Centrality of the right to adequate housing for the development and implementation of the New Urban Agenda to be adopted at Habitat III in October 2016 2015, para. 44
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Migrants and internally displaced persons are often treated as outsiders, left out of local decision-making processes and frequently subjected to discriminatory or xenophobic attitudes. Residency status and citizenship are often used as eligibility criteria for subsidized housing programmes, forcing many migrants to rely on unregulated private housing in overcrowded, inadequate and informal settings, often resulting in homelessness.
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)
Equality & Inclusion
Movement
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/270, para. 44.