Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 41
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The inability of the poor to access secure and well-located urban housing is often a direct result of policies that promote the commodification of land and housing to the detriment of their social function. As housing becomes increasingly unaffordable, especially in city centres, people have no choice but to resort to insecure self-help alternatives, including sleeping in public places.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Poverty
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/25/54, para. 41.