International human rights law recognizes every person’s right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate housing. However, homelessness is a growing global problem. Know more:
In the UK, eviction from a privately rented home is one of the leading causes of homelessness. According to annual forecasts by the housing charity Crisis, more than 66,000 more people will be homeless by 2024, with the bulk of the increase being among people forced to “sofa surf.” Sofa surfing means people staying with a series of different friends or relatives and sleeping, for example, on their couch, because they do not have their own place where they can stay.
As cities in Asia continue to grow, ADB said there’s an urgent need to tackle the housing unaffordability crisis. Housing unaffordability could undo many of the benefits that urbanization brings. As cities are the center of economic activity, unaffordable housing undermines the competitiveness of the entire economy.
Secretary Jose Rizalino “Jerry” Acuzar of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development is targeting to construct over 6 million houses by 2028 to help address the country’s housing backlog. “That is 1 million homes a year. If we achieve that, that will be a thing in addressing the housing problem of our citizens,” Marcos said.
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