AREAS FOR ACTION TOWARDS THE FULL AND PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF HOUSING RIGHTS

Actions Respect Protect Fulfill
Areas
Legal framework and monitoring
  • International and national norms, standards and guidelines
  • Need for reporting on violations and progress in realization of housing rights
  • Measures against retrogressively
  • Benchmarks of progressive realization and compliance of domestic measures with international level
  • Mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation at the local, national and global levels
  • Legal reforms
  • Comprehensive policies incorporating requirements of a rights based approach
  • Prevention of violations of housing rights
  • Facilitation of restitution and compensation measures in cases of violations
Tenurial arrangements
  • Need for residential stability
  • Security of tenure
  • Measures to eliminate forced evictions
  • Tenant / landlord relations organized by law
  • Equal rights of all to inheritance, ownership and control of land and property
  • Improvement of cadastral systems
  • Improvement of land and property registration
  • Appropriate management of housing stocks
Homelessness
  • Rights and needs of homeless people
  • Specific measures and programmes for homeless people
  • Eradication of homelessness
Popular participation and involvement of stakeholders
  • Need for information exchange and advocacy
  • Expression of needs and preferences
  • Need for cooperation and coordination between stakeholders
  • Access to information on all aspects of housing
  • Roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders and effective cooperation
  • Participatory approaches in development and management of housing
  • Formulation and implementation of effective enabling policies and strategies
Social integration
  • Measures against discrimination
  • Specific needs of women, people living in poverty, disadvantaged and vulnerable groups
  • Affirmative action targeting women, people living in poverty, disadvantaged and vulnerable groups
  • Measures integrating all social groups in neighbourhoods and cities
  • Provision of housing to people with special needs
  • Inclusive communities and cities
Sustainable housing development
  • Diversity of housing needs
  • Privacy
  • Need for improved access to housing resources (such as land, finance, building materials and services)
  • Adaptability to diverse needs and conditions
  • Cultural adequacy
  • Contributions towards an adequate standard of living for all
  • Effective and efficient housing markets
  • Adequate housing supply, including rental options