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Netherlands: Termination of a Residential Lease Refused due to the Best Interests of Resident Children
Constitutional Court Upholds Brussels’ new Eviction Procedure, Including Winter Moratorium
On 9 October 2025, the Belgian Constitutional Court rendered its Judgment 131/2025, rejecting the challenge to the 2023 Brussels-Capital Region ordinance that altered the procedural rules governing evictions from dwellings — most notably the measure mandating a moratorium on the execution of evictions from 1 November to 15 March.
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A Victory Against Denmark’s 'Ghetto Package' and ‘Area-Based Discrimination’
By Susheela Math, Lead of the Open Society Justice Initiative’s work challenging the 'Ghetto Package'.
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Conclusions 2023 of the European Committee of Social Rights on Children, Family and Migrants
On 20 March 2024, the Council of Europe's European Committee of Social Rights produced a crucial legal assessment on social rights. The Committee's findings highlight some progress, but significant gaps and shortcomings remain in states' efforts to guarantee social rights.
The conclusions adopted by the Committee concern the accepted provisions of different articles of the Revised European Social Charter belonging to the thematic group " Children families and migrants" which includes article 31 on the right to adequate housing.
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The European and International Contribution to the Right to Housing: Standards, Litigation and Advocacy
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Jansons v. Latvia (Application No.1434/14) [8.09.2022]
Date of the decision: 08/09/2022
Country: Latvia
Jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights
Legal basis: Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8 - Positive obligations
Article 8-1 - Respect for home)
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Overview of Housing Exclusion in the EU: International standards of evictions
The Abbé Pierre Foundation and FEANTSA published their Seventh Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe on 30th June 2022.
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Respecting International Standards on Home Evictions
FEANTSA and Fondation Abbé Pierre´s 7th annual Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe report was launched on Thursday 30th of June. This new report takes a look at the state of evictions in Europe. This legal analysis that follows is from chapter 3 of the report, written by María José Aldanas (FEANTSA) and Sarah Coupechoux (Fondation Abbé Pierre). Find the chapter "Respecting International Standards on Home Evictions" and the full report here.
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McDonagh v. Clare County Council. Irish Supreme Court [31.01.2022]
Date of the decision: 31 January 2022
Country: Ireland
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Faulkner v. Ireland (application no. 30391/18) and McDonagh v. Ireland (no. 30416/18)
Date of the decision: 31 March 2022
Country: Ireland
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