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October 23, 2009

UN Investigator Probes US Housing Crisis
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And a United Nations investigator has opened a probe into the US housing
crisis. Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing,
will investigate issues including public housing, homelessness and
foreclosures. On Thursday, Rolnik held a public meeting with housing
activists in New York.

UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik: “If we take
housing as a human right, you have to go back to the idea that housing
is a social issue before and more priority than housing as a commodity,
as a financial asset.”

As part of her inquiry Rolnik is expected to visit at least six other
cities and towns, including Chicago, Los Angeles and New Orleans.



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