international
Can co-owner of an apartment prohibit tenants to use bathroom (wc). Is it a violation of the right of adequate housing (UN HABITAT)?
<p>Can co-owner of an apartment prohibit tenants to use bathroom (wc).</p>
<p>Is it a violation of the right of adequate housing (UN HABITAT)?</p>
<p>Can co-owner evict tenants without providing an alternative accommodation?
Use it's rights to abuse rights of another co-owner who provided a room of an apartment for tenants</p>
<p>Please note rooms are isolated and aren't shared property of the two co-owners.
Co-owner cannot prohibit to rent an room of apartment</p>
<p>Common areas (bathroom, kitchen) are shared property.</p>
<p>Can co-owner (who want to evict) refuse of fair compensation?</p>

<p>The right to adequate housing is a political question, the content of which is unclear in the <a href="https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/files/FactSheet21en.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UN's fact sheet</a>. What they say is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>All beneficiaries of the right to adequate housing should have
sustainable access to natural and common resources, clean drinking
water, energy for cooking, heating and lighting, sanitation and
washing facilities, food storage facilities, refuse disposal, site
drainage and emergency services.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Sanitation facilities are not completely ignored, so there is a theoretical basis to start from. However, that list of desiderata is not legally enforceable, so it would depends on the laws of the particular jurisdiction. In the <a href="https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18&amp;full=true" rel="nofollow noreferrer">state of Washington (US)</a>, a rental that lacked any sanitary facility (toilet) would be a violation of the health code: even hot water is required by law. In other countries, esp. where running water is not ubiquitous, there may be no legal obligation for a landlord to provide a toilet with running water. Whether legal action could be taken against the landlord depends on local law.</p>
<p>A property owner can evict a tenant, subject again to local law. Usually, it requires a legal process where the owner petitions the court to evict the tenant, and in case the tenant has a contractual right to be there, the owner has to show cause (tenant breached the terms of the lease). A landlord does not generally have an obligation to find alternative housing for a tenant, but perhaps there is such a law somewhere, related to tenant tenure.</p>
<p>The mention of a co-owner is a bit confusing. If A is the sole owner of a property, A can exercise landlord rights. If A and B both own the property, either of them can exercise landlord rights. However, if they disagree, i.e. A wants to evict tenant C and B wants to let C stay, the dispute between A and B must be resolved, and if they cannot come to an agreement then B can cause a delay of the eviction until the dispute is resolved in court. Again, the details on this would depend on the jurisdiction, and in part whatever landlord-tenant laws there are.</p>
