COVID-19 Guidance Note:
Prohibition of evictions
Leilani Farha
Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
28th April 2020
Housing has become the frontline defense against the coronavirus.
In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, States across the world are ordering
millions of people to “stay home”. And yet, at the same time, many households
and communities continue to be threatened with eviction.
* At least 150 million people worldwide live in homelessness, in emergency
