In the case Ceesay Ceesay and Others v.

FEANTSA has won its collective Collective Complaint against The Netherlands. First lodged with the Council of Europe in July 2012, the Collective Complaint (no. 86/2012) against the Netherlands alleged iolations of several rights under the Revised European Social Charter. Today, the European Committee for Social Rights lifted the embargo on the final decision in this case.

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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)

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

Following a 14 day official visit to the United Kingdom, the
UN’s Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing (as a component
of the right to an adequate standard of living and
to non-discrimination in this context), Ms. Raquel Rolnik,
issued a Press Statement which despite praising many
aspects of the UK’s provision of affordable housing was
also highly critical of certain recent developments, and in
particular the controversial so-called “bedroom tax”.
Between the 29 August and 11 September 2013, upon

Presentation of CECHODAS europe made at the housing rights watch conference

on the 13th of june 2014.

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Although housing and housing rights as such are not formally a European Union competence, there are still several tools at EU level which relate in one way or another to the right to housing. These include the:

• EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Treaty of the EU
• Anti-discrimination legislation
• EU Agency for Fundamental Rights