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A/HRC/55/53/Add.1: Visit to The Netherlands - Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Balakrishnan Rajagopal

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28 February 2024

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A/HRC/55/53/Add.1

The Special Rapporteur on the Right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to non-discrimination in this context, submits in accordance with Human Rights Council Resolution 52/10, his report on his visit to the Netherlands, from 11 to 21 December 2023. The present report analyses the legal protection and enjoyment of the right to adequate housing in the country, the state of housing crisis and its causes, social housing and urban renewal policies and the challenges experienced by various social groups, including by persons experiencing homelessness, communities affected by earthquakes caused by natural gas extraction, Sinti, Roma, caravan dwellers, students, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, asylum seekers and refugees.

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Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context