Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Right to Housing: Discussion

12:30 pm

Ms Leilani Farha:

That is also odd. There are some obvious things Ireland could do to get a better grip on who is homeless in the country. Even if we know in Ireland's narrow definition that 10,000 people are homeless, it is far too many for Ireland. We all agree on that. There needs to be immediate action.

There was a question about the definition of affordability. I addressed it under international human rights law. It is a very simple definition. It has to be affordable commensurate with household income.

It is a very simple definition; it has to be affordable commensurate with the household income. International human rights law is not too prescriptive. As a result of the fact that it has to be applicable across the world, it tends to use broader definitions.

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