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Can housing rights be applied to modern housing systems?
(Emerald, 2010-05)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to outline and examine the growing corpus of housing rights and assess their relevance and applicability to complex contemporary housing systems across the world.
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Can international housing rights based on public international law really impact on contemporary housing systems?
(Ashgate, 2010-12)
The concept of home advances a new basis for evaluating housing rights,
emphasising their human and personal benefits. Housing rights address, at a
national, regional and global level, displacement and dispossession, as ...
Housing and human rights
(Elsevier, 2011)
Housing meets a primary human need and housing rights are now enshrined housing rights within international human rights law, regional and constitutional legal instruments. These rights extend beyond shelter, and encompass ...
Local authorities and the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003
(Clarus Press, 2010)
This article discusses the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights Act
2003 (ECHR Act) on local authorities in Ireland. The Act creates a new framework
for the representative, regulatory, agency and service ...
International instruments on housing rights
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)
Housing rights can act to guarantee minimum housing provision for poor and deprived persons, based on respect for human
dignity. These rights are now established within many international public law instruments and treaties, ...
The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.
(Roundhall Sweet & Maxwell, 2010-06)
The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (the 2009 Act)has updated and expanded many areas of social housing law. This takes place as the significance of social housing rises immeasurably within the financial rescue ...
Towards a common standard of protection of the right to housing in Europe through the charter of fundamental rights
(Wiley, 2019-12-17)
The trend towards the financialisation of housing since the 1980s and the global financial crisis exposed a dramatic lacuna in the legal protection of the right to housing. Yet, the right to housing features not only in ...