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Summer 2010
Homelessness and migration in Europe: finding responses
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FEANTSA is supported by the European Commission
The information contained in this website does not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission.
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The Right to Housing
FEANTSA and its members are committed to the promotion and respect of fundamental human rights for all. They seek to advance the right of every person to live in dignity and promote the right of all people to have a secure, adequate and affordable place to live. They are committed to preventing and reducing homelessness with a view to its progressive elimination and to the realisation of internationally recognised housing rights (see FEANTSA Statement of Values).
Access to housing can be considered as being a precondition for the exercise of most of the other fundamental rights. Housing rights are enshrined in widely ratified international instruments and in several EU Member States national laws. However, their concrete implementation remains unsatisfactory in many countries, as housing rights have not been accorded the same level of priority as access to other forms of social protection.
Many of our member organisations have been advocating for housing rights for a long time. FEANTSA works to coordinate these efforts at European level and to promote a rights-based approach to tackling homelessness. Its Housing rights expert group brings together experts from several EU countries and operates under the mandate of the Housing working group.
FEANTSA’s recent activities in the area of housing rights:
• Publication of a book titled “Housing Rights and Human Rights” (2005),
• Co-organisation of a Conference on Housing rights in Europe in Helsinki (2006),
• Collective complaint vs. France for unsatisfactory application of Article 31 of the revised European Social Charter (2006),
• Elaboration of a web site section on international housing rights instruments and mechanisms (2007), including a database of Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights relating to housing rights (2008),
• Collective complaint vs. Slovenia for unsatisfactory application of Articles 31, 16 and E of the revised European Social Charter (2008),
• An issue of the Magazine devoted to the Right to housing (Autumn 2008).
• The setting up of Housing Rights Watch (2008).
Additional information, including useful links to relevant web sites, can be found below.
Click here for further information about the Expert group on the Right to Housing or contact Stefania Del Zotto.
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[02/2009]
FEANTSA Contribution to the FRA Annual work programme 2010
FEANTSA contributed to the consultation on the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Draft annual work programme for 2010 |
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[01/2009]
Access to housing - antidiscrimination toolkit
Exclusion may take the form of discrimination along a number of dimensions and discrimination can contribute to housing exclusion. The present toolkit, which is aimed at organisations providing services to people who are homeless or faced with housing and social exclusion gives an overview of available international tools to tackle housing discrimination. |
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[06/2007]
FEANTSA Contribution to the FRA civil society consultation
FEANTSA contributed to the civil society consultation launched by the new EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). |
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[10/2006]
How the right to housing became justiciable in France:
The contribution of Article 31 of the Council of Europe revised European Social Charter
The Right to Housing has long been integrated into the French legal system, though it shows a surprising and ongoing lack of impact in terms of rights available to individuals.
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[01/2006]
Housing Rights and Human Rights
"Housing Rights and Human Rights" provides a valuable guide to understanding the origins and extent of contemporary human rights and housing rights instruments, including established corpus of law and standards. The book examines the development and current status of housing rights, as they are defined, monitored and implemented (or not) in line with various obligations of States.
This book is available from FEANTSA at the cost of 10€. Please click here to visit the FEANTSA bookshop). |
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[06/2006]
Housing Rights in Europe Conference (September 2006)
An international conference devoted to Housing Rights in Europe was held on 18-19 September 2006 in Helsinki. The event, which took place during the Finnish Presidency of the EU, was co-organised by The Ministry of Environment of Finland, FEANTSA and its member organisation Y-Foundation. It gathered participants from 13 European countries. Representatives of national Ministries, the Council of Europe, the European Commission, NGOs, researchers and experts attended the two-day conference in order to discuss housing rights, both from a transnational and a national perspective.
For more information please click here. |
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| [10/2008] Homeless in Europe Magazine
The magazine FEANTSA issued in October 2008 is devoted to the right to housing and titles "The Right to Housing: The Way forward" |
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| [05/2005] Housing Rights in Germany
This article looks at housing rights in the German constitutional law in the international and European context of human rights and social rights (only available in English) |
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| [07/2004] Ireland: Are property and housing rights concepts changing in Ireland?
Dr. Padraic Kenna, lecturer in the Faculty of Law in the univeristy of Galway and Chairperson of the FEANTSA European Expert Group on Housing Rights, published an article in July 2004 on changing concepts of property and housing rights in Ireland, following the release of a government committee report on the constitution of private property. You can read the article here. |
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| [10/2003] Right To Housing - FEANTSA Newsletter
In the Fall of 2003, FEANTSA published a newsletter on the right to housing in Europe which includes contributions from Dr Padraic Kenna, national examples from Ireland, Scotland, Romania and Hungary, as well as an interview with an American campaigner for the right to housing, Chester Hartman.
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| France to shut illegal Roma camps and deport migrants [7/30/2010]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered 300 illegal camps of travellers and Roma to be dismantled. » Details |
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| Housing Rights Watch Newsletter [6/30/2010]
The first issue of the Housing Rights Watch newsletter is now available. » Details |
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| Housing Rights Watch Conference Page [6/30/2010]
FEANTSA held a European Conference on “Housing Rights: from Theory to Practice” in Barcelona, Spain, on the 6th of May 2010. » Details |
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