Loss of Homes and Evictions across Europe

Kenna, Padraic; Schmid, Çhristof; Nasarre-Aznar, Sergio; Sparkes, Peter

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“…Our findings emphasize the need of support for evicted children and their parents and the importance of addressing underlying economic and psychosocial problems in families at risk of eviction. A recent report from the European Commission [ 21 ] highlights a number of prevention measures, both general macro-level housing policies but also secondary prevention measures directed at individuals with a potentially high risk of eviction and homelessness, including counselling, support through social services and public assistance with housing costs and rent arrears. Avoiding households with children from being evicted, e.g.…”

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“…Evictions increase vulnerability to homelessness [ 21 ], demonstrated to be associated with increased involvement by child protective services [ 22 ], and previous research has also shown that children in homeless families are at greater risk for out-of-home placements [ 23 – 25 ]. In one previous American study, inadequate housing, identified by interviews with caseworkers and caregivers, increased risk for out-of-home placement in families under investigation by child protective services [ 26 ].…”

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Evicted children and subsequent placement in out-of-home care: A cohort study

Berg

Brännström

2018

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BackgroundEvictions may have serious consequences for individuals’ health and wellbeing. Even though an eviction may be experienced as a significant crisis for the family, there is little previous knowledge on consequences for evicted children. This study represents the first attempt to examine to what extent children from evicted households were separated from their parents and placed in out-of-home care (foster family or residential care) using population-based data, net of observed confounding factors related to the socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances of their parents.MethodsThis study takes advantage of information from a Swedish national database, consisting of about 8 000 evicted individuals and a random sample of 770 000 individuals from the national population, linked to individual-level, longitudinal data from Swedish national registers. Our analytical sample consists of information for more than 250 000 children born in 1995–2008, including 2 224 children from evicted households. We used binary logistic regression based on the Karlson/Holm/Breen method to account for observed imbalances at baseline between evicted and non-evicted children.ResultsCompared to non-evicted children, the crude odds ratio for placement in out-of-home care in evicted children was 12.10 (95% CI 8.54–17.14). Net of observed confounding factors related to the socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances of the parents, evicted children had a twofold elevated risk of being placed in out-of-home care (odds ratio 2.26, 95% CI 1.55–3.27). Crude OR for evicted children in comparison with children under threat of eviction (eviction not formally executed) was 1.71 (95% CI 1.17–2.49) and adjusted OR 1.58 (95% CI 1.06–2.35).ConclusionChildren who experience eviction constitute a disadvantaged group and are at significant risk of being separated from their parents and placed in out-of-home care. These results demonstrate the importance of providing support for these children and their parents. Strategies to prevent households with children from being evicted seem to be an important and viable intervention path.

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Evicted children and subsequent placement in out-of-home care: A cohort study

Berg

Brännström

2018

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“…Charities and NGOs, such as iCare and Financial Justice Ireland, have criticised the influx of investment funds in Ireland and campaign for more regulation in the sector. Data on possession orders is available through the Courts Service of Ireland and the Central Bank of Ireland, and from the RTB, but there is no exact data on the number of evictions from owner-occupied dwelling as a result of mortgage enforcement (Kenna et al, 2018).…”

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“…The legal system is meant to protect their rights but, for the most part, it is failing them. Evictions in Ireland are socially and politically emotive issues (Kenna, Nasarre-Aznar, Sparkes, & Schmid, 2018). Along with family and relationship breakdowns, evictions represent a key pathway into homelessness (Long et al, 2019;Walsh & Harvey, 2015).…”

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“…The majority of evictions happen due to rent arrears but tenants can be evicted for a variety of reasons, such as property damage, antisocial behaviour, breaches of the lease agreement, major refurbishment, and in some cases, at the whim of the landlord (Gerull, 2014). An eviction may represent the culmination of a lengthy and complex legal process involving a number of stages prior to, and leading to, physical eviction (Kenna et al, 2018).…”

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The financialization of rental housing: Evictions and rent regulation

Lima

2020

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Evictions in the private rental sector have acquired primary importance in the public debate. Unaffordable rents and insecurity in the private rented sector have been appointed as one of the primary reasons for homelessness. Due to high rental prices and a chronic housing shortage, families who are not able to find alternative accommodation might fall into homelessness when they are evicted from their homes. This study contributes to the current understanding of the conditions that led to the lack of affordable housing and limited housing options in Ireland. While a range of factors contribute to the housing and homelessness crisis in the country, this paper examines current data and legislation relating to the entry of corporate landlords into the private real estate market. In the face of the unhelpful structural trends of rising poverty and increasing homelessness, this work argues that current levels of homelessness are associated with insecurity in the private rented sector and rising rent unaffordability. This paper finds that the current housing policy framework that focuses on temporary remediation is increasing the commitment to financial actors connected to global corporations and collaborating to the weak regulation of the housing market.

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Towards a common standard of protection of the right to housing in Europe through the charter of fundamental rights

Kenna

Moreno²

2019

European Law Journal

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The trend towards the financialisation of housing since the 1980s and the global financial crisis exposed a dramatic lacuna in the legal protection of the right to housing. Yet, the right to housing features not only in national and international human rights instruments, but also in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Charter rights are increasingly finding expression in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In particular, drawing on the Charter, the CJEU's interpretation of EU consumer law is moving towards a recognition of housing rights as inherent components of consumer protection. On the basis of such developments, this article examines whether there is scope to extend this human rights approach to new areas – namely, to the Mortgage Credit Directive (2014) – a major EU harmonising measure – and to the work of EU institutions now responsible for banking supervision. The article concludes that, if guided by the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the case law of the CJEU and the practice of supranational banking supervision could significantly enhance the protection of the right to housing, both at EU and Member State level.

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Loss of Homes and Evictions across Europe

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Evicted children and subsequent placement in out-of-home care: A cohort study

Evicted children and subsequent placement in out-of-home care: A cohort study

The financialization of rental housing: Evictions and rent regulation

Towards a common standard of protection of the right to housing in Europe through the charter of fundamental rights

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