Ireland has no constitutional or legally established right to housing. However, Ireland has an established housing policy to guide government housing provision and programmes.
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The right to housing is not enshrined by the Hungarian Constitution. However, there are some relevant legal provisions in case of evictions. In 2011, the annual eviction moratorium has been replaced with measures targeting home owners and specifically foreign currency mortgage holders. An “eviction quota system” has been introduced with the aim to protect mortgage holders threatened by evictions. In the fourth quarter of 2011, only 2% of mortgages having more than 90 days arrears can be sold by auctions. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, these quotas will annually increase to 3-4-5 % respectively.
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The right to housing is not specifically included in the French Constitution, although it has been recognised as an "objective of constitutional value".
Paragraph 11 of the Preamble of the 1946 Constitution states that "All people who, by virtue of their age, physical or mental condition, or economic situation, are incapable of working, shall have the right to receive suitable means of existence from society". The law of 5 March 2007 institutes an enforceable right to housing.
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The Right to housing is not constitutionally guaranteed, nor is it included in national law. However, local authorities have the right to allocate up to one in every four vacant dwellings in public housing to persons in need of housing. This excludes public housing designated as youth residences or elderly housing.
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The Right to housing is not constitutionally guaranteed. However, the Article 30 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms may be of relevance as it supports the right of citizens to adequate material security in old age and during periods of work incapacity, as well as in the case of the loss of their provider. Everyone who suffers from material need has the right to such assistance which is necessary to ensure a basic living standard. The article 12 also guarantees the inviolability of a person’s dwelling. The Articles are adopted as part of the Constitutional Act No.
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The Bulgarian constitution does not recognize the right to housing as a fundamental right. Bulgaria has ratified the Revised European Social Charter although it has not ratified Charter Article 31, which provides for the right to housing. However, Bulgaria has ratified the Additional Protocol providing for a Collective Complaint procedure.
Collective Complaints:
Several collective complaints have been initiated against Bulgaria concerning the treatment of Roma. These include:
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Collective Complaint Defence for Children International (DCI) v. Belgium
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KALANYOS AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA (Application no. 57884/00)
The case involves criminal arson of houses belonging to Roma and authorities' failure to prevent the attack and make a proper criminal investigation.
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KESER AND OTHERS v. TURKEY (Applications nos. 33238/96 and 32965/96)
According to the applicants, in 1994, the Turkish security forces expelled the inhabitants of a village suspected of "aiding and abetting terrorists" of the PKK. According to the Turkish government, the security forces were actually terrorists disguised as policemen.
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Collective complaint FEANTSA v. the Netherlands (86/2012)
In July 2012, FEANTSA lodged a collective complaint against The Netherlands alleging that The Netherlands' legislation, policy and practice regarding sheltering the homeless is not compatible with Articles 13 (right to social and medical assistance), 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 17 (right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection), 19 (right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance), 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (right to housing), taken a
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