e) private enterprises polluting and causing
ill-health of inhabitants (whether the
inhabitants are in state or private housing);
f) faith-based philanthropic landlords granting
tenancies on condition that tenants
undertake religious instruction.
99. The obligation to fulfil requires government
to adopt all appropriate measures, including
legislative, administrative and budgetary,
to ensure the full realisation of the right to
a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti. For
example, government must provide temporary
emergency housing for people who are
homeless and also put in place an effective Te
Tiriti and human rights-based housing strategy
for all.
100. Violations of the obligation to fulfil include:
a) failure to implement provisions of Te Tiriti
which relate to kāinga;
b) failure to prepare a Te Tiriti and human
rights-based housing strategy;
c) homelessness;
d) failure to provide temporary emergency
housing for people who are homeless;
e) failure to take all reasonable steps towards
a housing system, whether private,
public or mixed, which ensures a decent
affordable home for everyone;
f) failure to put in place transparent, effective
and accessible accountability arrangements
for the right to a decent home grounded on
Te Tiriti.
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101. Conclusion. Obligations and violations highlight
the crucial role of constructive accountability
in relation to the right to a decent home
grounded on Te Tiriti. Constructive
accountability - monitoring, review (including
independent review) and redress - assesses
whether obligations are being kept, violations
are occurring and, if appropriate, remedial
action is taken (see section 3 and ‘Constructive
accountability’).
Guideline 19: Central and local government
have obligations arising from the right to
a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti. The
obligation to respect places a responsibility
on government to refrain from interfering
directly or indirectly with the enjoyment of
the right to a decent home grounded on Te
Tiriti. The obligation to protect means that
government must prevent third parties, such
as private landlords, from interfering with
the enjoyment of the right to a decent home
grounded on Te Tiriti. The obligation to fulfil
requires government to adopt all appropriate
measures, including legislative, administrative
and budgetary, to ensure the full realisation
of the right to a decent home grounded on Te
Tiriti. Breaches of these obligations may give
rise to violations of the right to a decent home
grounded on Te Tiriti.