From Housing Needs To Housing Rights

Author : Nico Moons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351605618

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The Right to housing in law and society by Nico Moons Pdf

From the very first negotiations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights half a century ago to the present day, socio-economic rights have often been regarded as less enforceable than civil and political rights. The right to adequate housing, even though protecting one of the most basic needs of human beings, has not escaped this classification. Despite its strong foundations in international, regional and domestic legislation, many people are still deprived of one or more of the different key elements that comprise adequate housing. How, then, can international human rights theory and case law be developed into effective vehicles at the domestic level? Rather than focusing merely on possibilities for individualized relief through the court system, The Right to Housing in Law and Society looks into more effective socio-economic rights realization by addressing both conceptual and practical stumbling blocks that hinder a more structural progress at the national level. The Flemish and Belgian housing legislation and policy are used to highlight the problems and illustrate the pathways here presented. While first and foremost legal in its approach, the book also offers a more sociological perspective on the functioning of the right to housing in practice. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers and students in the fields of international socio-economic rights law and human rights law more generally.

Author : Scott Leckie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015029840033

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From Housing Needs to Housing Rights by Scott Leckie Pdf

This report seeks to provide an introductory and accessible framework for non-lawyers to use in understanding and grasping the issues associated with housing rights as currently found under the international human rights law. It examines the role, status and mechanics of the law.

Author : Ontario Human Rights Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Human rights
ISBN : OCLC:460168291

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Droits de la Personne Et Les Logements Locatif en Ontario : Document de Consultation by Ontario Human Rights Commission Pdf

Author : Rachel G. Bratt,Michael E. Stone,Chester W. Hartman
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1592134335

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A Right to Housing by Rachel G. Bratt,Michael E. Stone,Chester W. Hartman Pdf

An examination of America's housing crisis by the leading progressive housing activists in the country.

Author : Katrin B. Anacker,Mai Thi Nguyen,David P. Varady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317282693

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The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning by Katrin B. Anacker,Mai Thi Nguyen,David P. Varady Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary overview of contemporary trends in housing studies, housing policies, planning for housing, and housing innovations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Continental Europe. In 29 chapters, international scholars discuss aspects pertaining to the right to housing, inequality, homeownership, rental housing, social housing, senior housing, gentrification, cities and suburbs, and the future of housing policies. This book is essential reading for students, policy analysts, policymakers, practitioners, and activists, as well as others interested in housing policy and planning.

Author : Scott Leckie
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004482128

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National Perspectives on Housing Rights by Scott Leckie Pdf

More than one billion people around the world do not have adequate housing. How far does human rights law help to remedy this problem? What measures must governments take to protect people against housing rights violations? What are the strengths and weaknesses of human rights law in the housing area? Is the current law enough, or are new laws necessary? These and many other questions are addressed in the various chapters contained in National Perspectives on Housing Rights. While most coverage of economic, social and cultural rights has tended to focus on international standards and principles, this book examines the more challenging question of how housing rights are implemented at the national and local level. Chapters from recognised housing rights practitioners from Brazil, Canada, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Philppines, South Africa, the US and elsewhere provide some of the first national-level legal analyses of the implementation of housing rights standards recognised under international law. A foreword by Nelson Mandela and a preface by international legal scholar Professor Philip Alston provide interesting perspectives on the fundamental role of housing rights within the broader human rights field.

Author : Peter Marcuse,David Madden
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784783563

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In Defense of Housing by Peter Marcuse,David Madden Pdf

In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it? Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits of decent housing are only available for those who can afford it. In Defense of Housing is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. They look at the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. The housing crisis cannot be solved by minor policy shifts, they argue. Rather, the housing crisis has deep political and economic roots—and therefore requires a radical response.

Author : Anindita Mukherjee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108720274

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The Legal Right to Housing in India by Anindita Mukherjee Pdf

Examines the benefits of seeking legal recognition for the right to housing, within the Indian legal context.

Author : Jessie Hohmann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782250982

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The Right to Housing by Jessie Hohmann Pdf

