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The right to housing (occasionally right to shelter [1]) is the economic, social and cultural right to adequate housing and shelter.It is recognized in some national constitutions and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. [2]
Additionally, only South African citizens are eligible for RDP housing which excludes a significant population of immigrants that are living in unsuitable housing. [42] Nearly 2,000 government officials were arrested for corruption during the project and several housing projects may be improperly built because of relations between contractors ...
The Constitutional Court held that the issue of whether socio-economic rights are justiciable at all in South Africa is put beyond question by the text of the Constitution as construed in the judgment Ex parte Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly: In re Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. [6]
The Department of Human Settlements (formerly the Department of Housing) is the department under the Ministry of Human Settlements, of the South African government responsible for housing and urban development. Its primary purpose is the implementation of the constitutional mandate
The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) is managed by the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program provides funding to fair housing organizations and other non-profits who assist people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination .
The Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) is a federal program that is administered by the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The FHAP program provides funding annually on a noncompetitive basis to State and local agencies that enforce fair housing laws that are substantially ...
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Known as the minister of housing until May 2009, [2] the minister has political responsibility for the Department of Human Settlements. Between May 2019 and August 2021, the Department of Human Settlements was conjoined to the Department of Water and Sanitation under the minister of human settlements, water and sanitation , Lindiwe Sisulu . [ 3 ]