Election programme

2026

Action Points – Election Programme 2026–2030

  1. Senior-Friendly City

  • A dementia-friendly municipality that is easy to approach.
  • The neighbourhood serves as the starting point for assistance and support.
  • Personal contact for advisory and support questions.
  • Free public transport for seniors aged 67 and older with a city pass.
  • Adjustments and facilities that take potential limitations into account.
  1. Housing
  • Increase the availability of social rental housing for starters.
  • Support seniors by building suitable homes that enable them to move within the housing chain (e.g., knarrenhofjes).
  • Shopping centres and essential facilities must be reachable on foot.
  • Creative solutions for student housing.

  1. Care

  • A general practitioner, dentist, physiotherapist and pharmacy in every neighbourhood.
  • Affordable household assistance, tailored to individual needs.
  • Municipal services brought closer to residents by establishing local access points.
  • Prevention is better than cure: more focus on physical activity and fall-prevention.
  • Support for informal caregivers and volunteers.
  1. Safety
  • Improved street lighting and safe pavements suitable for rollators.
  • Assistance with digital skills for those who require it.
  • Ambulance, fire brigade or police must be able to respond within 15 minutes of a report.
  • Fall-prevention education in all neighbourhoods.
  • Professional support for neighbourhood-watch initiatives..
  1. Combating Poverty
  • Provide financial support to more residents by raising the 130% income-threshold measure to 150%.
  • Support organisations addressing both poverty and sustainability.
  • Additional assistance in cases of sudden rising expenses, such as energy costs.
  • Training programmes and employment initiatives aimed at creating jobs for vulnerable groups.
  • Abolition of the anonymous reporting hotline (“kliklijn”).
  1. Social Eindhoven
  • Community centres offering activities for all ages.
  • No waiting lists for sports clubs.
  • Youth coaches in schools and neighbourhoods, for example to help prevent obesity.
  • Active policy to engage seniors more frequently as volunteers in their neighbourhoods.
  • Enable sports and exercise programmes specifically for seniors.
  1. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Strengthen the focus on generating greater impact in local decision-making through the use of the SDGs.
  • Use the SDGs to enhance Eindhoven’s international profile.
  • Apply the SDGs to address existing crises in the city.
  • Reduce the negative environmental footprint of activities in Eindhoven through SDG-based measures.
  • Inform residents and stakeholders about progress and achieved results.
  1. Intergenerational Solidarity
  • Build housing where older and younger people can live together.
  • Cash payments must remain possible everywhere.
  • Ensure that people with disabilities can easily access essential institutions.
  • Create green meeting places in every neighbourhood.
  • Facilitate home-splitting for the benefit of children or grandchildren, and allow family members to live in converted auxiliary spaces such as garages.

       9. Tackling Loneliness

  • More benches in neighbourhoods to facilitate social encounters.
  • Encourage contact between neighbours.
  • Active attention for residents—young and old—who experience loneliness.
  • Use technology to maintain contact with family and friends.
  • Support initiatives aimed at strengthening social connectedness.
  1. Labour Market
  • Geen discriminatie van oudere werkzoekenden.
  • Meer opleidingen voor mensen die willen overstappen naar ander werk.
  • Iedereen verdient een eerlijke baan met een eerlijk salaris waarmee je je vaste lasten kunt betalen.
  • Koppel werkzoekende nieuwkomers en niet uitkeringsgerechtigden aan werknemers. 
  • Kansen van 55 plussers vergroten door Leven Lang Ontwikkelen (LLO)
  1. Brainport Development
  • Attention not only to technology but also to the social dimension.
  • Ideas and support for people who wish to continue living independently at home.
  • Strong focus on sustainability, including promoting environmentally friendly mobility (e.g., cable conduits in pavements for electric-vehicle charging and a social tariff for public charging stations).
  • Reduce the gap between rich and poor by strengthening connections between high-tech companies and social organisations and initiatives.
  • Organise public services in the broadest possible sense.
  1. Dialogue With Residents
  • Measure how quickly the municipality responds to questions from residents.
  • Residents receive assistance based on trust.
  • Regularly organise citizens’ assemblies.
  • Increase awareness of the right to challenge.

  1. Change Climate, Sustainability and Diversity                                                                                                                                                                        

    • Green older neighbourhoods to prevent heat stress.
    • Develop a heat protocol in cooperation with general practitioners and pharmacies.
    • Develop a support programme for informal caregivers.
    • Improve the living environment by planting only native tree species that grow large (such as linden, poplar, willow).
    • Do not plant exotic species; plant only native trees and plants.

  1. Liveability and Sustainability

  • Reduce noise pollution from aircraft.
  • More police officers and enforcement officers (Boa’s) on the streets.
  • Clean drinking water is essential and receives extra attention.
  • No interference with the Dommel River.
  • Actively involve residents in initiatives for liveability and sustainability.
  1. Culture
  • Use arts and culture to address and explore societal issues.
  • Arts and culture must reflect the diversity of society.
  • Artists must receive fair payment (Fair Pay).
  • Increase opportunities for cultural participation among seniors.
  • Offer unsold theatre tickets at 50% of the regular price.

“Political issues are far too important to be left to politicians.” ― Hannah Arendt