By Dr. Padraic Kenna , Housing Rights Watch and National University of Ireland, Galway
padraic.kenna@nuigalway.ie
Case 571/10. Servet Kamberaj v Istituto per l’Edilizia sociale della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano (IPES) and Others.
Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale di Bolzano - Italy.
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 24 April 2012.
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-571/10
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.
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.
In this case, the Court put an emphasis on the equality of migrant workers and their family’s housing rights with housing rights of national workers; as a result, a national legislation cannot refuse the renewal of a residence permit or the reduction a posteriori of the period of validity of a residence permit for a family member of a migrant worker, on the grounds of the unsuitability of the housing situation of the worker’s family.
Presentation on alternative housing made by N.Bernard at the Housing rights watch
expert workshop in madrid on the 13th of june 2014
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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.
