Measuring Housing Rights discussion on FEANTSA position paper

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Measuring Housing Rightsdiscussion on FEANTSA
position paper
UN as basis Indicators already
proposed Measuring Accessing Rights Homeless
service providers / residents rights FEANTSA
perspective
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Measuring Housing Rights

• ARTICLE 11.1 ICESCR
• The States Parties to the present Covenant
  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 States Parties will take
  appropriate steps to ensure the realization of
  this right, recognizing to this effect the
  essential importance of international
  co-operation based on free consent.
• ARTICLE 2 ICESCR
• Each State Party to the present Covenant
  undertakes to take steps, individually and
  through international assistance and
  co-operation, especially economic and technical,
  to the maximum of its available resources, with a
  view to achieving progressively the full
  realization of the rights recognized in the
  present Covenant by all appropriate means,
  including particularly the adoption of
  legislative measures.
• Article 31- REVISED EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER
• With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of
  the right to housing, the Parties undertake to
  take measures designed
• to promote access to housing of an adequate
  standard
• to prevent and reduce homelessness with a view to
  its gradual elimination
• to make the price of housing accessible to those
  without adequate resources

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Measuring Housing Rights

• UN proposed indicators
• Housing Adeqauacy
• Security of tenure/ forced eviction
• Scale and scope of Homelessnes
• Rights to non- Discrimination
• National Legal Protection
• Acceptance of Intl Stndards

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Measuring Housing Rights

• 1. Housing Adequacy
• Number1000 households with potable water
• Number with sanitation facilities
• Median household mothly housing payment
• Number with more than 2 persons per room
• Number living in temporary/ dilapidated
  strucutures
• Legislation ensuring disability access

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Measuring Housing Rights

• 2. Security of tenure/ scale and scoped of forced
  eviction
• Number forcibily evicted over last 12 months
• Number with lgeally enforceable protections
• Number living in informal settlements
• Number displaced persons

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• 3. Scale and Scope of Homelessness
• Number of homeless persons over past 12 months

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• 4. Rights to non discrimination / equality
• Legisaiton ensuring equal right of men and women
  to housing
• Presence of naitonal elgisation formbidding
  discrimination in housing

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Measuring Housing Rights

• 5. National Legal protection
• National legsialtion recognising the right to
  housing
• Presence of Governmental offices/ institutions
  responsible for housing rights

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Measuring Housing Rights

• 6. Acceptance of International Standards
• Ratification of ICESCR
• Regular reporting to Committee on ESCR

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Measuring Housing Rights

• Measuring Accessing Rights
• Specification of right. Adequacy of legal other
  provisions
• Adequacy of monitoring and enforcement
• Resources
• Management and Procedural issues
• Psychological and Socio cultural obstacles
• Attention to vulnerable groups and regions

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Measuring Housing Rights

• Measuring Accessing Rights
• Example from Irish NAPS/incl
• Citizenship rights encompass social, economic
  and cultural rights and
• obligations that underpin equality of opportunity
  and policies on access to
• education, employment, health, housing and social
  services.
• Detailed standards in relation to access to
  services will be set out.
• Indicators to monitor these standards
• accessible, transparent and effective mechanisms
  for ensuring the
• implementation of and adherence to these
  standards. the provision of
• quality services.

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Measuring Housing Rights

• Homeless service providers / residents rights
• Rights of representation
• Quality and style of service delivery
• Tenancy rights
• Other rights work, family, health

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Measuring Housing Rights

• FEANTSA perspective
• How will document be used?
• Strenghthen monitoring homelessness as an abuse
  of housing rights?
• Can it strenghthen members work in monitoring
  current compliance
• Can it lead the way in new standards?