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In international human rights law the right to housing is regarded as a freestanding right. This was clarified in the 1991 General Comment no 4 on Adequate Housing by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. [5] The general comment provides an authoritative interpretation of the right to housing in legal terms under ...
The Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1988 did make a system of administrative law judges to hear housing discrimination cases to help against the illegal actions. Other examples of federal legislation may include increased federal legislation enforcement, scattered-site housing, [21] or state and local enforcement on a more concentrated level. [81]
The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act required parish unions to supply houses for workers but these unions purposely made these work houses unattractive in order to discourage workers from applying for housing. [2] This Act also made casual wards known as "spikes" available for those who needed temporary housing in return for their labor. [3]
International law already treats housing as a human right. The 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights codified housing as essential to human dignity and an adequate ...
the right to use and move freely in public spaces, including but not limited to public sidewalks, public parks, public transportation, and public buildings, in the same manner as any other person and without discrimination on the basis of his or her housing status; the right to equal treatment by all State and municipal agencies, without ...
Such a right is a guarantee that Californians’ housing security is protected from the whims and uncertainties of politics, the charitable sector, or the private market,” according to a ...
Legal scholars and practitioners generally discuss laws that affect housing within the context of real property, landlord–tenant law, mortgage law, laws that forbid housing discrimination, laws that attempt to preserve affordable housing, etc. The following is a list of housing-related statutes in different countries.
A San Francisco Assemblyman says a constitutional amendment “creates a moral and constitutional obligation” for state and local governments to provide housing.