The right to housing

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Published 01-02-2019
Aitziber Etxezarreta Etxarri

Abstract

Housing is a special, yet complex, commodity. Apart from being an economic good (i.e. a consumer and capital good), it is also a basic need for any person, and is an essential condition to be able to develop any person or family's life. Housing is also a fundamental right everywhere; it is both a human right and a social right embedded in the rules and laws of many places. Furthermore, housing is a piece of a much broader and more complex puzzle, as it is one of the main elements that make up our towns and cities. There is no housing without a city, no city without housing (Muxi, Z, 2012: 151). In fact, the network of housing that surrounds us is closely linked to a number of factors: the evolution of our economic model, developments in spatial planning and the policies carried out by public authorities, among others. For all these reasons, the right to housing must be understood as an essential prior condition to ensure many other social rights are respected (health, education, etc.). In particular, the right to the city must be respected, as a growing percentage of the global population now live in cities. City planning and space are not neutral, and they represent areas to be carefully studied both from an environmental perspective and from social and gender viewpoints.

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Etxezarreta Etxarri, A. (2019). The right to housing. GIZAEKOA - Revista Vasca De Economía Social, (15). https://doi.org/10.1387/reves.20523
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