A human right to housing represents the law's most direct and overt protection of housing and home. Unlike other human rights, through which the home incidentally receives protection and attention, the right to housing raises housing itself to the position of primary importance. However, the meaning, content, scope and even existence of a right to housing raise vexed questions. Drawing on insights from disciplines including law, anthropology, political theory, philosophy and geography, this book is both a contribution to the state of knowledge on the right to housing, and an entry into the broader human rights debate. It addresses profound questions on the role of human rights in belonging and citizenship, the formation of identity, the perpetuation of forms of social organisation and, ultimately, of the relationship between the individual and the state. The book addresses the legal, theoretical and conceptual issues, providing a deep analysis of the right to housing within and beyond human rights law. Structured in three parts, the book outlines the right to housing in international law and in key national legal systems; examines the most important concepts of housing: space, privacy and identity and, finally, looks at the potential of the right to alleviate human misery, marginalisation and deprivation. The book represents a major contribution to the scholarship on an under-studied and ill-defined right. In terms of content, it provides a much needed exploration of the right to housing. In approach it offers a new framework for argument within which the right to housing, as well as other under-theorised and contested rights, can be reconsidered, reconnecting human rights with the social conditions of their violation, and hence with the reasons for their existence. Shortlisted for The Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2013.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Housing
ISBN : 9211316642

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Housing Rights Legislation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Housing policy
ISBN : 9211317169

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Global Campaign for Secure Tenure by Anonim Pdf

Author : Padraic Kenna
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317160830

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Contemporary Housing Issues in a Globalized World by Padraic Kenna Pdf

The globalization of housing finance led to the global financial crisis, which has created new barriers to adequate and affordable housing. It presents major challenges for current housing law and policy, as well as for the development of housing rights. This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today’s globalized housing systems. The book takes up the challenge of developing a new paradigm, working towards the possibility of an alternative future. Revolving around three constellations of writing by diverse contributors, each chapter sets out a clear and developed approach to contemporary housing issues. The first major theme considers the crisis in mortgage market regulation, the development of mortgage securitization and comparisons between Spain and Ireland, two countries at the epicentre of the global housing market crisis. The second thematic consideration focuses on housing rights within the European human rights architecture, within national constitutions, and those arising from new international instruments, with their particular relevance for persons with disabilities and developing economies. The third theme incorporates an examination of responses to the decline and regeneration of inner cities, legal issues around squatting in developed economies, and changes in tenure patterns away from home-ownership. This topical book will be valuable to those who are interested in law, housing rights and human rights, policy-making and globalization.

Author : Silvia Cittadini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Law
ISBN : 1003184537

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Social Justice and Adequate Housing by Silvia Cittadini Pdf

This book presents a critical analysis of the concept of 'adequate housing'. While the concept of adequate housing is used largely as a normative standard in the protection of housing rights and in the implementation of housing policies, its apparent objectivity and universality have never been questioned by political and legal theory. This book analyses and challenges the understanding of this term in law and politics by investigating its relationship with the idea of 'home'. 'It is necessary to provide them with adequate housing!' It is very common to hear this phrase when dealing with housing poverty, especially in relation to migrants, minorities, indigenous and other subaltern groups are concerned. But what does "adequate housing" mean? This book tackles this issue by proposing a critical analysis of this concept and of its use in the development of housing policies addressing the subaltern group par excellence in Europe, Roma. In so doing, it focuses on the lives of Roma and Sinti in Italy who have been the target of inclusion policies. Highlighting the emotional connection to housing, and dismantling some of the most 'common sense' ideas about Roma, it offers a radical revision of how social justice in the housing sector might be refigured. This book will be invaluable for scholars and students working on relevant themes in socio and critical legal studies, sociology, human rights, urban studies, human geography and Romani studies

Author : Kathryn R. Libal,Scott Harding
Publisher : Springer
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319082103

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Human Rights-Based Community Practice in the United States by Kathryn R. Libal,Scott Harding Pdf

A transformative model for community social work rooted in basic social and economic rights is the basis of this timely Brief. With specific chapters spotlighting the rights to health care, nutritious food, and adequate and affordable housing, the book describes in depth the role of community practice in securing rights for underserved and vulnerable groups and models key aspects of rights-based work such as empowerment, participation, and collaboration. Case examples relate local struggles to larger regional and statewide campaigns, illustrating ways the book's framework can inform policymakers and improve social structures in the larger community. This rights-based perspective contrasts sharply with the deficits-based approach commonly employed in community social work, and has the potential to inspire new strategies for addressing systemic social inequality. Features of Human Rights-Based Community Practice in the United States: A conceptual basis for a rights-based approach to community practice. Detailed analysis of legal and social barriers to health care, housing, and food. Examples of effective and emerging rights-based community interventions. Methods for assessing the state of human rights at the community level. Documents, discussion questions, resource lists, and other valuable tools.

Author : Rajindar Sachar,United Nations Centre for Human Rights
Publisher : New York, New York : United Nations
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015038134048

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The Right to Adequate Housing by Rajindar Sachar,United Nations Centre for Human Rights Pdf

A new & timely publication made all the more urgent by the enormity by the global housing crisis, with inadequate housing threatening the health, safety & dignity of so many. An invaluable addition to the already successful Human Rights Study Series.