UNITED NATIONS HSP United Nations Human Settlements Programme Preliminary survey of the state of efforts to progressively realize

25: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. [...] It has been emphasised as one of the pillars of the renewed social contract of the United Nations Secretary-General’s “Our Common Agenda”10 and as a priority action in the Pact for the Future11 to end poverty and strengthen trust and social cohesion. [...] In Latin America and the Caribbean, data from the Economic Commission show that the average expenditure on housing by governments in 2022 remained stable at 0.5%.38 This is a notable decrease from the average of 0.7% of GDP in 201939 and 1.0% of GDP which were invested in housing in 2015.40 Similarly, while the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia records an increase expe. [...] These tendencies are also reflected in the findings of the “Report of the Executive Director on the existing multilateral and bilateral support for the development and the implementation of effective housing policies, programmes and projects”43. [...] In the report on ‘The right to adequate housing during violent conflict,90 the Special Rapporteur highlights the weaponisation of the systematic demolition of homes, mass forced evictions, and the confiscation of housing, lands and properties conducted by state and non-state actors.