Our final recommendations In this report, we provide constructive practical guidance for two different sets of stakeholders: policy makers (Chapter 2) and individuals, communities, and housing advocates (Chapter 3). Recommendation 5: Strengthen accountability and participation across the housing system in a manner shaped by and giving effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi Based on what we have learned over the course of the Inquiry, we also highlight six recommendations. These recommendations are aimed at the system level to ensure we have the framework and structures in place to help realise the right to a decent home. Recommendation 6: Implement effective accountability measures that adequately protect and enforce the right to a decent home for everyone, including renters and residents in emergency and transitional housing Recommendation 1: Commit to legislative recognition of the right to a decent home, shaped by and giving effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi Recommendation 2: Integrate the right to a decent home into housing policy-making processes Recommendation 3: Appoint one or more human rights, Tiriti and equity officers within our lead housing and housing policy agencies Recommendation 4: Fulfil the obligations set out in te Tiriti o Waitangi, including the obligation to recognise, respect and support Māori tino rangatiratanga in respect of Māori housing Applying human rights as a tool for change Human rights are often perceived as abstract, yet when they are made operational they are a helpful tool for positive change. If we explicitly recognise the right to a decent home, it can strengthen and improve housing strategies, policies, and other initiatives. It can also empower individuals, hapū, iwi, marae, and other communities to use the human right as a tool for change in our housing system. We hope our Inquiry, and this final report, will help central and local government, and every individual, whānau, organisation, community, and business realise the right to a decent home for everyone in Aotearoa. 7