Indicator in all countries

Is there evidence of denial of housing/housing rights for certain ethnic groups?

• Austria

  Yes.

• Bulgaria

  Yes.

• Cyprus

  Yes

• Denmark

  No.

• Finland

  Yes.

• France

  Yes

• Germany

  No.

• Greece

  Yes.

• Hungary

  No explicit evidence is available.

• Ireland

  To date there is no evidence of a denial of housing rights based on ethnicity, apart from anecdotal evidence of individual instances of some landlords of private rented accommodation discriminating against certain nationalities. No overall information exists on this practice however.

• Italy

  Yes.

• Poland

  NGOs report the examples of denial of social housings for migrants and refugees.

• Portugal

  Yes, there is evidence of denial of housing rights for certain ethnic groups.

• Romania

  Yes, in the case of the Roma.

• Slovenia

  Only citizens of Slovenia have access to non-profit rented housing which disproportionately affects minority ethnic groups. There are numerous documented cases of Roma who were prevented from buying or renting real estate property.   

• Spain

  No data.

• Sweden

  Yes.