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We are an interdisciplinary European network of associations, lawyers and academics committed to promoting the #RightToHousing #Right2Housing #PovertyisNotaCrime #HomelesssBillofRights
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October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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This week, Observatori DESCA presented a report to the Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs on unfair terms in the housing market (in Spanish). Can consumer law advance the #right2housing?
You can find the report here 👉 bit.ly/46hXYEh
You can find the report here 👉 bit.ly/46hXYEh
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This week, Observatori DESCA presented a report to the Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs on unfair terms in the housing market (in Spanish). Can consumer law advance the #right2housing?
You can find the report here 👉 bit.ly/46hXYEh
You can find the report here 👉 bit.ly/46hXYEh
🏡New report on the experience of several European cities in managing short-term rentals by @ohb.cat 21/10/2025 #Right2housing
🏘️ Ja disponible l’informe que recull l’experiència de diverses ciutats europees en l’impacte i control dels lloguers de curta durada!
Barcelona, Lisboa, Amsterdam i Luxemburg comparteixen les seves expèriencies en la quantificació dels STR.
📄 Llegeix-lo: www.ohb.cat/publiquem-un...
Barcelona, Lisboa, Amsterdam i Luxemburg comparteixen les seves expèriencies en la quantificació dels STR.
📄 Llegeix-lo: www.ohb.cat/publiquem-un...
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🏡New report on the experience of several European cities in managing short-term rentals by @ohb.cat 21/10/2025 #Right2housing
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October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Germany’s government is set to make major social security cuts, and replace the only recently-created “Citizen’s Income” with a more punitive “New Income for Jobseekers”.
These plans will increase poverty.
Human rights can help guide the debate back to what matters.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
These plans will increase poverty.
Human rights can help guide the debate back to what matters.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
September 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Germany’s government is set to make major social security cuts, and replace the only recently-created “Citizen’s Income” with a more punitive “New Income for Jobseekers”.
These plans will increase poverty.
Human rights can help guide the debate back to what matters.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
These plans will increase poverty.
Human rights can help guide the debate back to what matters.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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Thank you @koldocasla.bsky.social and University of Essex and Barcelona colleagues, for the opportunity to discuss strategic litigation and other avenues to make progress in realizing ESC rights. Great to meet and work with @observadesca.bsky.social @rightohousing.bsky.social @gentium.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Thank you @koldocasla.bsky.social and University of Essex and Barcelona colleagues, for the opportunity to discuss strategic litigation and other avenues to make progress in realizing ESC rights. Great to meet and work with @observadesca.bsky.social @rightohousing.bsky.social @gentium.bsky.social
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For decades, private landlords have had free rein to set rents as they please. The result? Skyrocketing prices and renters pushed to breaking point.
There's still time to sign our letter to Angela Rayner, urging the Gov to take action on unfair rent hikes
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www.generationrent.org/campaign/tel...
There's still time to sign our letter to Angela Rayner, urging the Gov to take action on unfair rent hikes
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www.generationrent.org/campaign/tel...
Tell the Secretary of State for Housing we need action on unfair rent rises - Generation Rent
Letter: Tell Angela Rayner, the Secretary of State for Housing, we need action on unfair rent rises Dear Angela Rayner, We are private renters and supporters in England and we […]
www.generationrent.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For decades, private landlords have had free rein to set rents as they please. The result? Skyrocketing prices and renters pushed to breaking point.
There's still time to sign our letter to Angela Rayner, urging the Gov to take action on unfair rent hikes
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www.generationrent.org/campaign/tel...
There's still time to sign our letter to Angela Rayner, urging the Gov to take action on unfair rent hikes
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www.generationrent.org/campaign/tel...
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📧 New issue of www.housingrightswatch.org#newsletter, this time featuring an analysis entitled ‘Stable, constant and secure access to adequate #energy: the case of Cañada Real in #Madrid’: www.housingrightswatch.org/content/stab...
August 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📧 New issue of www.housingrightswatch.org#newsletter, this time featuring an analysis entitled ‘Stable, constant and secure access to adequate #energy: the case of Cañada Real in #Madrid’: www.housingrightswatch.org/content/stab...
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#ECJ: A Member State may not plead an unforeseeable influx of applicants for international protection in order to evade its obligation to cover #asylum seekers’ basic needs 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Communiqués de presse - Cour de justice de l'Union européenne
Court of Justice of the European Union
curia.europa.eu
August 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#ECJ: A Member State may not plead an unforeseeable influx of applicants for international protection in order to evade its obligation to cover #asylum seekers’ basic needs 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
📧 New issue of www.housingrightswatch.org#newsletter, this time featuring an analysis entitled ‘Stable, constant and secure access to adequate #energy: the case of Cañada Real in #Madrid’: www.housingrightswatch.org/content/stab...
August 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📧 New issue of www.housingrightswatch.org#newsletter, this time featuring an analysis entitled ‘Stable, constant and secure access to adequate #energy: the case of Cañada Real in #Madrid’: www.housingrightswatch.org/content/stab...
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WEBINAR | @feantsa.bsky.social Repurposing vacant spaces to create housing solutions?
🗓️Join us on 21 May at 10:00 am CEST for the launch of our new report exploring innovative ways to turn empty spaces into opportunity.
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4kcZueE
#RightToHousing #VacantSpaces
🗓️Join us on 21 May at 10:00 am CEST for the launch of our new report exploring innovative ways to turn empty spaces into opportunity.
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4kcZueE
#RightToHousing #VacantSpaces
May 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
WEBINAR | @feantsa.bsky.social Repurposing vacant spaces to create housing solutions?
🗓️Join us on 21 May at 10:00 am CEST for the launch of our new report exploring innovative ways to turn empty spaces into opportunity.
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4kcZueE
#RightToHousing #VacantSpaces
🗓️Join us on 21 May at 10:00 am CEST for the launch of our new report exploring innovative ways to turn empty spaces into opportunity.
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4kcZueE
#RightToHousing #VacantSpaces
WEBINAR | @feantsa.bsky.social Repurposing vacant spaces to create housing solutions?
🗓️Join us on 21 May at 10:00 am CEST for the launch of our new report exploring innovative ways to turn empty spaces into opportunity.
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4kcZueE
#RightToHousing #VacantSpaces
🗓️Join us on 21 May at 10:00 am CEST for the launch of our new report exploring innovative ways to turn empty spaces into opportunity.
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4kcZueE
#RightToHousing #VacantSpaces
May 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
WEBINAR | @feantsa.bsky.social Repurposing vacant spaces to create housing solutions?
🗓️Join us on 21 May at 10:00 am CEST for the launch of our new report exploring innovative ways to turn empty spaces into opportunity.
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4kcZueE
#RightToHousing #VacantSpaces
🗓️Join us on 21 May at 10:00 am CEST for the launch of our new report exploring innovative ways to turn empty spaces into opportunity.
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4kcZueE
#RightToHousing #VacantSpaces
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EAC #HousingActionDays Webinar 💻
📢 PARALLEL WORLDS
Demands of grassroots movements and the EU plan for affordable housing
📌 Saturday, April 26, 5 pm CET
facebook.com/events/18751...
Speakers are:
📢 PARALLEL WORLDS
Demands of grassroots movements and the EU plan for affordable housing
📌 Saturday, April 26, 5 pm CET
facebook.com/events/18751...
Speakers are:
April 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
EAC #HousingActionDays Webinar 💻
📢 PARALLEL WORLDS
Demands of grassroots movements and the EU plan for affordable housing
📌 Saturday, April 26, 5 pm CET
facebook.com/events/18751...
Speakers are:
📢 PARALLEL WORLDS
Demands of grassroots movements and the EU plan for affordable housing
📌 Saturday, April 26, 5 pm CET
facebook.com/events/18751...
Speakers are:
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📣✊We will be joining @pahbarcelona.bsky.social along other social movements tomorrow at 6PM at Plaça Universitat in Barcelona, come and join us! #OurHomesOurPower
@maketheshift.bsky.social @rightohousing.bsky.social @inquilinatomad.bsky.social @sindicatlloguer.bsky.social
@maketheshift.bsky.social @rightohousing.bsky.social @inquilinatomad.bsky.social @sindicatlloguer.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
📣✊We will be joining @pahbarcelona.bsky.social along other social movements tomorrow at 6PM at Plaça Universitat in Barcelona, come and join us! #OurHomesOurPower
@maketheshift.bsky.social @rightohousing.bsky.social @inquilinatomad.bsky.social @sindicatlloguer.bsky.social
@maketheshift.bsky.social @rightohousing.bsky.social @inquilinatomad.bsky.social @sindicatlloguer.bsky.social
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The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine human rights.
To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️
To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️
US: Trump’s First 100 Days an Assault on Rights
The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine the human rights of people in the United States and abroad.
www.hrw.org
April 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine human rights.
To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️
To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️
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Get ready for #had2025 !
If you would like to participate in global Housing Action Days, but are unsure if you have the capacity or you don't have an idea what you could do, get inspired by some actions from last year.
If you would like to participate in global Housing Action Days, but are unsure if you have the capacity or you don't have an idea what you could do, get inspired by some actions from last year.
April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Get ready for #had2025 !
If you would like to participate in global Housing Action Days, but are unsure if you have the capacity or you don't have an idea what you could do, get inspired by some actions from last year.
If you would like to participate in global Housing Action Days, but are unsure if you have the capacity or you don't have an idea what you could do, get inspired by some actions from last year.
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📢 Join us and 570+ organisations from across the EU and beyond:
We call on MEPs to address unprecedented attacks on NGOs in the European Parliament and ensure citizens’ voices are heard ‼️
📄 Read our statement: civilsocietyeurope.eu/attacks-on-n...
