I would say that being able to own a house somewhere that is compatible with your overall goals in life[1] is a feature of a functioning society/economic system

I would say that being able to own a house somewhere that is compatible with your overall goals in life[1] is a feature of a functioning society/economic system. Whether that makes it a "right" depends on your stance on things like positive versus negative rights. I'm arguing that a system that doesn't provide that to regular people is broken regardless of whether it is a right or not. [1] By goals in life I do not mean things like "I want to own my own island" or "I want a penthouse in Manhattan". Rather I mean something along the lines of "I want to live somewhere that I can go hiking everyday" or "I want to live in a cosmopolitan city".