NTR: inadequate housing

[ramonawalls]

I think this term belongs in SDGIO. It would be a subclass of the requested ENVO terms for human dwelling (EnvironmentOntology/envo#264), qualified as inadequate. In this case, I guess inadequate would be defined as not capable of providing basic services such as protection from the elements, sanitation.

[mark-jensen]

From UN-habitat

A number of conditions must be met before particular forms of shelter can be considered to constitute “adequate housing.” These elements are:

• Security of tenure: housing is not adequate if its occupants do not have a degree of tenure security which guarantees legal protection against forced evictions, harassment and other threats.
• Availability of services, materials, facilities and infrastructure: housing is not adequate if its occupants do not have safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, energy for cooking, heating, lighting, food storage or refuse disposal.
• Affordability: housing is not adequate if its cost threatens or compromises the occupants’ enjoyment of other human rights.
• Habitability: housing is not adequate if it does not guarantee physical safety or provide adequate space, as well as protection against the cold, damp, heat, rain, wind, other threats to health and structural hazards.
• Accessibility: housing is not adequate if the specific needs of disadvantaged and marginalized groups are not taken into account.
• Location: housing is not adequate if it is cut off from employment opportunities, health-care services, schools, childcare centres and other social facilities, or if located in polluted or dangerous areas.
• Cultural adequacy: housing is not adequate if it does not respect and take into account the expression of cultural identity.

And here:

Sustainable affordable housing in this regard may be considered as extension of the adequate shelter for all strategy of the Habitat Agenda: Adequate shelter means more than a roof over one’s head. It also means adequate privacy; adequate space; physical accessibility; adequate security; security of tenure; structural stability and reliability; adequate lighting, heating and ventilation; adequate basic infrastructure, such as water supply, sanitation and waste-management facilities; suitable environmental quality and health-related factors; and adequate and accessible location with regard to work and basic facilities: all of which should be available at an affordable cost.

[mark-jensen]

'inadequate housing' = a human dwelling that lacks any one of the following: access to basic services, affordability, habitability, security of tenure, or accessibility.

We would note in a comment the full criteria above and that items in location and cultural adequacy fall within the others. As well as note the relation to slums.

See https://github.com/EnvironmentOntology/envo/issues/266

[mark-jensen]

How is inadequate housing a type of dwelling?

The distinction seems to be qualitative or relational. That is not to say the class shouldn't appear in the ontology as a type of dwelling, but perhaps eventually it should be defined as an equivalency.

Something like- inadequate housing equivalent to (human dwelling and bearer of some [disjunction of inadequate criteria])

[pbuttigieg]

The distinction seems to be qualitative or relational. That is not to say the class shouldn't appear in the ontology as a type of dwelling, but perhaps eventually it should be defined as an equivalency.

Something like- inadequate housing equivalent to (human dwelling and bearer of some [disjunction of inadequate criteria])

This sounds right. We want this to be filled by inference to detect cases of inadequate housing that aren't declared as such. This would compel clarity in confirming criteria have been met.

We would note in a comment the full criteria above and that items in location and cultural adequacy fall within the others. As well as note the relation to slums.

Yes, this can be a comment initially, but there's value in queuing it for more formal treatment once we get the legal, social, and cultural domains ontologised. Could you add this as an editor note?

@rlwalls2008

I think this term belongs in SDGIO. It would be a subclass of the requested ENVO terms for human dwelling (EnvironmentOntology/envo#264), qualified as inadequate.

I agree. As inadequate will be defined according to some standard that gels with the SDGs, that should exist as a quality in SDGIO and applied to ENVO:human dwelling to create SDGIO:inadequate housing.