Housing Rights in Practice
Housing Rights in Practice was a project run by the Commission and others as part of SNAP - Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights. It ran from 2015 to 2019.
The project aimed to empower people to tackle substandard housing and living conditions by using human rights. It was delivered in partnership with Edinburgh Tenants Federation and Participation and the Practice of Rights.
Read a short overview of the project, including how it worked and what
Fact-finding visit
An essential part of this project was for the Commission to go to the Highlands and Islands and to hear first-hand from human rights defenders on the ground about the issues facing their communities.
In late 2023, Project Lead Dr Luis F Yanes and various members of the Commission team undertook a six week fact-finding trip to the Highlands and Islands, visiting more than twenty towns across six local authorities and meeting with 146 people, including:
human rights defenders
on by the Scottish Government.
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