A home is a right for every human being (Raquel Rolnik)

United Nations, New York, 23 October 2009 - At a Headquarters press conference, newly-appointed Special Rapporteur on adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik stressed today that, while everyone was actively discussing the link between the current global financial crisis and the credit crunch, nobody is talking about the impact of the financial crisis on the right to adequate housing.

She concluded with her third and last example of Europe and in the United States, where housing policy was connected to welfare structures. Now, she observed, policy was being reversed and for the first time in almost a century, slums, mostly inhabited by immigrants, were spreading at the edge of cities like Madrid and in other areas of Europe. The first step needed was the recognition that a housing problem existed. From there, policies were needed to ensure if a person didnt have money, they were still entitled to housing with dignity.

View the entire press Conference (Real Media, 34 minutes):
http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressconference/2009/pc091023pm.rm

Press Release:
http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2008/081024_Rolnik.doc.htm

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News & Politics

Tags:

• United Nations
• UN
• human rights
• Raquel Rolnik
• housing
• homeownership
• dignity

[EUamerican]

Thank you soooooo much - from the USA!

[digiwench]

Ive seen pix of some of the lovely suburban areas of Rio. Maybe you can tell us how the Brazilians achieved this miracle of human rights.