Tournament: TFA State | Round: 1 | Opponent: any | Judge: any
Structural Violence AC 

Framework

I affirm resolved: the United States ought to guarantee a right to housing. I value morality. The standard is minimizing structural oppression. 

Structural violence based in moral exclusion—we cannot come to ethical conclusions if individuals aren’t seen as human
Winter and Leighton
Deborah DuNann Winter and Dana C. Leighton. Psychologist that specializes in Social Psych, Counseling Psych, Historical and Contemporary Issues, Peace Psychology. Leighton: PhD graduate student in the Psychology Department at the University of Arkansas. Knowledgable in the fields of social psychology, peace psychology, and justice and intergroup responses to transgressions of justice “Peace, conflict, and violence: Peace psychology in the 21st century.” Pg 4-5
Finally, to recognize the operation of structural violence forces us to ask questions about
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local cultures, will be our most surefooted path to building lasting peace.

Abstract liberalism redeploys the squo. Critique provides criticism, but lacks realistic alts. Policymaking requires looking at the concrete nature of structures and institutions.
Bryant 12  
Unfortunately, the academic left falls prey to its own form of abstraction.  It’s
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of shelters, the distribution of medicines, etc., etc., etc.

Offense

Contention 1: Homelessness (2min)

There is rampant homelessness in the US and its caused by a lack of affordable housing.
IWHRC 09 International Women’s Human Rights Clinic (CUNY Law). “A Gendered Perspective On The Right To Housing In The United States”. CUNY. 2009. HW. http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/law/files/2013/03/IWHR-Gendered-Housing-Perspective.pdf
The primary cause of homelessness is an increasing lack of affordable housing caused by rising
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89 The average income of homeless families is $8000 per year.90 

The poor have become invisible in society today. Ordinary middle class privileged citizens like us are told to stay away from slums and ghettos which disproportionately affects racial minorities.
National Coalition for the Homeless 09.
National Coalition for the Homeless. "Minorities and Homelessness." National Coalition for the Homeless. National Coalition for the Homeless, July 2009. Web. 18 July 2016. http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/minorities.html.
BACKGROUND Homelessness emerged as a national issue in the1870’s (Kusmer, 2002). At
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2002). These youths face considerable risk of violence and abuse while homeless.

Homeless individuals raise the crime rate, housing them is the way to lower it.
Roberts 13
(CEO of PATH Partners “Could Housing the Homeless Solve Crime”, August 13, 2013)
In Britain, experts believe 20 of their “rough sleepers” (people
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no longer have to break laws to try and get off the streets. 

Implementation of housing rights is empirically successful in reducing homelessness and changing government responses towards housing – England proves
Loison-Leruste and Quilgars write 09 Marie Loison-Leruste and Deborah Quilgars (Centre Maurice Halbwachs, Equipe de Recherche sur les Inégalités Sociales, Paris, France; Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, York, England). “Increasing Access to Housing: Implementing the Right to Housing in England and France.” European Journal of Homelessness. December 2009. HW. http://www.feantsaresearch.org/IMG/pdf/feantsa-ejh2009-article-3.pdf
Levels of homelessness acceptances have fallen in recent years in England from over 100,
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into settled housing, although there have been some modest falls since 2005.

Contention 2: IPV 

A. Lack of public housing props up domestic violence by forcing women to remain in abusive relationships.
Giulia 6 (Paglione, Giulia. “Domestic Violence and Housing Rights: A Reinterpretation of the Right to Housing.” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Feb., 2006), pp. 120-147.
When battered women are prevented by laws, policies, customs or culture from attaining
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lacking such protection, in genuine consultation with affected persons and groups."32

Forced evictions cause psychology violence to womxn and trap them in cycles of abuse.
UN Habitat
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, The Right to Adequate Housing, http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FS21_rev_1_Housing_en.pdf Premier
While forced evictions have an impact on both men and womxn
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homelessness might compel womxn to remain in abusive relationships.

B. Homelessness perpetuates the cycle of illegal sex trafficking and dehumanization. Housing is an urgent need for sex trafficking victims.
Clawson, 9
Heather J. Clawson, Nicole Dutch, Amy Solomon, and Lisa Goldblatt Grace, 8-30-2009, "Human Trafficking Into and Within the United States: A Review of the Literature," ASPE, https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/human-trafficking-and-within-united-states-review-literature#Other
The needs of homeless and runaway youth parallel the needs of victims of human trafficking
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and OKeefe, 2001) and risk of suicide (Martinez, 2006).

