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A Missed Opportunity in Rio

Published in Wednesday April 4th, 2012 In In the media

(Português) Rio de Janeiro is preparing to host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, and these mega-events give the nation’s elite a chance to speed up whatever strategies were already on their wish lists. In Rio, where real estate interests control the city’s politicians and media, decisions are made on their […]

Violence as squatters evicted from £3m home

Published in Monday April 2nd, 2012 In In the media

April 1st, 2012 Around 20 officers from Avon and Somerset Police entered the Clifton Wood House in Bristol following reports of a late night party. They left the property at 5am but returned around two hours later with six riot vans as they stormed the 18th century mansion. Officers in full riot gear then carried […]

Eviction numbers reach new high in Spain

Published in Monday April 2nd, 2012 In In the media

March 31st, 2012 The number of people being evicted from their homes in Spain has jumped to a new record, with the judges granting embargos against 58,200 families last year, 22% more than in 2010. The numbers have put the matter at the centre of the political debate, and the Government has brought out ‘a […]

Tribal members evicted for oil field development

Published in Monday April 2nd, 2012 In In the media

March 31st, 2012 NEW TOWN — Residents of a 45-lot mobile home park in New Town, many among the poorest members of the Three Affiliated Tribes, are being evicted and will be replaced by oil workers. Tribal leaders, who were offered a chance to buy the mobile home park, are working on a solution, but […]

Rapporteur visits Chile from April 26th to May 3rd

Published in Monday April 2nd, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

(Português) A Relatora Raquel Rolnik visitará o Chile, de 26 de abril a 3 de maio, a convite de organizações da sociedade civil chilena, para debater o processo de reconstrução após a ocorrência de desastres naturais.

LA homeless housing: Apartment building opens to low-income and homeless individuals

Published in Friday March 30th, 2012 In In the media

March 30th, 2012 Jamie Hill slept on the street for the first time when she was 12 years old. Over the years, she went from sleeping in motels with her mother to foster care, group homes and juvenile hall, Hill told The Huffington Post. Two years ago, at age 24, she moved from Sacramento to […]

Sochi 2014: Building boom for Winter Olympics leaves some behind

Published in Tuesday March 27th, 2012 In In the media

Katya Davidenko sits with a group of students who study English at a college in the Russian resort city of Sochi. She said she’s excited for the day when thousands of athletes and spectators from around the world will descend on her hometown for the 2014 Winter Games.

Campesinos refusing to disappear: Guatemala’s Polochic Valley one year after the evictions

Published in Monday March 26th, 2012 In In the media

March 26th, 2012 Written by Tristan Call, Guatemala Solidarity Project Juan lived in the village of Paraná until August, when for the second time in six months the private security forces of an international sugar company reduced his home to ashes and tilled his crops under to plant sugarcane. Now he lives across the road […]

The Human Rights Council adopts resolution on adequate housing in the context of disasters

Published in Thursday March 22nd, 2012 In News

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted today, during its 19th regular session, a resolution regarding adequate housing in the context of disaster settings.

Exclusion of homeless people in Japan

Published in Wednesday March 21st, 2012 In Social movement news

(Português) March 7th, 2012 Every promise has been broken. The eviction of homeless persons from Tatekawa River Bed Park (Tatekawa-Kasenjiki Park) here in Tokyo’s Koto Ward was grounded in deceit and discrimination. In just the past few months, the park’s 60 residents have had to face a number of brutal evictions for the sake of […]