Housing Charter

In 2003 Housing for the Aged Action Group produced a Housing Charter based on the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Article 25 (1):

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old-age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control”

U.N. General Comment No. 4
On the right to Adequate Housing adopted by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and cultural Rights on December 12, 1991
UN Documents: E/CN.R/1991/4)

Pursuant to article 11 (1) of the Covenant, States’ parties “recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions. The Human Right to adequate housing, which is thus derived from the right to an adequate standard of living, is of central importance for the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights.”

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