Human trafficking is dehumanizing to its victims.
Priscila Rocha, 12
 “OUR BACKYARD SLAVE TRADE: THE RESULT OF OHIO'S FAILURE TO ENACT COMPREHENSIVE STATE-LEVEL HUMAN-SEX-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION”, Cleveland State University Journal of Law and Health, http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/
Human trafficking is a lucrative business in which traffickers reap substantial profits from the dehumanization
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will continue to enslave victims, viewing penalties as a mere business cost.

C. Increasing subsidies for housing solves - Providing a safe place to stay for homeless youth would solve for sex trafficking.
Bigelsen, 13
Jayne Bigelsen Director Anti-Human Trafficking Initiatives, Covenant House New York, 5-2013, “Homelessness, Survival Sex and Human Trafficking: As Experienced by the Youth of Covenant House New York”, http://www.endhomelessness.org/page/-/files/Covenant20House20Fordham20University20Trafficking20Report.pdf
For those who are committed to eradicating domestic trafficking, the contributing factors outlined in
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who wants a safe place to sleep has access to shelter and services. 

Housing is essential to ensure human dignity and respect.
Felix Morka writes: (Mr. Morka is the Director of the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC), which was established in 1995 to promote and advance social and economic rights in Nigeria). “The Right to AdequcCate Housing.” University of Minnesota Human Rights Research Center) HW. http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/edumat/IHRIP/circle/modules/module13.htm
Housing forms an indispensable part of ensuring human dignity. "Adequate housing" encompasses
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through citizens’ demands and insistence upon the fulfillment of this basic human right.

To clarify, the right to housing doesn’t mean we build houses for every single person.
OHCHR "The Right to Adequate Housing." Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (
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rev_1_Housing_en.pdf. 

The right to adequate housing does NOT require the State to build housing for the entire population. One of the most common misconceptions associated with the right to adequate housing is that it requires the State to build housing for the entire population, and that people without housing can automatically demand a house from the Government. While most Governments are involved to some degree in housing construction, the right to adequate housing clearly does not oblige the Government to construct a nation’s entire housing stock. Rather, the right to adequate housing covers measures that are needed to prevent homelessness, prohibit forced evictions, address discrimination, focus on the most vulnerable and marginalized groups, ensure security of tenure to all, and guarantee that everyone’s housing is adequate. These measures can require intervention from the Government at various levels: legislative, administrative, policy or spending priorities. It can be implemented through an enabling approach to shelter where the Government, rather than playing the role of housing provider, becomes the facilitator of the actions of all participants in the production and improvement of shelter. Policies, strategies and programs based on the enabling approach have been promoted by the United 

Contention 3: Disabled Individuals

Currently, a growing portion of homeless individuals have some form of disability that affects their likelihood of obtaining housing.
Diament ‘09
Diament, Michelle. "More Than Two-Fifths Of Homeless Have Disabilities." Disability Scoop. N.p., 20 July 2009. Web. 02 Mar. 2017. https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/07/16/homeless-report/4153/.
More than 40 percent of America’s homeless population are people with disabilities and the number
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likely to be impoverished than those without disabilities, according to the report.

Lack of a housing right pushes the disabled into poverty and denies them access to basic human necessities.
COHRE ‘04
 "The Right to Adequate Housing: A Case Study of the Social Housing Budget in Northern Ireland." Human Rights and Public Finance : Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights (2004): n. pag. COHRE, May 2004. Web. 2 Mar. 2017. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3cohre.pdf.
A billion people worldwide are denied adequate housing and persons with disabilities are disproportionately represented
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and disabled farmers require assistance in growing and marketing their own food crops.

And this uniquely impacts children and is on the rise now.
White ’14 White, Martha C. "One in 30 American Children Is Homeless, Report Says." NBCNews.com. NBCUniversal News Group, 17 Nov. 2014. Web. 1 Mar. 2017. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/one-30-american-children-homeless-report-says-n250136.
Report: 1 in every 30 US children is homeless. So many families are
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to attend school exhibit mental health issues, and they often struggle academically.

A right to housing spurs grassroots movements and resists structural barriers to housing
Hartman 6 Chester W. Hartman is an American urban planner, author, and academic. He is Director of Research of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was PRRAC's Executive Director.  “The Case for a Right to Housing” (http://nhi.org/online/issues/148/righttohousing.html)
I would suggest several reasons for non-attention. One is that, to
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tax breaks to the wealthy. It's all a matter of political will.

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