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Ceesay Ceesay and Others v. Spain (Application 62688/13) [15.10.2013]

In the case Ceesay Ceesay and Others v.

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KIT de emergencia 2.0 Frente a modificacion ley y sentencia TJUE

Frente a la modificación de la Ley Hipotecaria y la sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE), desde el equipo jurídico de la PAH se ha generado un Kit de emergencia 2.0. Este Kit consta de un documento de instrucciones para los abogados de oficio y otro con el modelo de recurso de apelación en si.
Esta guía pretende servir de orientación para la defensa legal de personas inmersas en procesos de ejecución hipotecaria aun no finalizados, a los cuales les sea de aplicación el plazo de un mes (hasta el 8 de octubre de 2014)

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Housing rights in Canada

Housing is a human right

2014JAHumanRight

What would happen if housing were enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? One activist’s inside account of the radical new fight to end homelessness

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The right to emergency accommodation, a breach in the dam of fundamental rights ?

By Marc Uhry , Fondation Abbé Pierre and Claire Zoccali, Lyon Bar

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The Kamberaj Case and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

By Dr. Padraic Kenna , Housing Rights Watch and National University of Ireland, Galway
padraic.kenna@nuigalway.ie

Case 571/10. Servet Kamberaj v Istituto per l’Edilizia sociale della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano (IPES) and Others.
Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale di Bolzano - Italy.
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 24 April 2012.
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-571/10

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Foreclosures, Housing Rights and Prevention of Homelessness in Spain

 
Over the last 30 years there have been several speculative bubbles in the Spanish housing sector. The first boom took place in the early 1970s, when 500,000 houses per
year were built until the oil crisis of 1973. This growth was not overly excessive, since the “secular shortage” of housing since the post-war period was being addressed,
combined with the migratory waves from the rural areas to the cities resulting from industrialization processes and the demographic growth during that period. The second
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Report "No safe place" criminalisation of homelessness in the US

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Imagine a world where it is illegal to sit down. Could you survive if there were no place you were allowed to fall asleep, to store your belongings, or to stand still? For most of us, these scenarios seem unrealistic to the point of being ludicrous. But, for homeless people across America, these circumstances are an ordinary part of daily life.

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Housing Rights Watch Expert Workshop: Finding real solutions to the housing crisis - 2014 Madrid, Spain

 

On 13 June 2014, Housing Rights Watch, along with Fondation Abbe Pierre and FEANTSA organized an expert workshop to talk about housing solutions for homeless people in Europe.

 

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249/86 Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany [18.5.1989]

In this case, the Court put an emphasis on the equality of migrant workers and their family’s housing rights with housing rights of national workers; as a result, a national legislation cannot refuse the renewal of a residence permit or the reduction a posteriori of the period of validity of a residence permit for a family member of a migrant worker, on the grounds of the unsuitability of the housing situation of the worker’s family.

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Alternative housing - presentation by N.Bernard HRW workshop 13th june Madrid

Presentation on alternative housing made by N.Bernard at the Housing rights watch

expert workshop in madrid on the 13th of june 2014

click here to download

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