U.N. Special Rapporteur Visit to the United States
Housing Expert to host Town Hall Meeting at National Forum on Human Right to Housing
October 20, 2009
Special Rapporteur Rolnik is
appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to examine and report back
on the housing situation of a given country. Rapporteur Rolniks visit to the
United States will focus on public housing, Section 8, homelessness and the
foreclosure crisis. During her United States mission, she will visit Chicago,
Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Washington DC, Pine Ridge, South Dakota and
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
On the 8th, the Rapporteur will host a special opening
session and hold a national town hall meeting, receiving testimony from individuals
and organizations in areas where she will not be able to visit. On the 9th,
issues related to housing and homelessness will be addressed by experts from
across the country in panels and workshops, including Housing and Human Rights
101, Combating Criminalization Using Human Rights, Preventing Homelessness:
Foreclosures and Affordable Rental Housing and Public Housing, Demolitions, and
the Human Right to Development.
