Women and the right to adequate housing and to land and property

Promoting equal rights of women to secure tenure, including the right to hold legal contracts of tenure, inheritance and other acquisition of real estate, would contribute to improving the lives of women.

Women and the right to adequate housing and to land and property

Such rights to use another person s property or to do work on it are referred to by expressions such as easements or expressions of similar meaning.

The blame for the real estate crisis in the United States falls on two financial institutions Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

1997 19 Women and the right to adequate housing and to land and property, paragraphs 8, 9

Easements usually require the consent of the owner of the property to which they pertain, unless such rights are provided by the law.

In this connection a package of basic laws was passed in 1994, introducing new legal regulations concerning ownership of real estate, rights and duties of owners and tenants, as well as a new system of calculating rent charges, based on the value of the real estate.

The rights of tenants and other non owners

E CN.4 Sub.2 1997 L.39 4 Women and the right to adequate housing and to land and property

207. Expropriation of real estate, including housing property, shall be allowed only in cases covering certain needs defined by the Law on Ownership of Property and the Law on Territorial and Urban Rural Structure.

Women's equal ownership of, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

The dispossession of indigenous peoples from their lands has far reaching consequences, resulting in the violation of a number of other rights, such as the right to adequate housing.

Upon becoming widows, women are vulnerable to being denied their right to adequate housing because of the insufficient protection provided by laws to their right to inherit property, land and housing.

2005 Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

He explains that the tenants currently occupying residential property in Hungary enjoy an option to buy their home from the local government authority on a priority basis.

22.1 The international community should promote and protect the right to housing, land and property restitution, as well as the right to voluntary return in safety and dignity.

14. To stimulate investment and create more active real estate markets, ECE has established the Real Estate Advisory Group (REAG), consisting of property lawyers, bankers, developers and real estate valuers.

Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

2005 25 Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing 103

Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

(ii) In matters concerning property or ownership of real estate and the rights deriving these from them, except when the dispute relates to registered land or right of acquisition or when there was a transfer by a method established by law

E. The right to property, inheritance and access to land

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10. Invites the Commission on the Status of Women to consider the right to adequate housing and to land and property in its continued research on the impact of violations of economic, social and cultural rights on women

Affirms that discrimination in law and practice against women with respect to having access to, acquiring and securing land, property and housing, as well as financing for land, property and housing, constitutes a violation of women's human right to protection against discrimination and may affect the realization of other human rights

HOUSING RIGHTS

16.1 States should ensure that the rights of tenants, social occupancy rights holders and other legitimate occupants or users of housing, land and property are recognized within restitution programmes.

A number of such rights that are generally recognized as housing rights are linked to or derived from other human rights, such as equality and non discrimination, gender equality, property rights, the right to a fair trial, the right to freedom of movement and to choose one apos s residence, the right to privacy, the right to due process and other human rights related to housing.

The activities of estate agents in so far as they act as intermediaries in the purchase or sale of immovable property and rights to which property is subject.

Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing (resolution 2005 25) 103

The right to housing and property restitution

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In 1996, real estate and housing contributed 13 per cent to GDP.

Affirms that discrimination in law and practice against women with respect to having access to, acquiring and securing land, property and housing, as well as financing for land, property and housing, constitutes a violation of women's human right to protection against discrimination and may affect the realization of other human rights

Affirms that discrimination in law and practice against women with respect to having access to, acquiring and securing land, property and housing, as well as financing for land, property and housing, constitutes a violation of women's human right to protection against discrimination and may affect the realization of other human rights

However, under some legal systems, the project company might be under an obligation to pay compensation to the owner, as would have been due in the case of expropriation, in the event the nature of the easement is such that the use of the property by its owner is substantially hindered.

427. The Act on real estate and dispossession of real estate, amended frequently during the period 1990 1994, will be replaced with a new act on real estate which will be presented by the Government to Parliament in 1996.

The concessionaire shall have a right of cabling for the purpose of placing and operating basic and distribution networks on property belonging to third parties, which shall entitle the concessionaire to the following

China s Real Estate Wrongs

3. Development of real estate markets

Land, houses or jewelry.

The Right to Housing and Property Restitution

The difference is said to be demonstrated by the fact that in spite of the nationalization of land and property under the Communist regime, many Hungarians were allowed to keep their home.