A human right to housing represents the law's most direct and overt protection of housing and home. Unlike other human rights, through which the home incidentally receives protection and attention, the right to housing raises housing itself to the position of primary importance. However, the meaning, content, scope, and even existence of a right to housing raise vexing questions. Drawing on insights from disciplines including law, anthropology, political theory, philosophy, and geography, this book is both a contribution to the state of knowledge on the right to housing and an entry into the...