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Women's right to housing needs to be understood in terms of their entitlements. "This means they have rights in, access to and control over land, housing and property. 'Legal rights in land, housing and property' broadly refers to security of tenure, that is right to own, lease, rent, mortgage or dwell on land, housing and property, and the right not to be forcibly evicted. 'Access to land, housing and property' means that a person can use the land (eg. for cultivation), property or housing, but that they do not necessarily have legal rights to do so. This can be through informal concessions granted by individuals to kin or friends. Control over land, housing and property can have multiple meanings, such as the ability to decide how the land and housing resources are used and disposed of, and whether it can be leased out, mortgaged, bequeathed, sold etc. Legal ownership does not necessarily carry with it the right to control. For example in some regions a married woman requires her husband's consent to alienate land which she legally owns".

While a section of feminists stresses on women's housing rights to be understood in terms of an 'independent right' i.e. rights independent of male ownership and control (excluding joint titles with men), the housing rights campaigns emphasise on equal right of both men and women and therefore support and promote joint-ownership, given the so called hardships that women face at the time of dislocation and relocation. I suggest you study  lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/51-100/Report66.pdf 

wot kind of rights can the wife excercise on ancestral property? According to me she can stake claim on the ancestral property through her kids that too after her husband passes away.(following the hindu succession act). What kind of stay she can get? and on what ground the husband can quash the stay?