2.
Also acknowledges the work done by the Special Rapporteur in
promoting a gender perspective to his work, and in highlighting women’s rights in
relation to housing, land and property, as well as reporting on women and adequate
housing;
3.
Expresses concern at the prevalence of homelessness and inadequate
housing, the growth of slums worldwide, forced evictions, the increase in challenges
faced by migrants in relation to adequate housing, as well as of refugees in conflict
and post-conflict situations, challenges to the full enjoyment of the right to adequate
housing caused by the impact of climate change, natural disasters and pollution,
insecurity of tenure, unequal rights of men and women to property and inheritance, as
well as other violations of and impediments to the full realization of the right to
adequate housing;
4.
Urges States:
(a)
To give full effect, without discrimination of any kind as to race,
colour, sex, language, religion, disability, political or other opinion, national, or social
origin, property, birth or other status, to the right to adequate housing, including
through domestic legislation and policies and programmes based, as appropriate, on
statistical data, benchmarks or housing indicators, giving particular attention to
individuals, most often women and children, and members of communities living in
extreme poverty, as well as to security of tenure;
(b)
To ensure the observance of all their legally binding national standards
in the area of housing, and to develop, where necessary, new national standards, in
accordance with their obligations under international human rights law and to
consider ratifying all relevant human rights treaties;
(c)
To protect all persons from forced evictions that are not in accordance
with the law and international human rights treaties, and to provide legal protection
and redress for such forced evictions;
(d)
To counter social exclusion and marginalization of people and
communities who suffer from discrimination on single or multiple grounds, in
particular by ensuring non-discriminatory access to adequate housing for indigenous
people and persons belonging to minorities;