WG/Strategies/Ideas/Shelter as a Right

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1. Proposal

Define basic shelter as a right.

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1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. - Article 25 Section 1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights --- Based on: Shelter as a Right at wikispaces