India needs a housing law that is rooted in human rights as bulging cities and rising inequality make housing unaffordable for ever more people, according to a United Nations official. "India needs an over-arching, visionary and coherent piece of legislation based on human rights," Leilani Farha, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to housing, said in a report released on Wednesday. "A national housing law that aims to address growing inequalities and offers a long-term road map is essential." Farha said this should include policies aimed at the homeless and those living in informal settlements.

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