As of today, 150 million people around the world are living in homelessness. The Shift has collaborated with more than 30 organizations from 20 countries around the world to amplify the voices of people living in homelessness through the Global Homelessness Action. Help hold governments accountable by signing the petition today.
A Necessary Shift: Build a Better World with the Right to Housing
Shift Cities
Operationalizing the right to housing at the city level
“In almost every single country, in every region, in cities and towns across the globe, we are experiencing a human rights crisis – the housing crisis. And something needs to change. It’s time to reclaim the #Right2Housing. It’s time to Make the Shift.”
OUR RESOURCES
Blackstone
Concerns over structural changes
Guidelines for the implementation of the Right to Housing
A National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada
A Human Rights Approach
Human Rights Based Housing Strategies
The Right to Housing for residents of informal settlements
Guidance notes
On financialization and COVID-19
Glossary
The basics on the Right to Housing
#MakeTheShift
Get active
If you want to help make the shift, you can follow us on social media, and use the hashtag #maketheshift when promoting your right to housing events and statements.