Articles:Why Shelter Cannot Be a Human Right
From EveryonesHome.org.uk
Because it would mean England had to go through land reform worse than Zimbabwe is.
Because there's a lien based on freedom. It's called the world of finance and government. The real World government.
Because there has never been a welfare state yet as concerned with it's own peoples welfare as the state which does not need welfare, one where national minimum incomes are assured. Either by reputable use of proper currency or organisation. To have a settled and sedentary population is no service to its welfare whatsoever. the current welfare state encourages a lack of ambition adn even worse hope, where as national minimum income guarantees would be a starting pad for success.
Because certain peoples will always remain nomadic, or of those groups whom being nomadic is not associated, there is still a small proportion whom actively choose to not settle in any one place.
Because without homeless people to remind the rest they are pretty OK, city life for politicians might not be as colourful or easy. After all, they probably put them on the street in the first place:
"Rise in council tenant evictions
The number of tenants being evicted from council homes because of rent arrears in Nottingham has more than doubled in the past three years. About 540 people were evicted for deficits in the 12 months up to April. Nearly 2,000 court summons have been issued to residents since 2002. The city council is encouraging people to pay by direct debit. Homeless charity Framework said at-risk tenants needed more advice and support. The statistics, in a report for the council's housing panel, showed nearly 230 people were evicted for arrears in 2002"
So what's that add up to when it's nationwide?
Welcome to London.
To make Shelter a human right is a slippery slope government cannot and will not make. Instead it's a right to be fought for, and it will take each and every one of us, the rest of our lives, unless we're fantastically wealthy, of course. The laws in place are laws hard fought for, but the malevolent spirit of housing law always remains. To continually and cruciallt appropriate the resources of the poorer and middle class whom can't afford a stateless international existence. Or Accountants. Or Lawyers. Or Dentists. Or heating.
