The Right to Housing: An Effective Means for Addressing Homelessness?

Thomas Byrne, Dennis P Culhane

August 2, 2011

Housing Interventions

Policy Analysis and Commentary

Abstract

A number of international human rights instruments and national constitutions establish a right to housing. In addition, a few countries, most notably England and France, have enacted legislation guaranteeing a legally enforceable right to housing. In this paper we provide an overview of the concept of a right to housing, and discuss its implications for efforts intended to reduce and end homelessness both in the European and American contexts.

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