FEANTSA and the Fondation Abbé Pierre have released their 4th Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe. These annual reports look at the latest Eurostat data (EU-SILC) and assess EU countries' capacity to adequately house their populations.
The Fourth Overview was released on 22nd March and shows that despite alarming trends in all member states but Finland, no harmonised monitoring of homelessness and housing exclusion is conducted in Europe. This report is the only source gathering most recent available figures for the 28 member states of the European Union.
This year, the report found a 70% increase in homelessness in the EU. FEANTSA estimates that every night, at least 700,000 people sleep in the street or in emergency accommodation in the EU: this is a 70% increase in 10 years (from 410,000 in 2009)
The report offers an in-depth analysis of the situation of emergency accommodation in Europe, including an assessment of the conditions of accommodation and of the extent to which they respect human rights.
Chapters:
- EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION IN EUROPE
- EUROPEAN INDEX OF HOUSING EXCLUSION 2019
