{"id":115947,"date":"2020-04-29T14:33:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T07:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-can-billions-of-people-stay-home-to-beat-covid-19-without-a-safe-place-to-live-leilani-farha\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T08:03:39","slug":"how-can-billions-of-people-stay-home-to-beat-covid-19-without-a-safe-place-to-live-leilani-farha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-can-billions-of-people-stay-home-to-beat-covid-19-without-a-safe-place-to-live-leilani-farha\/","title":{"rendered":"How can billions of people 'stay home' to beat Covid-19 without a safe place to live? | Leilani Farha"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis pandemic has shown governments can solve homelessness. Here\u2019s a must-do list to provide housing for allCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt has taken a deadly global pandemic to shake governments to the core and trigger an understanding that having a safe home might be central to human survival. In my six years as the UN\u2019s watchdog on housing and human rights, the concept of home has never been under this kind of global spotlight. But it is bitterly disappointing that billions of people living in deplorable housing conditions with no access to water or sanitation, being homeless, or constantly at threat of eviction did not merit this kind of attention before. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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