Audio and video

Here you find audio and video files on the right to housing worldwide. If you or your organisation have articles in these formats that you would like to promote, contact the Rapporteur.

Watch the Rapporteur’s presentation at the UN Human Rights Council

Published in Tuesday March 11th, 2014 In News on the Rapporteurs

Watch the Rapporteur’s present her thematic report and her mission reports and the interactive dialogue with the member-countries at the HRC.

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UN Special Rapporteur assesses the UK housing condition

Published in Thursday September 12th, 2013

A United Nations investigator looked at Britain’s benefit system, specifically the “Bedroom Tax” she pronounced herself shocked by it. The law requires anyone in social using to pay a fee – from their welfare payments – if they have a spare room.

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Rapporteur meets Jakarta deputy governor during mission to Indonesia

Published in Wednesday June 12th, 2013

Watch below the video for the meeting between the Special Rapporteur and the Deputy Governor for the Jakarta province, Mr. Batsuki, on May 31st, 2013.

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Eu, Favela

Published in Monday May 20th, 2013

With the recent implementation of the Pacifying Police Units (UPP) in several favelas in Rio de Janeiro, the gentrification process can already be observed, due to the vergitinous real estate valuation and to the rise in costs of infrastructure. Testimonies from residents of Chapéu Mangueira, a community in the Leme neighborhood, question the consequences of the current government’s policy, alerting the population so that the favela culture is not lost.

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Lagos, Nigeria: Where housing is a luxury

Published in Wednesday March 13th, 2013 In Social movement news

Lagos has over 10 million inhabitants – most of whom are constantly struggling for adequate housing. With an ever-increasing population, a decent place to live has become a luxury for Lagos’s poor majority. Click here to watch a newsclip from YouTube featuring Friday Ogunyemi and the aftermath of the forced eviction.

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