{"id":3785,"date":"2022-04-04T18:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3785"},"modified":"2022-04-28T12:52:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:52:11","slug":"realising-the-right-to-housing-recommendations-of-the-un-special-rapporteur","status":"publish","type":"exemplary_case","link":"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/es\/casos-de-exito\/realising-the-right-to-housing-recommendations-of-the-un-special-rapporteur\/","title":{"rendered":"Realising the right to housing \u2013 recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Not surprisingly, given the key role it plays in housing affordability, finance is a central theme in these guidelines.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For instance, both Guideline Numbers 4 and 12 address finance directly:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Guideline No. 4.<\/strong> Implement comprehensive strategies for the realization of the right to housing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Housing strategies must identify the State\u2019s obligations to be realized progressively, based on clear goals and timelines for achieving specific outcomes and the right to adequate housing for all in the shortest possible time<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Strategies should provide coherence and coordination in all relevant policy areas, particularly urban planning, land regulation, taxation and finance, social benefits, and services.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Guideline No. 12.<\/strong> Ensure the regulation of businesses in a manner consistent with state obligations and address the financialization of housing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">States must regulate business in order to prevent investments having any negative impacts on the right to housing, including by:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Preventing any privatization of public or social housing that would reduce the capacity of the State to ensure the right to adequate housing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Maintaining a rental regulatory framework that preserves security of tenure and affordable housing for tenants, including through rent caps, controls or rent freezes where needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Imposing taxes on residential real estate and land speculation to curb the short-term resale of properties and on residential real estate left vacant.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These guidelines reflect emerging research on the impact of the financialization of housing \u2013 increasing the influence of financial markets and instruments on governments, housing systems, households and housing affordability. Since the completion of her term, the Special Rapporteur has established a global movement called \u201cThe Shift\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.make-the-shift.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.make-the-shift.org\/<\/a>), aiming to generate and amplify a global conversation on the right to housing. Some of the Special Rapporteur\u2019s responses to financialization are explored later in this chapter.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Actors involved<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Scale<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EU<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More information<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/Housing\/Pages\/GuidelinesImplementation.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/Housing\/Pages\/GuidelinesImplementation.aspx<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6770\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/intro_housing2030-300x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/intro_housing2030-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/intro_housing2030-600x394.png 600w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/intro_housing2030.png 727w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housing2030.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.housing2030.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>An initiative of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6035\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002-473x600.jpg 473w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002-600x760.jpg 600w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6656\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNHABITAT.svg_-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNHABITAT.svg_-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNHABITAT.svg_.png 558w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6658\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002-300x92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002-600x184.jpg 600w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Ms. Leilani Farha, published detailed guidelines to help governments establish the right to adequate 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