Under the UN Housing Rights Programme, UN-OHCHR and UN-HABITAT collaborate to publish materials related to the right to adequate housing and the protection from forced evictions. Most prominently, the joint publication of Factsheet 21 - the Right to Adequate Housing was published and revised recently, click here to view and download.

Losing your Home , Assessing the impact of eviction

The practice of forcibly evicting people from their homes and settlements is a growing global phenomenon and represents a crude violation of one of the most elementary principles of the right to adequate housing as defined in the Habitat Agenda and international instruments. This report is the first research of its kind; it maps out existing eviction impact assessment methodologies globally. While many good practices exist in localized situations, and while some tools have been appropriated to suit the specific needs and contexts, this is the first time such practices been pulled together into a single report. The report is an important step towards understanding the tools and approaches that are required to create a solid evidence base of the actual and potential losses of forced evictions and thus promoting viable alternative policies and approaches.

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