Amnesty International’s report ‘Unatainable right to housing’ is an analysis of people’s access to adequate housing in Slovakia. Accessibility and affordability of housing is a significant concern in Slovakia. To live in a public rental apartment is an unattainable dream for thousands of households because of the scarcity of municipal housing stock (that is, government owned housing that can be rented at affordable rates by people who need it) and the government imposed eligibility criteria to access such housing
- Index Number
- EUR 72/8641/2024
- Pages
- 89
- Published in
- United Kingdom
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 3
- GLOSSARY 5
- 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9
- BACKGROUND 10
- RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE AND NO ONE 10
- LIMITED ACCESS TO PUBLIC HOUSING 10
- EXISTING FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS INADEQUATE 11
- BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING 11
- DISCRIMINATION OF ROMA HOUSEHOLDS IN ACCESS TO HOUSING 12
- SOCIAL SERVICES ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSING 13
- RECOMMENDATIONS 13
- 2. METHODOLOGY 15
- 2.1 DESK RESEARCH 15
- 2.2 LEGAL ANALYSIS 15
- 2.3 CASE STUDIES 15
- 2.4 INTERVIEWS 16
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 17
- 3. BACKGROUND 18
- 3.1 POVERTY SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND HOUSING 18
- AFFORDABILITY IN SLOVAKIA 18
- 3.2 HOMELESSNESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 21
- 4. GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS 26
- 4.1 HOUSING IN SLOVAKIA AN OVERVIEW 26
- 4.2 HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND AVAILABLE SOCIAL SUPPORT 30
- 4.3 POLITICAL AND EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOUSING 33
- 4.4 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND MERIT-BASED HOUSING POLICIES 36
- 5. INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LEGAL STANDARDS ON HOUSING 40
- 6. LIMITED ACCESS TO HOUSING IN SLOVAKIA 45
- 6.1 LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING 45
- 6.2 BARRIERS TO ACCESS MUNICIPAL RENTAL HOUSING 47
- 6.3 BARRIERS ASSOCIATED WITH ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS 53
- 7. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ROMA HOUSEHOLDS IN ACCESS TO HOUSING 55
- 7.1 RACISM OF THE AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC TOWARDS ROMA PEOPLE 57
- 7.2 SEGREGATION OF ROMA HOUSEHOLDS IN MUNICIPAL HOUSING 60
- 7.3 POOR CONDITIONS IN SEGREGATED MUNICIPAL HOUSING FOR ROMA PEOPLE 63
- 7.4 SHORT-TERM RENTAL AGREEMENTS 69
- 7.5 INSUFFICIENT ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES IN SEGREGATED HOUSING 72
- 8. RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICES ARE NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING 73
- 8.1 ZERO TOLERANCE TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE 75
- 8.2 RESTRICTED MOVEMENT AND VISITS 77
- 8.3 MAXIMUM LENGTH OF STAY 79
- 8.4 UNPAID WORK 80
- 9. HOUSING FIRST A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO HOUSING 81
- 10. RECOMMENDATIONS 84
- AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. WHEN INJUSTICE HAPPENS TO ONE PERSON IT MATTERS TO US ALL. 88
