RT Article
T1 Homelessness, Housing First, and the Right to Housing—Confronting Right and Reality
JF Human rights review
VO 21
IS 4
SP 373
OP 389
A1 Taylor, Owen 1981-
A2 Loubière, Sandrine
A2 Auquier, Pascal
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747796662
AB The scale of homelessness in Europe throws a stark light on the right to housing that exists in many European states and in European and International Law. This disparity between legal right and the social reality of homelessness and housing precarity begs the question as to the efficacy of a rights-based approach to housing., This article examines the ‘enforceable’ right to housing in France, in place since 2007, to explore the efficacy of approaching a chronic lack of housing through justiciable rights. The lack of progress in over a decade of jurisprudence highlights the challenges posed to legal advocacy in this area, particularly when combined with a lack of political will. The article concludes by reflecting on alternative approaches, in which justiciable rights have played less of a role, stressing the need for political and financial commitment over legal rights.
K1 France
K1 Europe
K1 Justiciable rights
K1 Homelessness
K1 Right to housing
DO 10.1007/s12142-020-00598-7