy in the housing sector. We recognise that lengthy and complex procedures can delay housing projects, increase costs and make it more difficult to respond to the housing crisis. At the same time, simplification should not come at the expense of accessibility.
BARCELONA METROPOLITAN AREA CONTRIBUTION The new European regulatory simplification framework should ensure the streamlined delivery of social and affordable housing, while safeguarding the long-term preservation of this affordable housing stock. In other words, these homes should never be allowed to revert to the open market.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
The Polish Association of Developers (PZFD) is the largest organisation of developers in Poland. It brings together 340 leading residential developers, as well as companies building hotels, offices, shopping centres and car parks. For 25 years PZFD has taken part in the public debate on the regulatory framework for construction and has carried out analytical work on the development process.
Plastics Europe strongly supports the European Commissions Housing Simplification Package under the European Affordable Housing Plan to tackle the housing crisis by lowering costs and boosting construction productivity. High-performing polymer applications are essential for delivering energy-efficient, affordable housing, particularly as key enablers of modern modular and offsite construction.
The European Affordable Housing Plan and the forthcoming Housing Simplification Package respond to a real and urgent need: Europe must deliver more housing, faster and more affordably. As a coalition of fire and life safety organisations, we support this objective, but its success will depend on a simple principle: simplification must improve the delivery of housing, not weaken its protection.
Hansgrohe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing call for evidence on the Housing Simplification Package, which aims to accelerate the supply of affordable, sustainable and quality housing in response to growing concerns over housing availability and affordability across Europe.
Climate Strategy (CS) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Call for Evidence for an Impact Assessment: Housing simplification package (*full contribution in PDF available for download). In its first half, the CS submission draws on a comparative evidence analysis covering the 18 EU MS' draft NBRPs currently submitted, EC assessments of those plans, and the renovation-finance practices of the two largest…
Contribution FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ANDALUSIA TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Impact assessment of the “European Housing Simplification Package” Proposals to amend and simplify EU legislation with an impact on housing supply and affordability Introduction The Regional Government of Andalusia welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to assess the cumulative impact of EU legislation on housing production.
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The National Real Estate Stock (KZN) supports the European Commissions efforts to simplify the process of preparing and implementing housing investments. From KZNs perspective, the main barrier is not a single legal provision, but the lack of coherence of the entire process: from the identification and acquisition of land, through planning, provision of infrastructure, financing and public procurement, to obtaining…
The Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring (CoGDEM EU) wishes to submit the attached joint position paper (published earlier this year together with all co-signatories) on the forthcoming Housing Simplification Package.
Harghita County Build Wood Initiative as a Good Practice When preparing the Housing Simplification Package, it is worth considering Harghita County Build Wood Initiative, the institutional basis of which dates back more than a decade.
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Lviv Agglomeration welcomes the European Commission's initiative to improve housing supply and affordability. Lviv Agglomeration brings together 13 municipalities with a population of around 1.1 million people. Our experience shows that housing policy cannot be effectively addressed within the administrative borders of one city.
The EU's regulatory framework for environment and land use (SEA/EIA Directives, the Nature Restoration Law, and the Soil Monitoring Law) was designed with legitimate environmental goals in mind. However, as currently drafted and implemented, these frameworks impose overlapping assessments, rigid principles, and disproportionate administrative burdens on the construction sector.
The House of the Dutch Provinces (HNP), het Interprovinciaal Overleg (IPO) and the Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG) call for a targeted European simplification agenda for affordable housing. Simplifying and clarifying EU legislation can increase investment capacity, shorten procedures and facilitate innovative solutions.
Construction products are currently governed by a complex framework of product, energy, chemicals, waste, procurement and sustainability legislation. While each framework pursues legitimate objectives, their interaction often creates duplication, inconsistent requirements and legal uncertainty.
Positionspapier zum EU-Plan für erschwinglichen Wohnraum Der Mangel an bezahlbarem Wohnraum ist eine der drängendsten sozialen Fragen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Deshalb müssen die gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen für das Bauwesen wieder so gestaltet werden, dass Neu- und Bestandsbauten den Bedarf an bezahlbarem Wohnraum decken können.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
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The principal delays experienced by our members arise from national administrative procedures and regulatory barriers rather than from EU environmental legislation. 2. Have national authorities added extra steps on top of what an EU directive actually requires? Yes.
