UN says the Belgium Flemish housing code is racist

The United Nations is raising questions about the new Flemish housing code. Under the code only people who speak Dutch or are willing to learn the language qualify for social housing.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is worried that the code could indirectly lead to discrimination. Since 2007 people wanting to rent social housing in Flanders have to be able to speak Dutch or be prepared to learn the language of the community around them.

From the start many Francophones experienced the measure as a form of harassment and claimed that it was intended to discourage them from going to live in the Flemish area around Brussels.