Introduction This resource summarises some of the key points from our Framework Guidelines on the Right to a Decent Home in Aotearoa. It outlines some ways that the right to a decent home involves the private sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. Making sure that everyone can access and enjoy their right to a decent home isn’t only the role of the government. The private sector has a huge part to play in the housing system. Investors, businesses, and individuals develop, build, sell and rent housing. Financial institutions provide access to credit. Private households – often supported by property managers – purchase, build or improve their own housing and may rent it to others. Social housing providers are a key part of the housing ecosystem for those who cannot access private rentals or home ownership. Those who work in housing in the private sector – including landlords, property managers, investors, and property developers – can use this resource to help understand their human rights responsibilities and how they can uphold it in their work. Where does the right to a decent home come from? The right to a decent home is included in a range of international human rights treaties – agreements that countries can commit to by signing them. Over the last 50 years, successive New Zealand governments have legally signed up to the responsibility to implement the right to a decent home here in Aotearoa. Alongside these international agreements, the right to a decent home in Aotearoa has to take into account our own unique history, demography, economy, society, culture, environment, and laws. 2 Human Rights Commission This context includes our history of colonisation and the foundational status of te Tiriti o Waitangi. That means the right to a decent home in Aotearoa sits alongside and is informed by te Tiriti. Achieving the right to a decent home means we need to honour te Tiriti o Waitangi and the promises it made.