UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Adequate Housing, Leilana Fartha, has urged the Federal Government to impose vacant home taxes with a view to addressing housing challenges in the country.
Fartha at a news conference in Abuja, expressed concern over human rights crisis presented by poor living conditions in Nigeria’s informal settlements.
According to her, the informal settlements house about 69 per cent of the urban population.
She further expressed worry that the Bill for an Act to provide rent control failed in the National Assembly.
According to her, when the bill for rent control first hit the National Assembly, it wasn’t ripe
Fartha will present a comprehensive report of her visit to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2020.
