First-ever pan-European survey on tenancy law

The EU-funded TENLAW (Tenancy law and housing policy in multi-level Europe) project seeks to provide the first large-scale comparative and European survey of tenancy law. National legislators will benefit from the information collected here on foreign laws and experiences. This well-thought-out European contribution to this field of law ultimately serves both tenants and landlords.

During the second reporting period, 31 national reports and an equal number of tenant's rights brochures were produced and made available on the project website. The brochures were collected in an information brochure titled 'My rights as tenant in the EU'. In early 2014, a workshop took place in the Netherlands to peer review and examine the national reports.

In ongoing work, researchers are comparing national systems. A workshop was held in late 2014 to present and further discuss their findings to date. An internal blind peer-review procedure is being carried out on the draft comparison reports.

The team is also analysing the impact of EU laws on national housing policy overall and national tenancy law in particular, and has started putting together a plan to disseminate and maximise project results.

TENLAW will support national legislators when re-regulating tenancy and housing laws and provide information and assistance on foreign tenancy law to individuals wishing to establish themselves in other EU countries. In doing so, it will ultimately improve the effectiveness of the free movement of citizens and the intra-European labour market.