Overview
- UN-Habitat supports the efforts of national and local governments, civil society groups, and national human rights institutions (NHRI) in realising the Human Right to Adequate Housing.
- More than 1.8 billion people worldwide lack adequate housing. Every year 2 million people are forcibly evicted, many more are threatened with evictions and some 150 million people worldwide are homeless.
- Adequate housing is a human right enshrined in international human rights law. Failing to recognise, protect, and fulfil the Right to Adequate Housing results in the violation of a plethora of fundamental rights including the Right to Work, Education, Health, and Security.
News and Stories
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Ending youth homelessness: policies, measures and success factors
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For the first time, Yazidi families have documents to prove their rights over land and houses in Sinjar, Northern Iraq
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UN-Habitat strengthens support to cities facing influx of internally displaced people
UN-Habitat provided technical advice to
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governments on how to conduct a comprehensive in-depth analysis of the urban housing sector and how to create a framework that enables the provision of adequate housing for all.
UN-Habitat in partnership with OHCHR and other stakeholders has successfully avoided evictions in
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countries and assisted 16 regional and country offices in engaging with United Nation Human Rights Mechanisms, including the Universal Periodic Review.
UN-Habitat has produced
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publications on the Right to Adequate Housing including prevention of forced evictions.
