Special Rapporteur’s Report on Housing in the U.S. Released

Last week Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, released her report on her visit to the United States. This report will be presented before the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Read it here.
Some excerpts from the report:
The Special Rapporteur wishes to emphasize that low-income housing assistance programmes should receive additional [...]

Press Release: UN Expert to Investigate Chicago’s Housing Crisis During National Mission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2009
National Media Coordinator: Olesia Plokhii 617.721.9151, olesia@nesri.org
Local Contact: J.R. Fleming, 312.287.7228
Local Media Coordinator: Sunyata Altenor 404.839.5405
UN Expert to Investigate Chicago’s Housing Crisis During National Mission
Amid a global economic recession precipitated by the U.S. sub-prime lending crisis, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing will be in Chicago [...]