Across the European Union, 3 million people were homeless in 2002 and 18 million were housed in inadequate accommodation, housing which lacks basic amenities, is structurally unsound, overcrowded or does not offer security of tenure.11/
La pénurie de logements qui existait auparavant a été remplacée par une pénurie de logements abordables, ce qui donne à penser qu'une grave crise du logement est imminente.