Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund

[X1Section 1 U.K. Eligibility of expenditure on housing

[F1Article 47 U.K. Interventions in the field of housing

1. In determining areas referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006, Member States shall take into consideration at least one of the following criteria:

(a) a high level of poverty and exclusion;

(b) a high level of long-term unemployment;

(c) precarious demographic trends;

(d) a low level of education, significant skills deficiencies and high dropout rates from school;

(e) a high level of criminality and delinquency;

(f) a particularly rundown environment;

(g) a low level of economic activity;

(h) a high number of immigrants, ethnic and minority groups, or refugees;

(i) a comparatively low level of housing value;

(j) a low level of energy performance in buildings.

[F22. Having regard to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006, expenditure for housing in favour of marginalized communities shall be eligible only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a) such housing investment is part of an integrated approach and support for housing interventions for marginalized communities takes place together with other types of interventions including interventions in the areas of education, health, social inclusion and employment;

(b) the physical location of such housing ensures spatial integration of these communities into mainstream society and does not contribute to segregation, isolation and exclusion.] ] ]

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