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The Right to Housing: An Effective Means for Addressing Homelessness?
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change (2011)
  • Thomas Byrne
  • Dennis P Culhane, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract

A number of international human rights instruments and national constitutions establish a right to housing. In addition, a few countries, most notably England and France, have enacted legislation guaranteeing a legally enforceable right to housing. In this paper we provide an overview of the concept of a “right to housing,” and discuss its implications for efforts intended to reduce and end homelessness both in the European and American contexts.

Keywords
  • homelessness,
  • right to housing
Publication Date
August, 2011
Citation Information
Thomas Byrne and Dennis P Culhane. "The Right to Housing: An Effective Means for Addressing Homelessness?" University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change Vol. 14 Iss. 3 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_culhane/109/