of International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). It is also could be found in Article 15 of The Yogyakarta Principles which states “that everyone has the right to adequate housing, including protection from eviction, without discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity”. 189. The affordability of housing in Malaysia affects everyone since house prices have been rapidly increasing in the recent years. Stagnant of income facing by middle Malaysia has impacted house ownership. Alternatively, many people opt to rent a property instead of buying. 190. There are several government-assisted housing schemes and programmes offered to medium and low income earners such as Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PRIMA), Rumah Mesra Rakyat 1Malaysia, 1Malaysia Civil Servants Housing (PPA1M) and etc. In addition, the 11th Malaysia Plan 2016-2020 has included affordable housing as a development objective and the strategies are to increase affordable and quality housing as well as accessible for the targeted segments of the society.127 191. In the study, most of the respondents were renting a room in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor which included 30 trans women, 3 trans men and 2 intersex persons. For trans man, most of them (12) were living with family and 9 of them were renting a house. Comparing between the age group and type of accommodation of the respondents living in, there were 3 respondents who were 60 years and above, 2 were still renting a room and one was homeless. In total 6 trans women were homeless with four of them unemployed. Please see table 34 and 35 for further details. TW TM Intersex Table 34: Type of accommodation of the respondents 1. Renting a room 30 3 2 2. Renting a house 14 9 0 3. Living with family 12 12 0 4. Own house 2 4 0 5. Homeless 6 0 0 6. Living rent free with a friend or relative 5 1 0 Item Note: TW: Trans women (69 persons), TM: Trans men (29 persons), Intersex: 2 persons the realization of this right, recognizing to this effect the essential importance of international cooperation based on free consent. 127 Eleventh Malaysia Plan. Chapter 1: Anchoring growth on people 1-16 Report On Transgender Persons In KL And Selangor | 83