Presentation of the changing housing systems of europe made by christophe andré

at the housing rights watch expert workshop in madrid 13 june 2014.

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Presentation of the community land trusts work in general and in Bruxelles made at the housing

rights watch expert workshop in Madrid 13 june 2014

For english version click here

Versión español, haga clic aquí

Human Rights Watch Report. 

Hopeful home purchases during Spain’s economic boom have turned into a nightmare of foreclosures, evictions, and over-indebtedness amid the economic crisis.

FAMILIES AT RISK of homelessness are to protest outside in the capital today.

They will meet outside Dublin’s City Hall at 2pm this afternoon. The event was organised by Gwen Connell and Tamara Kearns, who say that the key demands of the protest will be for rent controls and for new homes to be built.

They will also call for an end to discrimination by landlords against those receiving rent allowance.

The Welsh Assembly has agreed a motion to call for the abolition of the bedroom tax.

See full article here... http://m.insidehousing.co.uk/7003656.article

Presentation given at FEANTSA's Study Session in March 2014 - Prevention of youth homelessness through access to social rights.  This presentation highlights examples of changes in legislation and recent activism to ensure respect and promotion of human rights in Spain in the context of the economic crisis and the imposition of the government's austerity measures.  In 2014, Caritas Espagne established a special unit to address the legal issues faced by people living in increasingly difficult circumstances, particularly those who have been made homeless or are at risk of homelessness due to

This report sets out to document the criminalization of homelessness in Canada by exploring the relationship between homeless persons – in particular, street youth - and law enforcement officials (both the police and private security). Drawing from over 240 interviews with street youth in Toronto in 2009, as well as a review of official statistics on Ontario Safe Streets Act tickets in Toronto over the past 11 years, we explore the ways in which homelessness has been criminalized through a law and order agenda.

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/legal/homeless-mother-appeals-housing-waiting-list-ban/7002234.article

Source: Inside Housing

A homeless mother is appealing a landmark court decision allowing a local authority to use powers under the Localism Act to strike her off the housing register.