A Global Charter: United for the right to a home

We ask all governments to:

1. Demonstrate their commitment as members of the United Nations to the human right to adequate housing as stated in Article 25 of the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights and as defined in Article 11.1 of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

2. Establish a 20-year strategic plan to achieve safe, tenure secure, culturally aligned, and sustainable housing for all income groups and makes home ownership a realistic and achievable goal.

3. Legislate to ensure that all future governments commit a minimum of 0.5 % of GDP to maintaining and extending the supply of social and affordable housing to meet existing and future need (OECD range from 0.1 to 0.35%) 

4. Set a country appropriate target for the social and affordable housing proportion of all housing stock (OECD average 7%) that reverses reductions in recent decades and meets current and projected housing need.

5. Establish a country appropriate standard design handbook that achieves a minimum quality and environmental standard and ensures cultural fit for all sections of the population.

6. Apportion 10% of aid budgets as hypothecated funding for housing solutions delivered in the recipient nations.