Decided on 1 July 2014
Relevant Articles: Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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C-32185/04 Buceaş and Buciaș v. Romania [01.07.2014]
Judgment of 17 July 2014, Sánchez Morcillo and Abril García, C-169/14
Date of the decision : 7 April 2014
Relevant Articles: Article 47 (right to property) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
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Ceesay Ceesay and Others v. Spain (Application 62688/13) [15.10.2013]
In the case Ceesay Ceesay and Others v.
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Judgment of 14 March 2013, Aziz, C-415/11
In July 2007, Mr Aziz, a Moroccan national residing in Spain, concluded with the bank Catalunya Caixa a loan agreement to the value of €138,000 secured by a mortgage over his family home. He stopped paying his instalments with effect from June 2008. After having called upon him to pay without success, the bank initiated enforcement proceedings against him. When Mr Aziz failed to appear, execution was ordered.
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KIT de emergencia 2.0 Frente a modificacion ley y sentencia TJUE
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)
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Foreclosures, Housing Rights and Prevention of Homelessness in Spain
Over the last 30 years there have been several speculative bubbles in the Spanish housing sector. The first boom took place in the early 1970s, when 500,000 houses per
year were built until the oil crisis of 1973. This growth was not overly excessive, since the “secular shortage” of housing since the post-war period was being addressed,
combined with the migratory waves from the rural areas to the cities resulting from industrialization processes and the demographic growth during that period. The second
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Report "No safe place" criminalisation of homelessness in the US
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Imagine a world where it is illegal to sit down. Could you survive if there were no place you were allowed to fall asleep, to store your belongings, or to stand still? For most of us, these scenarios seem unrealistic to the point of being ludicrous. But, for homeless people across America, these circumstances are an ordinary part of daily life.
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Housing Rights Watch Expert Workshop: Finding real solutions to the housing crisis - 2014 Madrid, Spain
On 13 June 2014, Housing Rights Watch, along with Fondation Abbe Pierre and FEANTSA organized an expert workshop to talk about housing solutions for homeless people in Europe.
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Shattered Dreams Impact of Spain’s Housing Crisis on Vulnerable Groups
Human Rights Watch Report.
Hopeful home purchases during Spain’s economic boom have turned into a nightmare of foreclosures, evictions, and over-indebtedness amid the economic crisis.
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Emergency State in Spain: The Eviction Crisis from a Housing Rights Perspective
The Spanish platform by those affected by mortgage (PAH) recently published a report on the housing crisis that is affecting the whole country. The report has been written with a human rights' perspective. It studies the Spanish regulation on evictions taking into account the juridical compromises acquired by the state. It sheds light on the dramatic impact that evictions are having on the affected families.
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