Movement Blog for the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights

Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, will appear before the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva tomorrow. There she will present her report entitled “Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Including the Right to Development,” based on her first official Fact Finding [...]

“Millions lack access to affordable and adequate housing in the U.S.”
Read the United Nations press release here or here.
En français: Etats-Unis : Des millions de gens victimes de loyers trop élevés, selon un expert
From the press release:
WASHINGTON D.C. (8 November 2009) – The UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, warned at the end [...]

Washington D.C. Itinerary
Schedule subject to change
Thursday, November 5th
11:00am Meeting with Gail W. Laster, Deputy Chief Counsel and
Representative Barney Frank, Financial Service Committee
1:30pm Meeting with Valerie Jarrett, White House Office of Public Engagement
Friday, November 6th
10:00am De-briefing with Government officials
2:30pm Meeting with Brookings Institute
Saturday, November 7th
9:00-11:30am Public housing tour and town hall meeting
Friends and Residents of Arthur [...]