In order to ensure an effective enforcement of the "Housing First" Principle, enshrined in the European Affordable Housing Plan as well as the "Think Small First" concept from the SME Relief Package, the Services Directive 2006/123 should immediately be amended as follows; * Licenses for housing construction and renovation should not take more than 3 months, including all permits and formalities.
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We welcome this initiative as a valuable contribution to the European housing debate. By articulating a coherent framework at EU level, it offers Member States a broader reference point for aligning national housing policy with shared European values, particularly regarding access to affordable and adequate housing.
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SoHoNet welcomes the European Commission's initiative to identify regulatory barriers to affordable housing. Our experience in Brussels shows that housing supply is often constrained less by EU legislation itself than by fragmented implementation across different levels of government. The priority is therefore not deregulation, but greater coherence, proportionality and predictability. 1.
We are a company innovating in the built environment-offsite/modular construction, digital/BIM permitting, circular and low-carbon materials, and energy retrofit-established in Bulgaria (EU) with R&D in Israel. We see the single market both as an EU actor and a non-EU innovator scaling into it. We welcome the Package.
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It is true that the EU is addressing the issue of housing. However, it is important not to further complicate the already over-regulated construction of housing in most countries. Priority should be given to new construction methods with serial and, above all, fast construction times. For some state or cooperative contracting authorities, technical and sub-lot awards are still mandatory.
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Our target is to build fast and affordable. The way to build is in every country different. By using factory made solutions ( concrete or wood element solutions ) it is possible to speed up the building time and secure the quality of made construction and apartments.
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The EC should come up with a Code of Administrative Best Practices on housing, given that competences on the matter mainly lie with regional and local authorities. For example, local authorities should grant a 3-month deadline and a positive administrative silence to small housing projects of less than 5 million in investment, such as renovating a building or changing the use of a given property.
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1. The Invisible Digital Chokepoint of Physical Housing European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) properly targets the administrative complexity, multi-level regulatory layering, and low productivity paralyzing the construction ecosystem. However, a significant blind spot remains: modern industrial construction is no longer just a localized matter of brick and mortar.
Feedback on: Housing supply and affordability (regulatory simplification) As Director of a Portuguese real estate company focused on the acquisition, renovation, and rental of affordable residential housing, I welcome the European Commissions effort to simplify the rules around housing development. Our work is centred on creating decent, affordable homes for working people and families.
Please find attached, and also linked below, the EAPB's position paper on Housing Simplification and Finance. It identifies the EU legislation that National Promotional Banks and Institutions (NPBIs), the leading public financiers of social and affordable housing in Europe, consider most relevant, and sets out a number of proposals for improvement. https://eapb.eu/component/attachments/attachments.html?id=3829
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The current housing affordability crisis across Europe is fundamentally a supply-side challenge that requires structural reforms rather than isolated interventions. While demographic changes, urbanisation, financing conditions, and construction costs all contribute to rising housing prices, one of the most significant barriers to increasing housing supply remains the cumulative regulatory burden affecting housing…
One of the most significant examples of the impact of European legislation on housing supply in France is the implementation of the Energy Performance Diagnostic (EPD), in the context of the European objectives of decarbonising the building stock and achieving climate neutrality.
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The initiative correctly identifies that administrative complexity and fragmented regulation contribute to delays, uncertainty and increased housing costs. However, based on my experience contributing to Estonias BIM-based digital building permitting ecosystem, chairing the EU BIM Task Group, serving on the Board of Directors of buildingSMART International, and supporting European initiatives on digital construction…
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The Housing Simplification Package should not only address regulatory simplification, but also the simplification of compliance demonstration. With recognised technical documentation, digital construction databases and rule-based configurators with algorythms based on technical standards can help designers and contractors demonstrate compliance more efficiently while maintaining responsibility, safety and quality.
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