The case involves criminal arson of houses belonging to Roma and authorities' failure to prevent the attack and make a proper criminal investigation.

According to the applicants, in 1994, the Turkish security forces expelled the inhabitants of a village suspected of "aiding and abetting terrorists" of the PKK. According to the Turkish government, the security forces were actually terrorists disguised as policemen.

In July 2012, FEANTSA lodged a collective complaint against The Netherlands alleging that The Netherlands' legislation, policy and practice regarding sheltering the homeless is not compatible  with Articles 13 (right to social and medical assistance), 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 17 (right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection), 19 (right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance), 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (right to housing), taken a

FEANTSA’s complaint against Slovenia built on the experienced gained from successfully filing a housing-based Complaint against France two years earlier (FEANTSA v. FRANCE, CC39/2006).