Right to Housing in Saint Kitts & Nevis

Status of Law in the general legal framework

Consagración como derecho fundamental
No contemplada
Definition of Right

According to General Comment No. 4 of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, "adequate housing" includes at least the following aspects: Legal security of tenure, availability of material services, facilities and infrastructure; bearable expenses; habitability, affordability; it must be in a location that allows access to employment options, health care services, child care centers, schools and other social services, in addition to having cultural adequacy.

Country
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Action Area
Urban legal frameworks

National institutions

Subnational and local institutions

International institutions

Marco Legal Nacional

Consagración como derecho fundamental

Saint Kitts and Nevis does not recognize the right to housing in its Constitution. It however guarantees the protection  from deprivation of property and protection of person or property from arbitrary search or entry.

Art. 8
Saint Kitts & Nevis' Constitution of 1983 - Saint Kitts & Nevis

(1) No property of any description shall be compulsorily taken possession of, and no interest in or right over property of any description shall be compulsory acquired, except for a public purpose and by or under the provisions of a law that prescribes the principles on which and the ma...

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Art. 10
Saint Kitts & Nevis' Constitution of 1983 - Saint Kitts & Nevis

Protection from deprivation of property. (1) Nothing in section 8 of the Constitution (which deals with protection from deprivation of property) shall affect the operation of any property law that was in force immediately before 27th February 1967 or any law made on or after that date t...

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Marco Legal Internacional

Tratados Internacionales vinculantes, vigentes y ratificados

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Art. 5 "In conformity with the obligations set forth in article 2 of the present Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, color, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights: (...) e) Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular: iii) The right to housing". (Ratification/Accession: 2006).

 

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, their participation in and benefit from rural development, and in particular shall ensure to them the right to: (...) (g) To enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in the areas of housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications". (Ratification/Accession: 1985).

 

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Art. 27 "States Parties, in accordance with national conditions and within their means, shall take appropriate measures to assist parents and others responsible for the child to implement this right and, where necessary, shall provide material assistance and support programs, particularly with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing". (Ratification/Accession: 1990).