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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Right to Housing"”.
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The Right to Housing in the City
A global urban housing crisis marked by gross unaffordability, economic, social, cultural, and political displacements, increasing homelessness, and socio-spatial segregation and exclusion has taken hold. Deprivations are occurring in states across the development spectrum, and urban housing …
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Section 26, Grootboom, and breaking new ground : South Africa's constitutional right to housing in theory and practice
Includes abstract Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-117).
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The effect of corruption on the 'available resources' for the right to housing as espoused by the Constitution of South Africa
The objective of this study was to expose how the ineffectiveness of the anti-corruption measures contributed in delaying the right to housing, as proffered by the Constitution of South Africa, to the impoverished population at large. The result of this study has shown that the available resources …
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Unlawful sale of state-subsidised houses by the Cape Town community housing company
… dissertation clarifies the protections available to housing subsidy beneficiaries who purchase houses through credit agreements. I look at the legislative framework that protects the right to access to housing in terms of section 26 of the Constitution. I consider a Constitutional Court case …
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The right to adequate housing : the need for its justiciability in the Zambian constitution.
Zambia's housing problems cannot be overstated. The current Constitution of Zambia does not recognise the right to adequate housing as a fundamental human right. It provides that the State shall endeavour to provide decent shelter for all but as a directive principle of state policy. In essence, as …
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Housing policy, design, and struggle: The colonial production of space of Israel/Palestine, one new city at a time
Housing policy and housing design have a long history as instruments of colonial domination in Israel and as strategies for shaping the Jewish state as such. This thesis examines how a housing crisis framework, including local struggles for the right to housing, may be utilised by the Israeli …
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Addressing Homelessness and Housing Crisis in Windsor-Essex County
… Canada has been a staunch advocate for human rights, including the right to affordable housing. By ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1976 and assenting to the National Housing Strategy Act in 2019, Canada affirmed its commitment to the …
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Protección al derecho fundamental a la vivienda de los no propietarios: análisis desde el enfoque jurisprudencial de la Sala Constitucional Salvadoreña
… propietarios, y por ellos es que en este proyecto se harán connotaciones de tipo históricas, doctrinales, jurídicas y teóricas relacionadas con el derecho a la vivienda; esta investigación se integra en tres partes, la primera parte lleva por nombre: Proyección de investigación, en la cual se …
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Fourth Belgrade : story about reclaiming land
… socialist heritage, the violent transition into capitalism and current developer's logics, this thesis is using architecture to imagine a path not taken, an alternative outcome and value system which challenges the idea of one-directional progress. In August of 2018, PKB- a publicly owned …
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We shall not be moved : advocacy and policy in a rapidly changing Boston
The ability to access affordable, stable, and good quality housing has become an increasing concern for policymakers, community advocates, and activists in growing urban metros across the United States. In Boston, population growth and rising housing costs have spurred new development of luxury …
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The reasonableness approach of the South African Constitutional Court - making the constitutional right of access to housing "real" or effectively meaningless?
… African Constitution explicitly guarantees the right of access to housing (section 26 of the Constitution). To consider whether the state has fulfilled its positive obligations to take appropriate steps to realise the right of access to housing within its available resources, the Constitutional …
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State, law and community in the politics of housing in South Africa: 1990-2000
The housing crisis in South Africa has over time resulted in the experience of waiting for housing on the part of marginalised communities. Housing policy and politics have accordingly historically constituted a site where state power is both imposed and contested. These processes had their roots …
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Community-led housing development. A key ingredient for a new housing architecture and policy.
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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"Museu das remoções" potencia de resistencia creativa y efectiva como respuesta sociocultural a Río de Janeiro en mega eventos.
… of the Evictions Museum in Vila Autódromo, which took place amidst the rise of various civil rights movements in Rio de Janeiro. The introduction of a form of city management called 'urban entrepreneurship,' (Harvey, 1996) prompted a steady loss of civil rights in the city. The Evictions Museum is …
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La costruzione capillare della domanda per le politiche abitative: ‘un framework organizzativo’ per l'accesso alla casa. Il caso-studio della città di Boston – Massachussetts
… affronta la crescente attenzione che il dibattito accademico sugli studi urbani dedica alla questione abitativa, considerata un campo d'azione chiave per affrontare le disuguaglianze socioeconomiche e spaziali contemporanee. Al centro di questa problematica si colloca il conflitto tra la casa …
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El propietario endeudado : implicaciones de las políticas habitacionales y del derecho a la vivienda en la protección contractual de los consumidores
… y la forma en la que la categorización de éstos como titulares del derecho a la vivienda ha incidido en la construcción de reglas para su protección contractual en Colombia.
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The Constitutional Rebuilding of the South African Private Law: A Choice Between Judicial and Legislative Law-Making
… whenever the South African private law fails to meet constitutional right norms. To remedy a deficiency, two law-making options are available. The first is for the judiciary to develop or change private law principles and rules in order to provide protection for the implicated constitutional …