Housing and Human Rights
Jessie Hohmann(Author)
Edward Elgar Publishing
Will be published approx. on 23. June 2026
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-0353-0973-3 (ISBN)
Description
This innovative book fully examines and assesses the complex relationship between housing and human rights. Professor Jessie Hohmann draws on national and international political, economic, legal and social frameworks to provide much needed contemporary clarity for this potentially emancipatory area of human rights. This incisive analysis addresses the full range of housing arrangements and contexts - from secure and adequate housing to housing precarity and homelessness.
Chapters examine the function, implications and future possibilities of human rights on the political, administrative and legal regulation of housing systems and practices. The book explores how other human rights (such as to property, privacy, self-determination and work) are applied to housing across multiple scales and functions such as shelter, home and financial assets. Hohmann also looks to the future, proposing five principles that guide the interpretation of human rights toward housing justice, including a commitment to substantive equality and adopting a decolonial approach.
This insightful book is a key resource for scholars and students across numerous legal fields, including housing, human rights and property, as well as planning, urban governance and development. It will also assist policy makers and UN experts in navigating the application of human rights in housing.
Chapters examine the function, implications and future possibilities of human rights on the political, administrative and legal regulation of housing systems and practices. The book explores how other human rights (such as to property, privacy, self-determination and work) are applied to housing across multiple scales and functions such as shelter, home and financial assets. Hohmann also looks to the future, proposing five principles that guide the interpretation of human rights toward housing justice, including a commitment to substantive equality and adopting a decolonial approach.
This insightful book is a key resource for scholars and students across numerous legal fields, including housing, human rights and property, as well as planning, urban governance and development. It will also assist policy makers and UN experts in navigating the application of human rights in housing.
Reviews / Votes
'With housing systems in crisis or broken all over the world, Professor Hohmann's timely, readable and deeply reflective book Housing and Human Rights brings scholarship, authority, breadth, vision and hope to a subject of fundamental importance to people everywhere.' -- Hon Kevin Bell AO KC, former justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia 'Jessie Hohmann is one of the leading voices on the right to housing, and Housing and Human Rights clearly demonstrates why. The book delivers a rich overview of how housing and human rights intersect, critically analyses where violations arise, and points to exciting new directions for research. Highly recommended.' -- Michel Vols, University of Groningen, the Netherlands 'An essential intervention that offers a fresh and authoritative perspective on housing, demonstrating why a human rights approach to housing brings conceptual clarity and a fresh agenda for action. Drawing from a vast canvas of insights and materials across countries and international law, the book will be of interest to scholars of human rights, international development, housing studies and urban planning.' -- Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, USAMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-0973-3 (9781035309733)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jessie Hohmann, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law, Australia
Content
Contents
1 An introduction to housing and human rights
2 Housing and human rights contexts
3 The human right to housing
4 Housing and the right to property
5 Housing and the right to equality and non-discrimination
6 Housing and the right to privacy
7 Housing and the right to work
8 Housing and the right to self-determination for Indigenous
peoples
9 Conclusion: five human rights principles for a just housing
future
1 An introduction to housing and human rights
2 Housing and human rights contexts
3 The human right to housing
4 Housing and the right to property
5 Housing and the right to equality and non-discrimination
6 Housing and the right to privacy
7 Housing and the right to work
8 Housing and the right to self-determination for Indigenous
peoples
9 Conclusion: five human rights principles for a just housing
future