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.
The Bulgarian constitution does not recognize the right to housing as a fundamental right. Bulgaria has ratified the Revised European Social Charter although it has not ratified Charter Article 31, which provides for the right to housing. However, Bulgaria has ratified the Additional Protocol providing for a Collective Complaint procedure.
Collective Complaints:
Several collective complaints have been initiated against Bulgaria concerning the treatment of Roma. These include:
COMPLAINT
The case involves criminal arson of houses belonging to Roma and authorities' failure to prevent the attack and make a proper criminal investigation.
