In the run-up to the June 2024 elections, we have published a legal briefing: The EU and its Member States must respect and promote the right to adequate housing in Europe!
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The EU and its Member States must respect and promote the right to adequate housing in Europe
The 9th Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2024 is now available
The evidence on housing is clear: rental costs are escalating, house prices are becoming increasingly unaffordable and the shortage of affordable housing is growing by the day. It appears that the measures taken so far have not had the desired effect of improving these trends. At the same time, a growing number of young people are facing a situation that not only jeopardises their present circumstances, but also their future prospects.
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Overview of Housing Exclusion in the EU: International standards of evictions
The Abbé Pierre Foundation and FEANTSA published their Seventh Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe on 30th June 2022.
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Follow-up to decisions on the merits of collective complaints: Findings 2021
In accordance with the European Social Charter reporting procedure, certain countries were exempted from reporting for the Conclusions 2021. These countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Portugal, were instead invited to provide information on the follow-up given to the decisions of their respective collective complaints.
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Conclusions 2021 of the European Committee of Social Rights on Health, Social Security and Social Protection
The Committee has examined both the country reports on the thematic group of provisions related to health, social security and social protection and the information on follow-up to collective complaints. The reference period for the reporting system is 01/01/2016- 31/12/2019 so the period immediately before the Covid 2019 pandemic, a period of the greatest importance for the shaping of responses during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Introduction to Housing Rights in Portugal
This training course is part of a series of capacity building activities addressed mainly to FEANTSA members in the framework of our Annual Programme.
Housing Rights Watch organised this online event together with Ricardo Ferreira and Ana Martins, AMI, Fundação de Assistência Médica Internacional.
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Legal Workshop on Fighting slum landlords in the EU
On June 4th HRW organised a legal workshop about combatting unfit housing and slum landlords in the EU. The workshop feeds into a study on this topic that will be published soon. Here you can access a summary of the study. Below you can find the video of the session and the presentation of the speakers.
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Cali Apartments SCI (C 724/18) and HX (C 727/18) [22.09.2020]
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Date of the decision: 22 September 2020
Country: France
Jurisdiction: Court of Justice of the European Union
Preliminary Ruling
Articles 9 to 13 of Directive 2006/123/EC of 12 December 2006, on services in the internal market
Subject: Housing affordability and short-stay accommodation
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Fifth Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2020.
FEANTSA and the Fondation Abbé Pierre recently launched the Fifth Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2020.
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Instruments for Advocacy and Strategic Litigation on Housing Rights in Europe
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