A/HRC/RES/55/11 Recalling United Nations Habitat Assembly resolution 2/7 of 9 June 2023 on adequate housing for all, including the decision to establish an open-ended intergovernmental expert working group to consider and make recommendations to the Assembly on the development and content of policies for accelerating progress towards the universal achievement of safe, sustainable, adequate and affordable housing, Concerned that the right to adequate housing is not realized for many throughout the world and that millions continue to live in substandard housing, and millions more are homeless or at immediate risk of homelessness, and that especially those facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, particularly women and girls, persons with disabilities, older persons, internally displaced persons, refugees, migrants and Indigenous Peoples, are in a vulnerable situation in this regard, and recognizing that this situation should be addressed by urgent and immediate measures by States in accordance with existing international human rights commitments and obligations and with the support, where necessary, of the international community, Deeply concerned about the effects of racial discrimination and of systemic racism, including as they relate to structural and institutional racism, on the enjoyment of human rights for all, including, inter alia, on the right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Recalling its deep concern at the lack of progress regarding discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing affecting women, and underlining the need to urgently act to ensure their security of tenure, irrespective of their family or relationship status, their equal access to credit, low-cost housing, mortgages, home ownership and rental housing, including through subsidies, to ensure in situations of domestic violence immediate access to emergency shelters, including through legislative measures, and to guarantee women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in all aspects of housing-related policymaking, including housing design and construction, community development and planning, and transportation and infrastructure, among others, Recognizing that, for persons with disabilities, choosing where and with whom to live, being part of a community and having access to adequate and accessible housing are central to a life that includes dignity, autonomy, participation, inclusion, equality and respect for diversity of persons with disabilities, Deeply concerned that persons with disabilities often lack equal access to adequate housing and infrastructure facilities that are accessible and appropriate to their needs, which has an impact on their equal right to live independently, to be included in the community and to participate fully in all aspects of life, including education and employment, on an equal basis with others, Recalling that article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and provides that, with a view to realizing this right without discrimination, States parties shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate the full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right, and their full inclusion and participation in the community, by, inter alia, ensuring that persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with others, and are not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement, Recalling also that article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions, and provides that States parties shall take appropriate steps to safeguard and promote the realization of this right without discrimination on the basis of disability, Emphasizing that access to the physical environment, transportation, information and communications, including information and communications technology, and other services and facilities provided to the public are essential to ensure that all aspects of the housing environment are accessible to persons with disabilities, 2