UN Expert Criticizes FIFA over World Cup Housing

GENEVA: UN Expert Criticizes FIFA over World Cup Housing, A U.N. human rights investigator has criticized FIFA for failing to ensure that cities staging the World Cup explicitly commit to protecting housing rights.

Raquel Rolnik says football’s world governing body hasn’t responded to repeated demands to make housing rights a key part of the bidding process for hosting the event.

Rolnik told reporters in Geneva on Monday that she has received reports over 20,000 residents from a makeshift settlement near Cape Town were moved to impoverished areas at the edge of the city.

FIFA didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.