Re:Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on ...
by childoftv on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @11:38PM
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So some documents do treat housing as a human right: (UN 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.
- https://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
Re:Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on ...
by ekianjo on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @12:20AM
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UN declaration is just a statement of "wishes". Almost no country reflects it in their actual regulations or constitutions. And let's not forget that many dictatorships signed that declaration and respect none of its principles, so this is, unfortunately, worthless.
Re:Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on ...
by vacri on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @01:56AM
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Constitutions for the most part are not about describing human rights. They are about describing the method of governments - who is elected where and how, what authorities they have and so forth. There's usually some flowery preamble at the start about how awesome we all are in country -foo-, but the role of a constitution is generally to describe the structure of government.
Now, not being able to afford housing depends on many factors, it's not just about how much you earn, it's also about the artifical bubbles created on property values by the actors in place...