Is decent housing a human right?

[Olive]

Hmmm, and how much of a role should 'effort' play in accessing this human right? Is it not that effort that is reflected in the various kinds of shelter we can access as individuals? As disproportionate as that seems to be these days...

I don't quite understand what you mean by "effort" in this context.   Are you saying that the harder a citizen works the better the accommodation she/he is entitled to?   That ignores many variables including disability, race and gender discrimination and family inheritance.

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If houses were built just for rental purposes I really think they will become tomorrows slums because the article states It is a form of housing thatÔÇÖs developed with the intention that units will be retained by the developer as permanent rental properties.

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Not necessarily.   In many European cities renting is a perfectly respectable long term form of accommodation, tenants's rights are respected and landlords have security of income.   My experience in a big apartment building in Berlin which was part owner-occupied and part tenanted was that all of the residents took responsibility for upkeep, communal activities such as recycling.   The pre-war building was in fine shape.

The same could happen in Aotearoa.