Decision

Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office

Effect: Adopted
Result: 480 for · 148 against · 20 abstained roll call
Date: 18 December 2024, 12:17–12:19
Kind: Resolution

More facts (9)

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Motion B-10-2024-0217
Dossier: 2024/3000(RSO)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 17 votes · 9 roll calls · 8 amendments
Requested by: The Left (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call) · ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 18 December 2024
Final vote: 171280

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Motion B-10-2024-0217
Dossier: 2024/3000(RSO)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 17 votes · 9 roll calls · 8 amendments
Requested by: The Left (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call) · ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 18 December 2024
Final vote: 171280

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (8 rejected) and 8 parts of the text voted on separately (8 rejected).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by The Left, Patriots and ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. **No vote**: in office that day, no position recorded. **Majority line**: the most common position. **Clear line**: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. **Cohesion**: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 14	Against 27	Abst. 1	No vote 4 of 46	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.46
Greens	For 49	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 124	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 74	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 77	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 161	Against 2	Abst. 2	No vote 23 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
ECR	For 43	Against 23	Abst. 4	No vote 10 of 80	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.42
Patriots	For 0	Against 69	Abst. 7	No vote 10 of 86	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.86
ESN	For 3	Against 19	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 25	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.80
No group	For 12	Against 8	Abst. 6	No vote 2 of 28	Majority line —	Clear line No line	Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 14

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

EPP line For · 2 voted against, 2 abstained of 165 who voted
Voted against (2)
- Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE Sweden
- Jens GIESEKE Germany
Abstained (2)
- Jessika VAN LEEUWEN Netherlands
- Sander SMIT Netherlands
Patriots line Against · 7 abstained of 76 who voted
Abstained (7)
- Jana NAGYOVÁ Czechia
- Jaroslav BŽOCH Czechia
- Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ Czechia
- Klara DOSTALOVA Czechia
- Ondřej KNOTEK Czechia
- Ondřej KOVAŘÍK Czechia
- Tomáš KUBÍN Czechia
ESN line Against · 3 voted for of 22 who voted
Voted for (3)
- Ivan DAVID Czechia
- Petar VOLGIN Bulgaria
- Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG Hungary

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)

Members' votes by country. **No vote**: in office that day, no position recorded. **Cohesion**: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	14	6	0	0	0.55
Belgium	12	6	0	4	0.50
Bulgaria	10	3	0	4	0.65
Cyprus	4	1	1	0	—
Czechia	8	5	7	1	0.10
Germany	62	19	4	11	0.59
Denmark	12	3	0	0	0.70
Estonia	5	1	0	1	—
Spain	42	10	0	8	0.71
Finland	9	4	0	2	0.54
France	36	42	0	3	0.31
Greece	10	4	4	3	0.33
Croatia	10	1	0	1	0.86
Hungary	6	8	0	7	0.36
Ireland	14	0	0	0	1.00
Italy	61	6	0	9	0.87
Lithuania	9	1	0	1	0.85
Luxembourg	5	1	0	0	—
Latvia	4	3	0	2	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	21	7	2	1	0.55
Poland	41	6	1	5	0.78
Portugal	16	4	0	1	0.70
Romania	27	1	1	4	0.90
Sweden	16	4	0	1	0.70
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	12	2	0	1	0.79

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. **Speeches**: how many times they took the floor. **Final vote**: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Javi LÓPEZ Spain	S&D	Speeches1	18 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 17

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Separate vote on paragraph 1, point a	Show of hands	Rejected
2	Separate vote on paragraph 1, point b	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Amendment 13 to paragraph 1, point c B10-0217/2024 – § 1, point c – Am 13	Roll call	192 for, 455 against, 4 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Separate vote on paragraph 1, point b	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Amendment 13 to paragraph 1, point c B10-0217/2024 – § 1, point c – Am 13	Roll call	192 for, 455 against, 4 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Separate vote on paragraph 1, point f	Show of hands	Rejected
5	Amendment 10 to paragraph 1, point h B10-0217/2024 – § 1, point h – Am 10	Roll call	130 for, 515 against, 4 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
6	Amendment 14 to paragraph 1, point h B10-0217/2024 – § 1, point h – Am 14	Roll call	191 for, 447 against, 8 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
7	Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point i	Show of hands	Rejected
8	Separate vote on paragraph 1, point m	Show of hands	Rejected
9	Amendment 11 to paragraph 1, point o B10-0217/2024 – § 1, point o – Am 11	Roll call	175 for, 452 against, 19 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
10	Amendment 16 to paragraph 1, after point p B10-0217/2024 – § 1, after point p – Am 16	Roll call	174 for, 450 against, 20 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ESN
11	Separate vote on paragraph 2	Show of hands	Rejected
12	Amendment 8 to recital B B10-0217/2024 – recital B – Am 8	Roll call	118 for, 495 against, 27 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
13	Amendment 9 to recital D B10-0217/2024 – recital D – Am 9	Roll call	77 for, 520 against, 52 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
14	Vote on text inserted after recital D	Show of hands	Rejected
15	Separate vote on recital E	Show of hands	Rejected
16	Amendment 12 to recital E B10-0217/2024 – recital E – Am 12	Roll call	202 for, 439 against, 8 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
17	Final vote — text as a whole B10-0217/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	480 for, 148 against, 20 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Patriots

Roll calls requested by The Left, Patriots, ESN.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2024-0217

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Parliament set up a special committee on the housing crisis in the European Union to propose solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing.

The committee will map housing needs, analyse policies, assess speculation and short-term rentals, and identify barriers to construction, among other tasks.

It will have 33 members and a 12-month term, starting from its constituent meeting, and must present a final report at the end.

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Parliament sets up a special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union to propose solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing, with 33 members and a 12-month term.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/3000(RSO) · Procedure type RSO

Setting up a special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office

Parliament adopted the text on 18 December 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee (done)
Committee work (done)
Tabled for plenary (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 18 December 2024 (done)
Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 9 connections: Running issue: Housing crisis · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Housing crisis

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/7
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office”. Decision, 18 December 2024. votingId 171280, document B-10-2024-0217, reference 2024/3000(RSO). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/7 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-12-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-12-18-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-12-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 171280, document B-10-2024-0217, reference 2024/3000(RSO). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}