Inadequate housingLiving in temporary/non-conventional structures, in unfit housing or in extreme over-crowding. |
Informal EconomyAll economic transactions in commodities or services that do not observe the formal rules established within a market or an economy. |
Informal housingA category
that encompasses all those housing options that fall outside governments’
regulations and laws governing real estate transactions. |
Informal SettlementAny human settlement where housing has been
constructed without the requisite legal title for ownership and/or use of the
land for residential purposes (based on the Economic Commission for Europe). |
Insecure housingReceiving longer-term support (due to homelessness) or living in insecure accommodation, including under threat of eviction or under threat of violence. |
IntersectionalityA combination
or overlap of the effects of various forms of discrimination, due to factors
such as country of origin, economic status, age, gender, skin colour, and
religion. |
Irregular/ undocumented migrantA migrant who enters and/or stays in a country without fulfilling the legal requirements to do so, including based on a lacking or expired residence permit. |