A/HRC/43/43/Add.2 eviction is brought fully into conformity with international human rights law and international guidelines concerning eviction; (i) Prohibit by law any lawful eviction – including for rental or mortgage arrears – that will result in homelessness; where eviction cannot be prevented or avoided, it must be coupled with appropriate rehousing or resettlement solutions, in compliance with the right to adequate housing under international human rights law, through the offer of sufficient and suitable emergency shelter followed by long-term housing options in reasonable proximity to the original site; (j) Continue to provide financial subsidies and support to improve housing conditions in urban policy priority areas, while ensuring that improvements in these communities do not result in gentrification and the displacement of existing residents; (k) In compliance with the rights to non-discrimination and to equality, ensure protection for everyone – including migrants, asylum seekers, Roma and traveller communities and single-parent families – against discrimination with regard to all aspects of housing; and make greater efforts to ensure that those living in urban policy priority areas do not experience discrimination based on their place of residence; (l) Modify building regulations to ensure that a sufficient percentage of all newly built housing, private or public, is fully adapted to ensure independent living for persons with disabilities within their communities, and expand schemes to make existing housing stock accessible and adapted; (m) Implement the recommendations, decisions and judgments pertaining to the right to housing and related rights by the Defender of Rights, the National Consultative Commission for Human Rights and the High-level Committee on Housing of Disadvantaged Persons;74 by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and OHCHR;75 and by the European Committee of Social Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. 74 75 Defender of Rights, Exilés et droits fondamentaux, pp. 70–75; National Consultative Commission for Human Rights, “Avis « Logement: un droit pour tous? »”, pp. 46–55; and High-level Committee on Housing of Disadvantaged Persons, 5 conditions nécessaires à la mise en œuvre du « Logement d’abord ». E/C.12/FRA/CO/4, paras. 35–43; and OHCHR, “No one left behind”, pp. 11, 14 and 16. 19

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