g. Protect the tenure of tenants including by the use of rent control and legal guarantees; h. Implement programmes designed to address the special problems of housing, water supply and sanitary conditions in rural areas;xxxii i. Ensure that housing is affordable and that the attainment and satisfaction of other basic needs are not threatened or compromised by the costs of housing; j. Ensure the habitability of housing, including providing the inhabitants with adequate space and protecting them from cold, damp, heat, rain, wind or other threats to health, including violence, structural hazards and disease vectors; k. Ensure that housing developments allow access to employment, health care services, schools, child-care centres and other social facilities. Housing should not be built on either polluted sites or in proximity to pollution sources; l. Ensure that the construction of housing, including the materials used, are culturally acceptable and appropriately enable the expression of cultural identity and diversity; m. Entrust an independent national body, such as a national human rights institution, to monitor State compliance with these guidelines and international human rights law, including investigation of forced evictions and other violationsxxxiii and ensuring prosecution of perpetrators; Vulnerable Groups, Equality and Non-discrimination n. Ensure that priority in housing and land allocation should be given to members of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups; o. Ensure that the provision of housing, particularly regarding construction and the building materials used is culturally appropriate for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including indigenous communities/populations; p. Take measures to ensure that women (whatever their marital status), internally displaced persons, refugees, indigenous communities/populations and other members of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are guaranteed equal access to land, adequate housing or shelter and to acceptable living conditions in a healthy environment. Special attention should be given to ensuring fair and equitable inheritance of land and rights in housing regardless of sex; q. Ensure the equal rights of women and men to protection from forced evictions and the equal enjoyment of the human right to adequate housing and security of tenure. Implement measures to ensure that titles to housing and land are conferred on women, and that they are able to access housing and land independently; 41