8 October 2020 Brussels, Belgium Stratos Paradias re-elected President of UIPI On 8 October 2020, Stratos Paradias was unanimously re-elected President of the International Union of Property Owners (UIPI) for a fifth four-year term. Mr. Paradias, a Supreme Court Lawyer from Athens, Greece, is the founder and President of the…
UIPI’s take on the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive September 2020 Brussels, Belgium As part of its broader Green Deal platform, the European Commission has listed the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive as one of its key objectives and priorities. The intention is to align taxation of energy…
UIPI gets involved in tackling energy poverty in Europe September 2020 Brussels, Belgium Around 50 million households in the European Union are estimated to be living in energy poverty, unable to afford the energy needed to adequately heat or cool their homes. It’s caused by a combination of factors including high energy costs, low household incomes and energy inefficient buildings and can have severe impacts on health and wellbeing. Energy poverty is recognised as a priority issue under the European Green Deal and the Clean Energy Package. The EU objectives are to collect better data on space cooling and summer overheating, the incorporation of gender, housing and regional differences in energy poverty measurement and policy and to compile and to evaluate best practices at the local level. Within this context, UIPI joins ENPOR, in order to investigate in a constructive manner how to tackle energy poverty in the European Private Rented Sector (PRS). Share of households in energy poverty in the…
UIPI PolicyHub UNDER THE MICROSCOPE RENT CONTROL IN CATALONIA Catalan Parliament passed on 9 September the Law on Urgent Measures for Rent Control, that comes into force on 22 September. The rule will be applied in the 60 Catalan municipalities with more than 20.000 inhabitants. Its aim is to limit rent increases, establishing that new contracts signed…
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