Safe, secure and affordable housing must be made a human right in law to ensure that the Government is held accountable for addressing homelessness in Bermuda. The right to housing is the economic, social and cultural right to adequate housing and shelter. The right to housing is defined under Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognises the right to housing as part of the right to an adequate standard of living: “Everyone has the right to a stand
For the past seven months, Bermuda Is Love has organised monthly campaigns, including #ZeroHunger, #Housing4All, #Share&Wear, #HealthIsWealth, #Right2Learn, #1Planet1Plane and #FightForJustice, which focus on advocating for human rights to food, housing, clothing, healthcare, education, a healthy environment and access to justice. Bermuda Is Love believes that these seven rights make up what we refer to as “basic material needs”. Without access to these basic material needs,