The impact of housing finance policies on the right to adequate housing of those living in poverty 2012, para. 49
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The majority of the urban poor live in unplanned and unserviced urban settlements and self-produce their habitat incrementally, mobilizing their own material and financial resources. In 2005, over one third (37 per cent) of the urban population in developing countries lived in slums and UN-Habitat estimates that by 2020 the world slum population will reach almost 1 billion.
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)
Poverty
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2012
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2012), A/67/286, para. 49.