Posted on 10/27/2009 12:54:22 PM PDT by Crush
United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing Raquel Rolnik is visiting American cities like New York and New Orleans, and the international consultant for urban and housing policy will then file a report with the Geneva-based UN human Rights Council. A UN statement said, “The mortgage crisis that is at the head of the current financial turmoil reflects ‘fundamental’ flaws in the way countries approach housing, and highlights the danger in thinking that markets alone will ensure adequate housing for all.” Meanwhile Rolnik’s home state explodes with crime.
Rolnik said, “The belief that markets will provide adequate housing for all has failed. The current crisis is a stark reminder of this reality…A home is not a commodity—four walls and a roof. It is a place to live in security, peace and dignity, and a right for every human being.” Rolnik said the mortgage crisis will result in “a sharp increase in the numbers of the homeless.” She did not differentiate between the voluntary and involuntary homeless.
The rapporteur suggested a better system be developed, “one that provides more housing options and avoids relying on a single solution.”
Rolnik’s mandate, the UN statement said, “involves reporting annually to the Human Rights Council on the status of the realization of the right to adequate housing throughout the world…”
In an academic paper ‘Territorial Exclusion and Violence: The Case of São Paulo Brazil,’ [1999], Rolnik wrote, “[R]isky urbanization has an impact on the whole city. By concentrating assets in a small area and preventing all citizens from sharing these resources, the best-equipped spaces of the city become threatened by real estate pressure, congestion, and crime.” From 1989-1992, Rolnik held a public post as Director of Urban Planning for the city of São Paulo.
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..better check with Odumbo’s brother ...*pointing*...third hut on the left
The current market-based system has failed?
What tripe! The Government being so embedded into the system is what caused the crash. GOVERNMENT MEDDLING!
And these UN morons want more Government intervention and they use lies and falsehoods to push their Communist agenda.
GET THE HELL OUT OF MY COUNTRY YOU DUMBASSES!!!
Your plane should escorted by fighter jet to Canadian airspace, if our loser Kenyan President had any stones...wait, he supports the UN.
Do any of these people do anything worthwhile???
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