A/HRC/25/54/Add.2 Annex [English only] Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context on her mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (29 August–11 September 2013) Contents Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–5 3 II. International and national human rights standards.................................................. 6–10 3 III. Promoting the right to adequate housing................................................................. 11–23 4 IV. The current housing situation and measures to address it ....................................... 24–55 7 A. Housing policies and planning reforms .......................................................... 35–43 10 B. Welfare reform ............................................................................................... 44–55 11 Impact of the current housing situation and measures on specific population groups.................................................................................................... 56–67 15 A. Low-income individuals and households ....................................................... 57–60 15 B. Homelessness ................................................................................................. 61–63 16 C. Persons with disabilities and persons who are ill ........................................... 64–66 16 D. Young people ................................................................................................. 67 17 Other issues related to the right to adequate housing.............................................. 68–75 17 A. Gypsies and Travellers ................................................................................... 69–71 17 B. North Belfast .................................................................................................. 72–73 18 C. Migrants and Roma ........................................................................................ 74–75 19 Conclusions and recommendations......................................................................... 76–80 19 V. VI. VII. 2 Paragraphs