Political parties must, this election year, pledge to press forward with a massive build of “social” homes to tackle New Zealand’s human rights crisis in housing, a move that will also help reduce inequality, Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said today.
The depth of the housing crisis was highlighted this week by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, Mr. Malcolm said, and in research showing cuts to state spending on social housing as the main cause of this emergency.
“The Special Rapporteur, Leilani Farha, rightly called New Zealand’s housing situation a human rights crisis, requiring a human rights response,” he said.
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