Haƙƙin samun gidaje shine haƙƙin tattalin arziƙi, zamantakewa da al'adu don isassun gidaje da matsuguni. An gane shi a cikin wasu kundin tsarin mulki na kasa da kuma a cikin Yarjejeniya ta Duniya na 'Yancin Dan Adam da Yarjejeniyar Kasa da Kasa akan Hakkokin Tattalin Arziki, zamantakewa da al'adu. An amince da haƙƙin samun gidaje a cikin kundin haƙƙin ɗan adam da dama na duniya. Mataki na 25 na Yarjejeniyar Haƙƙin Dan Adam ta Duniya ta amince da 'yancin samun gidaje a matsayin wani ɓangare na haƙƙin samun ingantacciyar rayuwa￼￼. Mataki na 11 (1) na Yarjejeniyar Kasa da Kasa kan Hakkokin Tattalin Arziki, Zamantakewa da Al'adu (ICESCR) kuma ya ba da tabbacin haƙƙin matsuguni a zaman wani ɓangare na haƙƙin samun isasshen yanayin rayuwa￼￼. A dokokin kare haƙƙin ɗan adam na duniya ana ɗaukar haƙƙin mallakar gidaje a matsayin haƙƙi mai 'yanci. An bayyana wannan a cikin 1991 Janar Comment no 4 akan isassun Gidaje ta Kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Hakkokin Tattalin Arziki, Jama'a da Al'adu. Bayanin gabaɗaya yana ba da cikakken fassarar haƙƙin matsuguni cikin sharuddan doka ƙarƙashin dokar ƙasa da ƙasa.