Adequate housing is also one of the safeguards for peace and security in Europe and elsewhere in the world. Homelessness is one of the ingredients for social exclusion. IUT aims at lifting questions on housing into the EU agenda. Housing and the labourmarked are closely linked together and on the EU level these two have to be seen as a whole. Housing should be included in one of the EU commissions.
Special measures have to be taken into action regarding countries in transition.