FEANTSA fully supports the Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context, with a focus on the financialisation of housing.
In particular, FEANTSA welcomes the call of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing to treat housing not as a commodity but as a human right in order to achieve the goal of “ending homelessness by 2030”.
FEANTSA has worked over the years on housing issues including the role of housing markets in generating and combating homelessness, the housing needs of homeless people, the role of neighbouring sectors such as social housing and the overall role of housing as part of solutions to homelessness. FEANTSA represents organisations working to prevent and tackle homelessness and housing exclusion in the EU. Addressing homelessness ultimately means promoting, protecting and fulfilling the right to adequate housing.
