Spanish banks are suspending evictions for the next two years for the most vulnerable people.
Some banks in Spain have tried to avoid evictions partly because the resale market has been so weak.
In western Europe Roma migrants have faced firebomb attacks in Italy, pogroms in Belfast and forcible evictions in Greece.
But with an undocumented population in the millions, mass evictions are no more realistic today than they were in 1811.
The foreclosure mills did actually, deliberately, and categorically fake and falsify documents, in order to expedite these foreclosures and evictions.
In Cook County, there are no hard numbers to track how many renters may have been affected by foreclosure evictions.
There have been demonstrations in Spain, with an organisation called Platform for Mortgage Victims blocking access to houses, to prevent evictions.
But Richard Dunstan of the Citizens Advice Bureaux dismissed the court assurances as a "last minute fudge" which would not prevent evictions.
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It said the evictions would create hardship, and called on the government to suspend them "until culturally appropriate accommodation is identified and provided".
The plaintiffs also argued the city had given inadequate termination notices and failed to advise them of their rights to protest the evictions.
Allowing county courts to make orders, for example where the court is dealing with applications for evictions on the basis of anti-social behaviour.
Juliane Kokott, the European Court of Justice's advocate general, has criticised the current rules on evictions, saying they violate European consumer protection rules.
While most recognize evictions as a necessary feature of housing finance, in regions getting clobbered by high unemployment such actions seem draconian to some.
The Spanish Banking Association says banks have renegotiated more than 400, 000 mortgages in the past five years and taken voluntary steps to delay evictions.
At numerous evictions, authorities have been met by dozens of protesters who have organized to provide support for families facing evictions across the country.
Mr Salmond said all SNP-led councils would halt the threat of evictions for those whose housing benefits are reduced if they have a spare bedroom.
Leading judges -- the judiciary is charged with carrying out the evictions -- have in recent days called on lawmakers to urgently address the problem.
It noted that eviction for non-payment of rent in Northern Ireland was lower than in England - with an average of 34 evictions a year.
Housing advocates say hundreds of evictions are scheduled every business day.
In a statement, the UN committee said the evictions would "disproportionately affect the lives of the Gypsy and traveller families, particularly women, children and older people".
As required, Columbia has directed funds to pay for an agreement compliance officer hired by the state and a tenants attorney to advise residents on evictions.
And a main police union, known by its letters SUP, offered to pay legal fees and lost wages for officers who decline to participate in evictions.
"We must make an effort, because at the moment we are living in a country where there's a difficult social situation because of the evictions, " he said.
Spain's central judicial authority has reported than 150, 000 evictions of Spaniards and immigrants from their homes since 2008, when the crisis started, for falling behind on their mortgage payments.
As the delegation touched down, a group of demonstrators was gathered outside the airport in Rio to protest against planned evictions connected to the Olympics planning, according to the Associated Press.
Defying the conservative central government in Madrid, Andalusia this month implemented measures that will temporarily stop evictions and penalize banks and real-estate firms for holding hundreds of thousands of vacant properties.
Evictions for non-payment of rent have increased by 20% since rent control was abolished, and more than 7, 000 eviction complaints were handled by Boston's housing court last year, compared to 5, 000 in 1993 before rent control ended.
Joseph Chinotimba, a veteran of the war of independence who spearheaded the farm evictions and now lives on a farm in Concession, about 55km north of Harare, says there is nothing sacred about the old farmhouses and they should not be celebrated.
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