#StopAttackingNGOs
We call on MEPs to address unprecedented attacks on NGOs in the European Parliament and ensure citizens’ voices are heard ‼️
📄 Read our statement: civilsocietyeurope.eu/attacks-on-n...
#StopAttackingNGOs
April 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📢 Join us and 570+ organisations from across the EU and beyond:
We call on MEPs to address unprecedented attacks on NGOs in the European Parliament and ensure citizens’ voices are heard ‼️
📄 Read our statement: civilsocietyeurope.eu/attacks-on-n...
#StopAttackingNGOs
We call on MEPs to address unprecedented attacks on NGOs in the European Parliament and ensure citizens’ voices are heard ‼️
📄 Read our statement: civilsocietyeurope.eu/attacks-on-n...
#StopAttackingNGOs
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🚨 Major legal development on Denmark's 'ghetto package' Advocate General Ćapeta's opinion confirms: ⚖️ "Non-western" background constitutes ethnic origin, the law is #discriminatory in breach of Directive. Read the analysis by Susheela Math, Open Society Justice Initiative:
🔗https://bit.ly/4j4nAHV
🔗https://bit.ly/4j4nAHV
March 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨 Major legal development on Denmark's 'ghetto package' Advocate General Ćapeta's opinion confirms: ⚖️ "Non-western" background constitutes ethnic origin, the law is #discriminatory in breach of Directive. Read the analysis by Susheela Math, Open Society Justice Initiative:
🔗https://bit.ly/4j4nAHV
🔗https://bit.ly/4j4nAHV
🚨 Major legal development on Denmark's 'ghetto package' Advocate General Ćapeta's opinion confirms: ⚖️ "Non-western" background constitutes ethnic origin, the law is #discriminatory in breach of Directive. Read the analysis by Susheela Math, Open Society Justice Initiative:
🔗https://bit.ly/4j4nAHV
🔗https://bit.ly/4j4nAHV
March 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨 Major legal development on Denmark's 'ghetto package' Advocate General Ćapeta's opinion confirms: ⚖️ "Non-western" background constitutes ethnic origin, the law is #discriminatory in breach of Directive. Read the analysis by Susheela Math, Open Society Justice Initiative:
🔗https://bit.ly/4j4nAHV
🔗https://bit.ly/4j4nAHV
ECSR Review on cost-of-living crisis 'Rising housing costs and an increasing risk of #homelessness are critical issues. The ECSR stresses that the Charter requires States to ensure that rents are affordable & that adequate housing benefits are adequate in relation to housing costs' bit.ly/3FRLw2F
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ECSR Review on cost-of-living crisis 'Rising housing costs and an increasing risk of #homelessness are critical issues. The ECSR stresses that the Charter requires States to ensure that rents are affordable & that adequate housing benefits are adequate in relation to housing costs' bit.ly/3FRLw2F
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People must have access to stable, consistent and safe access to adequate energy, says the @coe.int’s European Committee of #SocialRights in a landmark decision 👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
#HumanRights #EuropeanSocialCharter
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
#HumanRights #EuropeanSocialCharter
Power outages in Madrid shantytown: European Committee of Social Rights concludes that energy poverty breaches Social Charter - Portal - www.coe.int
European Committee of Social Right Strasbourg 26 February 2025
www.coe.int
February 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
People must have access to stable, consistent and safe access to adequate energy, says the @coe.int’s European Committee of #SocialRights in a landmark decision 👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
#HumanRights #EuropeanSocialCharter
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
#HumanRights #EuropeanSocialCharter
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❗ The decision of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) of the Council of Europe in the Complaint No. 203/2021, FEANTSA v. Belgium, is now public.
It confirms serious violations of the European Social Charter in relation to the right to #housing in the Flemish region of Belgium.
It confirms serious violations of the European Social Charter in relation to the right to #housing in the Flemish region of Belgium.
March 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
❗ The decision of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) of the Council of Europe in the Complaint No. 203/2021, FEANTSA v. Belgium, is now public.
It confirms serious violations of the European Social Charter in relation to the right to #housing in the Flemish region of Belgium.
It confirms serious violations of the European Social Charter in relation to the right to #housing in the Flemish region of Belgium.
The decision in @FEANTSA v. Belgium is now public. Their press release highlights the urgent need for #housing policies that effectively tackle #homelessness and prioritise the needs of vulnerable groups. #woonzaak www.feantsa.org/en/press-rel... The decision: hudoc.esc.coe.int/fre/?i=cc-20...
March 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The decision in @FEANTSA v. Belgium is now public. Their press release highlights the urgent need for #housing policies that effectively tackle #homelessness and prioritise the needs of vulnerable groups. #woonzaak www.feantsa.org/en/press-rel... The decision: hudoc.esc.coe.int/fre/?i=cc-20...