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UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Opening Remarks at 2009 National Forum on the Human Right to Housing
By: HR2Housing
Posted: Nov 20 09
Witnessed: 4744 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Housing, Poverty, Racial discrimination
Tags: homeless, housing, human rights, nlchp, special rapporteur
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, makes an opening statement to the 2009 National Forum on the Human Right to Housing before hearing testimony from over 20 individuals and organizations from across the country on the state of the right to housing in the U.S.
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