Data and Programs    Housing as a Human Right

 

 

Data and Programs:

Selected Housing Statistics by Place
http://factfinder2.census.gov/

“Census Bureau Reports on Residential Vacancies and Home Ownership”
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/qtr211/files/q211press.pdf

US Department of Housing and Human Development
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/

“2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress” US Dept of Housing and Human Development
http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2010HomelessAssessmentReport.pdf

Washington State Housing Finance Commission
http://www.wshfc.org/

“Washington State’s  Housing Market Reports” from the Washington Center for Real Estate Research
http://www.wcrer.wsu.edu/WSHM/WSHM.html

King County Housing and Community Development Program
http://www.kingcounty.gov/socialservices/Housing.aspx

City of Seattle Office of Housing
http://www.seattle.gov/housing/development/default.htm

Seattle Housing Authority
http://www.seattlehousing.org/

Committee to End Homelessness in King County
http://www.cehkc.org/

Puget Sound Regional Council Housing Innovations Program
http://psrc.org/growth/hip/

 

 

Housing as a Human Right:
 
United Nations – Habitat
http://www.unhabitat.org/ (especially http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=282)

 
Human Rights Education Association
http://www.hrea.org/ (especially http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=411)

 
National Economic & Social Rights Initiative
http://nesri.org/  (especially http://nesri.org/programs/what-is-the-human-right-to-housing)

 
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
http://www.nlchp.org/
(especially http://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/2009HumanRightsForumManual1.pdf)