By Alain Couderc, Lawyer (Lyon)
Asylum seekers in France: shelter with conditions
Responses of regional governments in Spain to the housing emergency and exclusion : The social function of housing
December 2015
By Sonia Olea Ferreras, Advocacy Team - Caritas Spain / Housing Rights Expert Group member - FEANTSA
I. Overview of the current situation of housing emergency and exclusion
Housing Rights Seminar London, December 4th 2015 - Presentations & digest
Housing Rights Seminar
I.D.G v. Spain (Communication No. 2/2014) [17.06.2015]
Date of the decision : June 17th 2015
Jurisdiction : UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)
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New report on Housing Exclusion in Europe 2015 - EU legislation relating to housing
On November 19th 2015, the report "An Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2015" was released by Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA.
E.U. Legislation relating to housing - An Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2015
On November 19th 2015, the report "An Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2015" was released by Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA.
Yordanova and others v. Bulgaria (App. n° 25446/06) [24.04.2012]
Date of the ruling: April 24 2012
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Court of Human Rights
Country: Bulgaria
Subject: Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for family life Respect for home Respect for private life) (Conditional); Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient; proportionality test; social housing; eviction; tenancy agreements.
ECSR recalls Member States that right to housing does apply to refugees and other vulnerable groups
State of Housing Rights in Latvia
The Right to housing is not constitutionally guaranteed. However, article 96 of Latvian Constitution ensures that "everyone has the right to inviolability of their private life, home, and correspondence", and the Law on the Rights of the Child provides that children have the right to housing.