Analysis of public policies related to immigrants' access to housing in Europe
Daniela Bolzani, Alexandra Bousiou, Eunice Cascant, Leonardo Corbo, Lauren Dixon, Noemie Dominguez, Jordi Giner, Evamaria Hahn, Patricia Loncle, Emmanuelle Maunaye, Catherine Mercier-Suissa, Daniel Millor, Emily Mugel, nancy ottaviano, Chiara Pagano, maité pinchon, Fransez Poisson, Ana Sales-Ten, Marta Salinaro, Valter Sandell-Maury, Pilar Serra Crespo, Carles Simò-Noguera and Jorge Velasco-Mengod
Given that access to adequate housing is a universal right and constitutes an important path towards integration in host societies, this second Word Paquet aims to review and analyze inclusion policies, placing special emphasis on those that guarantee or favor access to housing.
In order to achieve it, it has been divided in the following objectives:
• Review international agreements that co...ntemplate the right of access to housing within the United Nations.
• Review the agreements of the European Union in which the right of access to housing refers
• Analyze in the four partner countries of the project, to what extent access to housing for newcomers (immigrants and refugees) is considered and integrated into public policies at three levels:
- State laws such as immigration laws, laws for the integration of immigrants, reception laws for asylum seekers, etc.
- Regulations and norms established by regional governments that favor access to housing.
- Analyze the existence of local government policies with derived competencies in the area of housing.