Tenants at risk of forfeiture of their residential tenancies pursuant to the provisions in the Land Code, have started to invoke the right to respect for their home that Article 8 of the ECHR provides. Author's review of all cases where tenants have invoked their right to respect for their home pursuant to Article 8 of the ECHR demonstrates that the tenancy courts appear to be challenged by tenants’ right to respect for home as a human right. The challanges the courts face are both conceptual and methodological.