Housing (Art. 26)

(1) Everyone has the right to have access to adequate housing.

(2) The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of this right.

(3) No one may be evicted from their home, or have their home demolished, without an order of court made after considering all the relevant circumstances. No
legislation may permit arbitrary evictions.

France

• Mme. Derai v. State, Arrêt n° 99LY02455, Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon, 30 novembre 2004
• Arrêt n° 04-80.290, Cour de cassation, chambre criminelle, 14 septembre 2004
• Commune de Verdun v. M. Pierre Reinhardt Arrêt n° 98NC02526, Cour administrative d'appel de Nancy, 4 décembre 2003
• N° 98-403 DC du 29 juillet 1998, Loi d'orientation relative à la lutte contre les exclusions

United States

• Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. vs. Township of Mount Laurel

   

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