2. Promote the right to adequate housing

qualitative data 1: housing rights

country level

1.Does the Constitution or national law

promote the full and progressive realisation of the right to adequate housing ?

NO

include protections against eviction?

YES

2. Are there particular impediments :

to women owning land ?

NONE

to women inheriting land and housing ?

NONE

to women taking mortgages in their own names ?

NONE

to particular groups owning land ?

NONE

please name the groups

to particular groups inheriting land and housing ?

NONE

please name the groups

to particular groups taking mortgages in their own names ?

NONE

please name the groups

Please describe any changes in terms of housing rights since 1996:

Since 1996 no change has occurred. There is no housing- crisis-

everybody can buy or sell housing - there no limitations.

Indicator 3: House price and rent-to-income ratios

city level

1993

1998

Median house price

$8 000,00

$12 000,00

A

Median rent

$60,00

$75,00

B

Median annual household income

$2 531,90

$2 242,60

C

Median household income of renters

$2 531,90

$2 242,60

D

House price / household income

3,16

5,35

A/C

House rent / household income

0,02

0,03

B/D

What changes do these results suggest in terms of housing affordability ?

The tendency is self-restriction of the households concerning their right

for property possession; the demand for rental housing is decreasing.