Translation of "Wohnungsbereich" in English

In the field of housing, the policies have proved inadequate to meet the needs.

Administrative controls remain in place for energy and housing.

Changing working conditions have an influence on housing and vice versa.

By way of example, she mentioned the difficulties of finding accommodation, which hampered mobility.

But it is in the field of housing that the gap between needs and results is the widest.

Given the overall emphasis of this research review the principal concern is with residential differentiation.

Citizens however can get a parking license for their dwelling area for a very small fee.

In 2006, the first operating systems for buildings, homes and the residential sector were developed.

I worked in housing for 18 years and I am concerned that sufficient attention has not been paid to housing and energy, especially at construction time, as housing contributes significantly to carbon emissions.

Recently added to the policy is the additional 4% to be used in the area of housing for energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy that allows us to put more emphasis on this challenge.

Thirdly and lastly, urban renewal and re-housing - in times of natural disaster - make these measures eligible under the ERDF rules for housing investment subsidies.

Perhaps a European initiative to create a common infrastructure dealing specifically with accommodation issues could be of help here.

The implacable law of the markets applied to housing throws on to the streets millions of people - young people in particular - who are unable to find a stable job.

Such measures should be extended to all sectors in which serious inequalities are found, whether in education, healthcare, housing, access to goods and services, or any other area.

The report also established that some Member States are developing a more structural approach to exclusion in housing and homelessness.

Due to a lack of comparable data on homelessness, the Social Protection Committee's Indicators Sub-Group included in its working programme for 2008, among other plans, an analysis of the proportion of material poverty represented by housing, an analysis of the cost of housing as shown in the European study of income and living conditions, and further measures based on the study of the extent of homelessness in the European Union, which the Commission's services published in January 2007.

Some Member States are developing a more structural approach to housing exclusion and homelessness, looking at prevention and housing quality rather than mainly rough sleeping.

The billing, to occupants of buildings, of the costs of heating, air-conditioning and hot water, calculated in proportion to actual consumption, could contribute towards energy saving in the residential sector.

The fair aims both to inform and educate the general public and to highlight the potential savings achievable in the housing sector.

In this context it is important to underline that the desirability for Community action in the field of housing from the perspective of social exclusion was reiterated by the Community Housing Ministers in their final communiqué issued on the occasion of their 10th Informal Meeting which was held in Graz from 22-23 October 1998.

However, forcases of racial and ethnic discrimination this extends to the areas outside employment covered bythe Racial Equality Directive, with the exception of housing.

The separation between professional and private activities was not respected, use of corporate credit cards was unregulated, stamembers were unduly benefiting from residential accommodation, the equipment and furniture of the private homes of staff were financed by the agency, official cars were used by the staff not only for professional but also for private purposes, travel orders did not exist, mission expenses were paid without justification, etc. There was uncontrolled use of mobile phones for professional and private purposes and also abuse of taxi expenses for private purposes.