Analysis of two alternative housing policies: rental and collective housing 2013, para. 65
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Both cooperatives and community land trusts also promote affordable housing for the poor by taking on responsibility for the maintenance and rehabilitation of communal housing space, which is a heavy cost for the poor. By locking land and housing values, community land trusts and cooperatives also contribute to the overall stability of land market and housing affordability. Finally, the leverage of the community greatly enhances the ability of low-income household members to access housing that is well located in urban areas and to ensure security of tenure in these locations.
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
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/289, para. 65.