MakeRoom welcomes support from all Irish MEPs for Written Declaration on homelessness

December 17, 2010

MakeRoom welcomes the fact that all Irish MEPs have signed the European Parliament Written Declaration on an EU homelessness strategy which was adopted by the European Parliament on the 16th December 2010. Ireland is the first country with a 100 % support rate for this important cross-party initiative.

The adoption of the Written Declaration is very timely and coincides with the closing of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The European Parliament, as the only directly elected body of the European Union, sends out a strong political message that homelessness is an urgent issue affecting a growing share of individuals and families across Europe and an unacceptable violation of fundamental human rights. It calls upon the European Union and Member States to make concrete progress in the fight against homelessness and supports specific priorities for action.

See Written Declaration 61/2010 on an EU homelessness strategy