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Eurochild’s reaction to the Proposed Council Recommendation on housing exclusion

Advancing children’s rights to an adequate standard of living.

Eurochild welcomes the proposed Council Recommendation on combating housing exclusion and homelessness as a necessary step towards ensuring the right to an adequate standard of living for every child in Europe. This is key to supporting the implementation of the European Child Guarantee. Given the scale and persistence of child housing exclusion across the EU, we urge the Council to adopt it swiftly and to ensure that a children’s rights approach firmly guides its implementation.

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