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Housing Rights: Perspectives and Challenges. Channe Lindstrøm Oğuzhan Housing Policy Section channe.oguzhan@unhabitat.org. The Context of Housing Policy. Market. Affected by availability of : land Infrastructure Building Materials - BM Organisation Building Industry
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Housing Rights: Perspectives and Challenges Channe Lindstrøm Oğuzhan Housing Policy Section channe.oguzhan@unhabitat.org
The Context of Housing Policy Market • Affected by availability of: • land • Infrastructure • Building Materials - BM • Organisation Building Industry • Skilled & Productive Labour • Self-reliance BM production SUPPLY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY • Affected by: • Demographic conditions • Rate of urbanization • Rate of New household formation • Property rights regime • Housing Finance • Fiscal Policies • Subsidies • Macro-economic conditions "Prices" DEMAND OUTCOMES affected by regulatory, institutional & policy frameworks Source: Acioly, C. IHS: 1994 2003.; World Bank, 1993.
What is the ultimate goal? Institutional Frameworks Strategies Policies Building Materials Labour Finance Infrastructure Land Instruments Actions Legal & Regulatory Frameworks Affordable & Adequate Housing HOUSING Source: Acioly, C. IHS: 1994 2003.;
Housing Rights in the 1996 Habitat Agenda • Governments reconfirmed their commitment to housing rights: • “We reaffirm our commitment to: ensuring the full realization of the human rights set out in international instruments and in particular, in this context, the right to adequate housing” (para. 26) • Paragraph 61 clarifies actions needed for the progressive realization of housing rights: • Prevention of homelessness and discrimination in housing; • Promotion of security of tenure; • Prevention of illegal eviction; • Promotion of access to information, land, services and financing for affordable housing.
Forced Evictions CESCR General Comment 7 defines forced evictions as the “permanent or temporary removal against their will of individuals, families and/or communities from the homes and/or land which they occupy, without the provision of, and access to, appropriate forms of legal or other protection. The prohibition on forced evictions does not, however, apply to evictions carried out by force in accordance with the law and in conformity with the provisions of the International Covenants on Human Rights”.
