Este documento foi enviado, em novembro de 2012, pelo Defend Council Housing (DCH), do Reino Unido, como contribuição ao estudo sobre segurança da posse que está sendo desenvolvido pela Relatoria da ONU para o Direito à Moradia Adequada.
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12th November 2012
Submission to United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing: Study on Security of Tenure and Informal Settlements
Defend Council Housing (DCH) was formed in 1995/96 and is a non-party political, voluntary organisation that campaigns to defend the rights of the UK’s 1.5 million council tenants. DCH is led by independent, local tenant organisations, supported by Members of Parliament and national trade unions. DCH also works with other housing and welfare-rights campaigns to defend the interests of all tenants, the homeless, those threatened with eviction and all people in need of better housing.
For more information, please see our website: http://www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk/dch/index.cfm
DCH welcomes the Special Rapporteur’s study and recognition that security of tenure is ‘a central component of the right to adequate housing’. We recognise that housing conditions in many parts of the world are significantly worse than those we experience in the UK. However, we make this submission based on three key arguments:
1. The security of tenure of UK council tenants is currently under attack.
2. This attack comes in the context of a more general weakening of housing security across all tenures in the UK.
3. Council housing Secure Tenancies offer a model for decent, secure and affordable housing for all.
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