Decent Housing Observatory
Although an internationally recognized right, today, access to decent housing is one of the social challenges that most worries and affects society, influencing people’s well-being, and even conditioning their quality of life. In response, the Esade Institute for Social Innovation has launched the Decent Housing Observatory project, with the aim of analyzing and shining a spotlight on the different social challenges posed by housing from a social, international, and intersectoral perspective. The goal is to generate, share, and disseminate knowledge about this field, while at the same time promoting social debate, reflection, and learning. The project includes the creation of a space for reflection and dialogue with the various stakeholders and sectors involved in this field in order to help students, the population at large, and organizations from different sectors address housing-related social challenges.
Article 25.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living, including housing. Nevertheless, according to UN estimates, some 1.8 billion people, or more than 20% of the world’s population, lack adequate housing. Millions of people around the world live in conditions that are hazardous to life, health, or emotional well-being, crowded into slums and informal settlements, or in other conditions that do not respect their human rights and dignity.
Main lines of activity
Research
Generate relevant knowledge that contributes to reflection and learning, in the public and private spheres, as well as in academia.
Social debate
Encourage and contribute to social and academic debate on the discourse of housing as a fundamental right, with the potential for impact and capacity for social transformation, with a special focus on the most vulnerable groups.
Team
Ignasi Martí
Director of the Decent Housing Observatory
Director of the Esade Institute for Social Innovation and professor at the Esade Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability
Susanna Salvador
Researcher and Program Manager of the Decent Housing Observatory of the Esade Institute for Social Innovation
Joan Roca i Román
Researcher at the Dignified Housing Observatory of the Institute of Social Innovation in Esade
Raluca Budian
Post-doctoral Researcher at Esade, Institute for Social Innovation
Housing First expert.
With the support and collaboration of
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