Loss of Homes and Evictions across Europe

A Comparative Legal and Policy Examination

埃尔加土地和住房法律和政策

Edited by Padraic Kenna, Director, Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy, School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway, Sergio Nasarre-Aznar, Director, UNESCO Housing Chair, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, Peter Sparkes, former Professor of Property Law, Southampton Law School, University of Southampton, UK and Christoph U. Schmid, Professor of European Private and Economic Law and Director, Centre of European Law and Politics (ZERP), University of Bremen, Germany

The loss of a home can lead to major violations of a person’s dignity and human rights. Yet, evictions take place everyday in all countries across Europe. This book provides a comparative assessment of human rights, administrative, procedural and public policy norms, in the context of eviction, across a number of European jurisdictions. Through this comparison the book exposes the emergence of consistent, Europe-wide standards and norms.

‘This is an invaluable book for anyone interested in housing markets across Europe. Misleading comparisons are often made but this book sets the record straight. It provides a contextual account, written by country experts, of evictions from rented and mortgaged homes that considers legal, social, human rights and policy factors in 11 European countries. At last, one can discover how homes are really valued across Europe.’
– Sarah Nield, University of Southampton, UK

‘The book is a very valuable reference book for housing scholars that are interested in eviction aspects. Now that the Corona crisis threatens to result in a new eviction crisis, it is very important to take notice of the rich empirical insights that this book has to offer.’
– Joris Hoekstra, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment