Homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response 2016, para. 35
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Rural homelessness has been the result of decreasing food security from household production, climate change, corporatization of agriculture, loss of land through subdivision at inheritance, declining civil security in rural areas, extreme poverty, unregulated resource exploitation and natural disasters. Rural homelessness usually leads people to migrate to urban areas in search of work and housing.
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
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Poverty
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/54, para. 35.