TIMOR-LESTE GOVERNMENT POLICY ANALYSIS REGARDING HOUSING IN THE CITY OF DILI

The right to adequate housing is the right of every citizen embodied in the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor- Leste (art 58) that the Timor-Leste government recognizes the right to housing for every citizen but the fact shows that the government has not been able to build a house for the people in accordance with expectations of the constitution. The Government of Timor-Leste has formulated a national policy on housing and settlements, namely Law no. 10/2007, but until now not implemented, the government faces various obstacles: political constraints, lack of human reources, lack of legislaslation (territory instrument plan, land use legislatios, edifications and urbanizatations law) in the absence of special legal derivative products on housing and settlements, legal barriers, budget constraints and human resource. Obtacles above contributed to the residents builded in organizing zone ,there is no construction quality control, no spatial regulations and at the same time no decent national housing is in place where the population can be sheltered and safe legal procedures. The formulation of national housing and settlement laws, the government is expected and involves all components composes NGOs and academies. To conduct a comprehensive intervention to improve the quality of the law on housing to be formulated, based on the fact of the Timor-Leste context, and at the same time need to create adequate interventions, in particular cases of evictions, reallocation of residents, new settlements and socialization.