Abstract
Housing meets a primary human need, and housing rights are now enshrined within international human rights law and regional and constitutional legal instruments. These rights extend beyond shelter, and encompass adequacy, affordability of housing, and security of tenure. Enforcing international housing rights has developed a corpus of jurisprudence, with the key concepts of human dignity, minimum core obligations, and progressive realisation of rights being interpreted in local housing and legal contexts. Today, market and commoditisation approaches dominate the debate over housing, shadowing housing rights discourse. Yet, housing rights provide a moral compass for housing law, policy, and systems. © 2012
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 703-708 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080471716 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780080471716 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- Adequacy
- Affordability
- Council of europe
- Dignity
- Evictions
- Housing
- Housing rights
- Minimum core obligations
- Progressive realisation
- Security
- Shelter
- United nations
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