Rent Control, Property and Human Rights Law

This book offers a comprehensive study of the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence on rent controls. It examines how the Court has balanced the right to property under the Convention against states' responsibilities to secure affordable housing. By analysing both landmark and lesser-known cases, the book seeks to define the parameters of legality in rent control, clarifying the thresholds at which such measures constitute violations, the standards of compensation applied and the rem...