The Special Rapporteur on the Right to adequate housing presented in March his report on his visit to the Netherlands, from 11 to 21 December 2023.

Date: The complaint was registered on 3 April 2023.

Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Committee of Social Rights

Country: France

Legal basis: It concerns Articles 1 (the right to work), 11 (the right to protection of health), 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (the right to housing) and E (non-discrimination) in conjunction with the aforementioned provisions of the revised European Social Charter.

International Conference on Strategic Litigation to Defend Human Rights. Special reference to the right to decent and adequate housing.

Organised by Housing Rights Watch, Fundación Secretariado Gitano and Cáritas Española

28 September, Caixa Forum (Madrid) - 9.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.

Date of the decision: The Collective complaint was registered on 18 September 2023

Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Commitee of Social Rights

Country: France

Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA published their 8th annual Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe. This report reveals new estimates of the number of homeless people in Europe and draw a specific focus to the issue of unfit housing.

The spectre of inflation

The war in the Ukraine has both highlighted and added to Europe’s ongoing housing emergency. This crisis is hitting the poorest households hardest, severely affected by soaring prices, as well as homelessness services, which have seen an increase in the number of their clients.