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Since when did housing become a right?

• zabzonk 4y ago
  Since the UN was founded, and human rights were stated.
  • MikePlacid 4y ago
    A bit earlier than that, actually: [In 1917] the government spearheaded great changes in people’s lives, starting with housing. The Soviets nationalized private property and started the so-called “уплотнение” (housing compaction), giving rooms to working-class families in large central apartments that used to belong to [previous owners]. Note that renters were “compacted” too. This project officially laid the groundwork for the often bizarre kommunalka housing - a resilient symbol of the Soviet past. https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/331621-lenin-putin-soviet-russian-housing https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/331621-lenin-putin-soviet-rus... So you are having problems looking for a 2bd apartment for a family of 3? What about one room in an apartment with a bath shared by 4 other families?
  • Veen 4y ago
    To which court are you going to appeal for redress when those rights are not upheld? The UN declaration of human rights is nothing but an aspirational fiction.
    • zabzonk 4y ago
      Better an "an aspirational fiction" than nothing, or less than nothing under Putin.
• OJFord 4y ago
  1991: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_housing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_housing
  • NullPrefix 4y ago
    You mind if I crash on your couch for a while?
    • OJFord 4y ago
      Yes I do. But I also pay council tax and my local authority provides social housing.
• jahewson 4y ago
  1948 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Hum...
• newsclues 4y ago
  Since society decided it’s better to create housing than to allow an army of homeless people to burn the world to the ground.
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