ABSTRACT
As the OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria wrote in his editorial to the report Divided we stand. Why inequality keeps rising, "inequality has become a universal concern, among both policy makers and societies at large". When differences in incomes increase to the extent that they violate the human rights of the disadvantaged, it becomes an inequality. An important use-value resource in terms of inequality is housing. This chapter suggests that the dilemma concerns what form of inequality one suffer from. Inequality is a relation, comprising at least two poles, like the one mentioned by OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria between the rich and poor. The chapter discusses the general definition of inequality suggested by Amartya Sen as part of his 'capability approach'. On this basis, inequalities should be seen as differences, which violate the human rights of the disadvantaged.
