Right to Housing in UK Law
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The Right to Housing
The issue of justice in housing is rarely discussed in political philosophy. Yet, housing crises such as that currently faceSd by the UK highlight the importance of work in this area. In this artic...
- Jessie Hohmann, THE RIGHT TO HOUSING: LAW, CONCEPTS, POSSIBILITIES. Oxford: Hart Publishing (www.hartpub.co.uk), 2013. x + 276 pp. ISBN 9781849461535. £50.
- Housing as a Human Right in Europe
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Private Law and Housing Justice in Europe
This article explores the different meanings of the right to housing in Europe in public and private relations with housing providers. In light of the fundamental right to housing's meaning in the ...... ... -2230.12557 Private Law and Housing Justice in Eur ope Irina Domurath and Chantal Mak ∗ This article explores the dierent meanings of the right to housing in Europe in public and private relations with housing providers.In light of the fundamental right to housing’s meaning in the case law ... ...
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Home Sweet Home? Restitution in Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina
The loss of housing for large groups of people is often one of the destructive consequences of armed conflict. In the post-conflict phase, those who try to reclaim their homes face many legal chall...... ... egOVIna A B* Abstract e loss of housing for large groups of people is oen one of the destructive consequences ... An emerging human right to hous ing restitution can be an important tool in achieving ... ...
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Rights, citizenship and political struggle
This paper adds a new perspective to recent debates about the political nature of rights through attention to their distinctive role within social movement practices of moral critique and social st...... ... taken from a con-temporary squatting movement centred around the right to housing, Take Back theLand. In exercising the moral right to housing, ... ...
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Facing financialization in the housing sector: A human right to adequate housing for all
Housing is increasingly seen as a vehicle for wealth accumulation rather than a social good. ‘Financialization’ of housing refers to the expanding and dominant role of financial markets and corpora...
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Women and the Right to Adequate Housing
In August 1997, the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities adopted a resolution entitled ‘Women and the right to adequate housing and to land and...
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The Housing and Planning Act 2016: Rewarding the Aspiration of Homeownership?
In May 2016 the Housing and Planning Act 2016 became law, the first purely Conservative government intervention on housing in England since the 1990s. This article examines the Act's key provisions...... ... The Act, through the Starter Homes Scheme, extension of the right to buy to housing association tenants and changes to security of tenure in the social sector, has been heralded as a ‘landmark’ piece of ... ...
- Australia and the Right to Adequate Housing
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