254. The rules set forth in the Rent Act are valid for all leases of houses and flats and are only limited when a lease is subject to certain rules contained in other legislation such as the regulations for public housing (the Housing Act) or the rules in the Housing Regulation Act.

257. The Housing Regulation Act replaces or supplements the rules specified in the Rent Act.

(e) Housing and planning

When the number of rooms in the new housing unit is bigger than the housing need of the Lessee as in article 5 of the Housing Rent Law, then it suffices only to provide a housing unit conforming to the norms. quot

The method of conducting such operation is defined in the Act on rules of exclusion of institutional dwelling houses from the estates of State owned establishments.

The Housing Regulation Act regulates two main areas rent determination and housing use.

The municipality covers the expenses connected with administration of the rules, but the national Government refunds a part of the housing subsidy according to specially defined rates.

The stipulated housing standard is to be attained for 50 per cent of all households by the year 2000.

Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

The State party's Housing Law provides that any non residential use of housing estates must be carried out with the agreement of local authorities, and in accordance with rules governing sanitary conditions and fire safety inspection of the premises by the authorities revealed violations of these norms.

It also assigns priority to squatter settlements and slum upgrading programmes and the establishment of clear rules for rental housing.

362. The Committee urges the Hong Kong Government to review the seven year residence rule applied before providing housing to immigrant families from China, with a view to ensuring their right to adequate housing.

The construction of public housing had risen by 62.5 per cent 130 homes compared with 80 in the first quarter.

With regard to standards of dwellings the Minister for Housing and Building fixes recommended upper limits for the purchase price per square metre of floor space.

There is a prescribed procedure and a determined rent level for the houses, so that there are approximately 90 residential units occupied by 186 families.

48. According to the administering Power, no law proclaims a right to housing, but the Housing Development Corporation Law of 1981 provides for the promotion of housing development.

The waiting list system is supplemented by rules concerning the size of the home seeker apos s household.

In addition the Government has formulated guidelines for urban reforms, which included the establishment of public housing funds for urban dwellers, rental increases for public housing and the sale of the existing public housing stock.

Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and

Yemen depends largely on the informal sector and self help methods of building in the housing sector.

And it's abnormal to live in a shelter.

Under the socialized housing component of the Unified Home Lending Programme, housing units are priced at 150,000 pesos and below.

(e) Housing and infrastructure improvement, to decrease the existing deficit by tapping new and non conventional financial resources for investment in the sector.

Paragraph 3 (a) of the guidelines (the housing situation in Denmark)

The rental of dwellings is subject to GPR No. 3 of 13 June 1994 concerning the rental of dwellings.

208. The legal basis for the housing reform is contained in the legal acts mentioned above which regulate different aspects of the content of the right to housing.

The housing market is subject to government regulations to ensure quality housing for the entire population.

Paragraph 3 of the guidelines (the right to adequate housing)

The Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) issued a series of guidelines on housing policy, land administration, urban renewal and housing modernization and sustainable human settlements planning and management, with a focus on their application in transitional economy countries.

23.3 of the population live in a home without a shower, bath and sauna, and with a toilet outside.

A new Ministry of Environment and Housing has been created, which brings together the portfolios of land, physical planning, shelter and environment in a coordinated relationship.

Public housing 18 per cent

Housing Unit apos s housing programme

Housing constructed in compliance with regulations and permanent housing also increases from 50 per cent and 60 per cent respectively in the least developed countries, to 98 per cent in the developed countries.

The housing programme also includes improving infrastructure and services in the informal settlements.

Kazakstan apos s housing policy is based on the principles of transferring housing delivery mechanisms from the State to the market, elaborating the constitutional provisions on the housing rights of citizens, encouraging participation within an enabling framework and transforming the housing sector from a State subsidized one to a self financed one.

The Court determined that, although there was comprehensive housing legislation in place aimed at the progressive realization of the right to housing, the legislation did not take into account the situation of people in desperate need.

Since the end of the 1980s publicly subsidized housing has been governed by special quality assurance and liability rules.

222. Improved housing right to adequate housing.

Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons

In article 4 the Constitution establishes the right to housing by stating that Every family has the right to enjoy proper, decent housing .

Rehabilitation of an additional 24 shelters was halted in the planning stage owing to the freeze of the regular budget allocation for shelter rehabilitation.

The Niger has some 50 per cent of the households in the capital living in rental housing, most of which has been built by the informal sector, as the public agencies for housing finance and housing production are unable to function adequately.

8 Master plan 220 4 3 of Pisgat Zeev, master plans 220 13, 220 9 and 220 14, to build 1,550 housing units master plan 118 of the Yakir settlement, to build 30 housing units master plan 61 117 of the Karnei Shomron settlement, to build 53 housing units and master plan 226 2 of the Almon settlement, to build 833 housing units on an area of 1,541 dunums.

Over 1.8 million people or 24 per cent of the population live in houses built by the informal sector and which do not conform to minimum standards.