Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, conducted an official visit to the Republic of France. The end of Mission Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing presents her preliminary findings after the visit and she expresses concern on the increasing numbers of homelessness in France, and the situation of those 36% homeless sheltered in the winter and expelled in the spring that will not be provided with any alternative solutions. A full report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in early 2020. Her recommendations very much echo those made by civil society.
" Access to ‘adequate housing’ as understood in international human rights law is an issue confronting many in France: There is insufficient affordable housing supply, including social housing, for those in need. Housing prices and rental costs are on the rise. Homelessness is increasing at a significant pace in some centres – Paris for example saw, according to Government estimates, an 8 percent increase between 2018 and 2019 – and there are too few emergency shelters and longer term housing options for this population. All of this, combined with a Government rollback on subsidies for social housing and jurisdictional disputes between different levels of government regarding responsibility for implementing human rights obligations in the area of housing, is exerting immense pressures on the sector."
The visit was a great success thanks to the collaboration from many French organisations, including Fondation Abbé Pierre and Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité.The fact sheets that were produced by the taskforce were about :
• Enforceable Right to Housing (DALO law)
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