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September 24, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to AdequateHousing, Leilana Fartha, has urged the Federal Government to impose vacant hometaxes with a view to addressing housing challenges in the country.
Fartha at a news conference in Abuja, expressedconcern over human rights crisis presented by poor living conditions inNigeria’s informal settlements.
According to her, the informal settlements houseabout 69 per cent of the urban population.
She further expressed worry that the Bill for an Actto provide rent control failed in the National Assembly.
According to her, when the bill for rent controlfirst hit the National Assembly, it wasn’t ripe
Fartha will present a comprehensive report of hervisit to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2020.