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Why Jimmy Carter Believes Housing Is a Basic Human Right
Richard Florida talks to the former president about housing, Habitat for Humanity, and how government assistance enabled their current success.
“A lot of people don't look at housing as a human right, but it is.”
That’s what former President Jimmy Carter told me when I spoke with him from the site of his latest Carter Work Project site in Edmonton, Canada. “To have a decent place to live is a basic human right. And also to have a chance to live in peace and to have adequate health care and adequate education, so you can take advantage of your talents,” he added.