Housing as an International Human Right
From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper
The international community has long recognized that housing is a human right worthy of protection.
From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper
The international community has long recognized that housing is a human right worthy of protection.
From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper
Discrimination in rental housing can take various forms. One does not have to show that the discrimination was deliberate, malicious or even intentional. Even actions that are unintended or comments that are “only a joke”, are prohibited if they are offensive and discriminatory based on a ground in the Code.
From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper
The Code protects against discrimination in rental housing on the following grounds:
From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper
Vulnerable groups protected by human rights legislation are more likely to experience low social and economic status or condition.[218] Poverty is linked inextricably with inequality, particularly for women (especially lone mothers and elderly women), Aboriginal persons, racialized groups and persons with disabilities.
From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper
Affordability is defined by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation as “housing that costs less than 30 percent of total before-tax household income.”[257]