On Tuesday, July 19, at 2:00 p.m. EST, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty will host a webinar to discuss topics explored in its report, "Simply Unacceptable": Homelessness and the Human Right to Housing in the U.S. "Simply Unacceptable" includes a report card grading the United States on its response to homelessness and its compliance with the human right to housing, and the report issues failing grades in more than one category.

According to international standards, the human right to housing consists of seven elements: security of tenure; availability of services, materials, and infrastructure; affordability; accessibility; habitability; location; and cultural adequacy. This report offers common sense solutions that the U.S. can adopt to better meet the housing needs of homeless and poor people.

The webinar will be facilitated by the report's primary author, Eric Tars, human rights program director at the Law Center. The webinar will also feature commentary and analysis from Gregory Countess, assistant director of advocacy for housing & community economic development at the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, which has an innovative program to integrate human rights framing into its advocacy work.

The webinar is free, but donations are appreciated to offset costs. The recommended donation is $10.

To register for the webinar, click here.

Contact Whitney Gent at wgent@nlchp.org or 202-638-2535 with questions.