Is Housing a Human Right?

Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Coalition for the Homeless


Author(s)/Creator(s): Rene Heybach; Patricia Nix-Hodes

Publishing Date: 2003-10-01

Issue Areas: Housing and Homelessness; Human Rights and Civil Liberties

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A CCH policy brief that examines whether housing should be understood as a human right and argues that the right to adequate housing is recognized as a basic and fundamental human right in many sources of international human rights law.

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Language code: English

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