The Right to housing is not guaranteed by the Constitution. Only provisions guaranteeing protection of privacy and home are included. The main state instrument for support of housing is the State Fund for Promoting Housing. This instrument provides low interest loans to private applicants for purchasing of a flat/house or for specified re-adjustment of existing housing units.
The Right to housing is not guaranteed in the Constitution. However, several housing aspects are regulated by legislation. The general legal framework for housing in Romania is the housing law, Law 114/1996 with subsequent amendments. This Housing Act is the primary legislation applying to private housing stock not owned by landlords who were direct beneficiaries of the post-communist privatization (those landlords inherited the previous tenants, who were given security of tenure). The Housing Act is supplemented by Emergency Ordinance 40/1999, which concerns protection of tenants.
The Right to housing is recognised by the Polish Constitution. Article 75 obligates the pubic authorities to pursue policies conducive to satisfying the housing needs of citizens, in particular combating homelessness, promoting the development of low-income housing and supporting social housing and the citizens’ efforts to obtain accommodation.
Poland has signed, but not yet ratified the Revised European Social Charter on 25/10/2005. It has neither signed nor ratified the Additional Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints.
The Right to housing is guaranteed by the Dutch Constitution. According to Art. 22§2, it shall be the concern of the authorities to provide sufficient living accommodation. Some aspects of the right to housing are also legally regulated.
The Right to housing is not guaranteed in the Constitution. However, some aspects of housing are legally regulated. According to the Social Welfare Act, the regional welfare offices are responsible to provide the most appropriate material support and emergency shelter, and according to Section 8 of the Grand Ducal regulation, to also provide support/social assistance in a coordinated fashion.
There is no right to housing in the Lithuanian Constitution. But there are some related provisions stating that property and people’s dwelling place shall be inviolable and rights of ownership shall be protected by law (art. 23 and 24).
Ireland has no constitutional or legally established right to housing. However, Ireland has an established housing policy to guide government housing provision and programmes.
The right to housing is not enshrined by the Hungarian Constitution. However, there are some relevant legal provisions in case of evictions. In 2011, the annual eviction moratorium has been replaced with measures targeting home owners and specifically foreign currency mortgage holders. An “eviction quota system” has been introduced with the aim to protect mortgage holders threatened by evictions. In the fourth quarter of 2011, only 2% of mortgages having more than 90 days arrears can be sold by auctions. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, these quotas will annually increase to 3-4-5 % respectively.
The right to housing is not specifically included in the French Constitution, although it has been recognised as an "objective of constitutional value".
Paragraph 11 of the Preamble of the 1946 Constitution states that "All people who, by virtue of their age, physical or mental condition, or economic situation, are incapable of working, shall have the right to receive suitable means of existence from society". The law of 5 March 2007 institutes an enforceable right to housing.
The Right to housing is not constitutionally guaranteed, nor is it included in national law. However, local authorities have the right to allocate up to one in every four vacant dwellings in public housing to persons in need of housing. This excludes public housing designated as youth residences or elderly housing.
