(1) Every citizen shall have the right to an appropriate housing, and such right shall be respected, protected and fulfilled pursuant to this Act and other prevailing laws.
(2) Under the right to housing referred to in sub-section (1), every citizen shall have the following rights:
(a) To make safe, appropriate and suitable housing according to his or her capacity, subject to the standards determined by the prevailing law, to settle in that housing and use it,
(b) To stay safe from the condition of life being into the risk due to the lack of housing,
(c) To make choice of the place of housing pursuant to the prevailing law, and make provision for housing at a suitable place by migration,
(d) To respect and protect his or her religious, social and cultural identity at the place of housing,
(e) To conserve without constructing physical structure in the designated open area in his or her place of housing and surroundings.
(3) The responsibility to respect, promote, protect, fulfill and implement the right referred to in sub-section (1) shall be vested in the Government of Nepal, Provincial Government and Local Level.