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Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis

Effect
Adopted
Result
462 for · 142 against · 63 abstained roll call
Date
10 September 2025, 14:25
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0139
Dossier
2024/2120(INI)
Source
Committee report by Marcos Ros Sempere
Topics
EU budget & fundsJobs, social affairs & equalityEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
8 votes · 2 roll calls
Requested by
EPP (1 roll call) · Members (2 split votes, 1 separate vote)
Sitting
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Final vote
178281
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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.

Final vote: 462 for, 142 against, 63 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 7 parts of the text voted on separately (6 adopted, 1 rejected).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by 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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 35Against 0Abst. 1No vote 10 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 48Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 123Against 0Abst. 6No vote 7 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
RenewFor 53Against 5Abst. 9No vote 8 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.69
EPPFor 125Against 41Abst. 11No vote 11 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.56
ECRFor 58Against 13Abst. 2No vote 6 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.69
PatriotsFor 8Against 52Abst. 21No vote 4 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.46
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 1No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 12Against 6Abst. 12No vote 0 of 30Majority 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, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER 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, 89

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.

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).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria126200.40
Belgium154030.68
Bulgaria103130.57
Cyprus6000—
Czechia135300.43
Germany40411140.17
Denmark86010.36
Estonia4201—
Spain496230.79
Finland101130.75
France3933540.26
Greece152310.63
Croatia120001.00
Hungary811110.33
Ireland120021.00
Italy600790.84
Lithuania90110.85
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia7200—
Malta4011—
Netherlands149350.31
Poland435050.84
Portugal140430.67
Romania303000.86
Sweden511500.29
Slovenia8010—
Slovakia102120.65

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.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Sabine VERHEYEN GermanyEPPSpeeches110 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against

All votes on this decision, 8

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Paragraph 26 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘by establishing a link with the European Green Deal’ and ‘underlines, furthermore, the importance of promoting green procurement that sets environmental and social conditions;’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
2Paragraph 26 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted272 for, 380 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
3Separate vote on paragraph 35 Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: Members
Show the other 7 votesShow the other 5 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Paragraph 26 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted272 for, 380 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
3Separate vote on paragraph 35 Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: Members
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on recital O A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Considérant O Roll call322 for, 260 against, 82 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; separate: Members
5Separate vote on recital Z Counted446 for, 196 against, 17 abstained AdoptedRequested byseparate: Members
6Recital Y — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘to the fight against climate change and to the European Green Deal, as well as’ and ‘whereas the construction sector should adopt circular and regenerative models; whereas buildings account for around 40 % of EU energy use and 36 % of CO₂ emissions, making their decarbonisation through large-scale renovation essential; whereas rising housing and energy costs highlight the urgent need for affordable, public or not-for-profit housing and for deep renovation to reduce energy poverty; whereas such investment must support green, climate-friendly solutions and align with EU environmental objectives;’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
7Recital Y — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
8Final vote — text as a whole A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) Roll call462 for, 142 against, 63 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by EPP · split votes by Members (2) · separate votes by Members.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0139

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament adopted a resolution on the role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the housing crisis.

The text proposes measures to increase the supply of affordable housing, including revising fund regulations and adding new objectives.

It calls for specific duration criteria for housing investments in future EU funding and for housing projects to remain in public stock.

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This resolution addresses the EU housing crisis through cohesion policy, calling for doubled investment, new funding objectives, and support for affordable and social housing.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2120(INI) · Own-initiative report

The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis

Parliament adopted the text on 10 September 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 23 January 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 25 June 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 14 July 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 September 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: REGI · Author: Marcos ROS SEMPERE (S&D)

Connections

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

Show 12 connections: Running issue: Housing crisis · Other decisions of the part-session on REGI dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Housing crisis

Other decisions of the part-session on REGI dossiers

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Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/12
Official sources
Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis”. Decision, 10 September 2025. votingId 178281, document A-10-2025-0139, reference 2024/2120(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/12 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-09-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-09-10-12,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-09-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/12}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/12},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178281, document A-10-2025-0139, reference 2024/2120(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}