Petitions to the Chamber of Deputies

OBJECT : Cette initiative vise à renforcer la démocratie participative en permettant aux citoyens de s'exprimer régulièrement sur les questions d'intérêt public, et non uniquement lors des élections. Proposition Nous proposons que : - chaque citoyen ayant le droit de vote soit tenu de participer à un vote hebdomadaire sur les pétitions publiques éligibles ; - les votes puissent être exprimés par voie électronique, tout en garantissant des solutions accessibles aux personnes ne disposant pas d'un accès à Internet ; - chaque citoyen puisse voter « Pour », « Contre » ou « Abstention » pour chaque pétition ; - les résultats soient publiés de manière transparente et servent à déterminer les suites à donner aux pétitions, conformément aux dispositions légales ; - des exceptions soient prévues pour les personnes empêchées de participer pour des raisons légitimes.

OBJECT : This petition aims to invite the Government and the Chamber of Deputies to expand and institutionalize the "Logementsdësch" into a National Commission to Combat the Housing Crisis, which would meet monthly under the authority of the Prime Minister. In addition to the relevant ministries in this field (Housing, Home Affairs, Environment, and others), this Commission should bring together Syvicol, the Chamber of Employees (Chambre des Salariés), the Chamber of Skilled Trades (Chambre des Métiers), the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL), the Housing Observatory (Observatoire de l'habitat), the Real Estate Chamber (Chambre Immobilière), and NGOs active in consumer protection (ULC, Fondation pour l'accès au logement, Mieterschutz asbl). The responsibility of this Commission would be to develop, coordinate, and accelerate the implementation of a multi-year national response to the housing crisis, reporting on proposed measures and their progress to the Chamber of Deputies at least twice a year. Among the measures the Commission could consider are, among others: • The issuance of an annual public housing bond program of 500 million euros for 4 years, fully invested in the creation or acquisition of affordable housing. • A national target of 20% affordable housing. • Doubling the maximum amount of the state guarantee for housing loans in order to facilitate access to credit for first-time buyers.

OBJECT : The petitioners ask the Government and the Chamber of Deputies to introduce a moratorium, meaning a temporary ban, on the sale, promotion and use in places open to the public in Luxembourg of consumer smart glasses fitted with a camera or AI-based visual analysis. The moratorium would stay in place until a legal framework is adopted that effectively protects people who are filmed, recorded or analysed without their knowledge. Assistive technology used by blind, partially sighted or disabled people, and specialist professional equipment used for a defined purpose, would be excluded from the moratorium, including their use. The petitioners also ask the Government to press, at European Union level, for common rules that protect people from these devices.