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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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Publication of the 8th Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2023

 

Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA published their 8th annual Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe. This report reveals new estimates of the number of homeless people in Europe and draw a specific focus to the issue of unfit housing.

The spectre of inflation

The war in the Ukraine has both highlighted and added to Europe’s ongoing housing emergency. This crisis is hitting the poorest households hardest, severely affected by soaring prices, as well as homelessness services, which have seen an increase in the number of their clients.

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Towards a just transformation: climate crisis and the right to housing

The Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr. Rajagopal, presented his report, "Towards a Just Transformation: Climate Crisis and the Right to Housing", to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 8, 2023. The report highlights the impact of the climate crisis on housing and the need for a just and human rights-compliant transformation.
 
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Finnish Society of Social Rights v. Finland (Complaint No. 172/2018) [15 February 2023] 

Date of the decision: 15 February 2023 
 
Country: Finland 
 
Jurisdiction: European Committee of Social Rights (Decision on the merits) 
 
Legal basis: violation of Article 12§1 and Article 13§1 ECSR 
 
Subject: 
 
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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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Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland

On the 14th of September 2021, a report was presented on Monitoring adequate housing in Ireland by the ESRI and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC).

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Sixth Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe - Rent regulation

The Abbé Pierre Foundation and FEANTSA published their Sixth Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe on 6 May 2021. This latest report focuses on young people, who are worse affected by housing exclusion than other groups, especially when they are poor, which was the case even before the pandemic took hold. The report also takes stock of the wave of poverty that has engulfed Europe more than a year after the pandemic began. Difficult housing conditions have a negative impact on young people's pathway to independence.

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Homeownership, poverty, and legislative pitfalls in Romania

Enikő Vincze and Ioana Florea*

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Instruments for Advocacy and Strategic Litigation on Housing Rights in Europe

 
Today we are pleased to share our new publication Instruments for Advocacy and Strategic Litigation on Housing Rights in Europe: A Handbook for Practitioners and NGOs. This publication was generously supported by Fondation Abbé Pierre. 
 
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A Brief Assessment of the Portuguese Framework Law for Housing

 

Simone Tulumello, Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Ciências Sociais

Rita Silva, Habita: Associação pelo Direito à Habitação e à Cidade

 

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