Concrete Actions

Nepal: High Voltage Power Line

Published in Tuesday July 16th, 2013

Accountability Counsel filed a complaint on July 10, 2013, on behalf of communities in the Sindhuli District of Nepal, raising concerns about human rights violations associated with construction of a high voltage transmission line funded by the World Bank.

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Learning From Urban Transitional Settlement Response in the Philippines: Housing, Land and Property Issues

Published in Friday November 2nd, 2012

This publication documents CRS’ experience in implementing an urban transitional settlement program following Tropical Storm “Washi” in Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines. Click here to read it.

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Decisions on the displacement in Sacadura Cabral, Brazil, involved the affected community

Published in Wednesday January 11th, 2012

Sacadura Cabral was a slum located in the City of Santo André, metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil. In order to remedy the high population density and the problem of floods, the first stage of the re-urbanization project, within the Santo André Mais Legal Program, proposed the removal of a sector of the slum, implying the displacement of 200 families from a total of 780 families. A participative strategy was used to select the families and define the resettlement criteria.

Dwellers ensure the return to their homes after urbanization in Coroa do Meio, Brazil

Published in Wednesday January 11th, 2012

The dwellers of the community of Coroa do Meio (Aracaju/Sergipe – Brazil) had their 600 blockhouses returned, after the urbanization project in an area close to the beach and to the central area of the City of Aracaju. The area was owned by the Union’s assets and was an Environmental Preservation Area.

Baltimore Housing Mobility Program

Published in Wednesday January 11th, 2012

This best practice is an example of a program designed to enhance mobility for disadvantaged families by offering targeted housing vouchers and mobility services to low income families who wish to move from high poverty to low poverty communities in the Baltimore region.

Zero Evictions Campaign

Published in Tuesday January 10th, 2012

The International Alliance of Inhabitants launched the Zero Evictions Campaign at the 4th World Social Forum (Mumbai, January 2004). The aim is to secure housing rights for all. If tenants have to be transferred, decent, secure alternative accommodation should be found in advance and with the agreement of the inhabitants concerned, as per international human rights standards.

World Assembly of Urban Inhabitants

Published in Thursday July 29th, 2010

The World Assembly of Urban Inhabitants was an important fora for debate organized by housing movements in the turn of the 21st century. It took place in Mexico City, from October 2 to 6, 2000.

Rural dwellers of urban expansion areas receive compensation in Hong Kong

Published in Saturday March 20th, 2010

The land policy of the city of Hong Kong is based on a land lease instrument: the government purchases rural properties in the zones of future urban expansion, in order to lease them to entrepreneurs, and thus charges for their use and invests it in the city’s infrastructure.

Rental allowance: a provisional housing alternative in São Paulo, Brazil

Published in Saturday March 20th, 2010

A possible alternative in cases where a definitive solution of adequate housing is not ready, is the support to the temporarily displaced through financial subsidies for access to housing units of third parties.

Agrarian reform includes support to build houses in Dom Tomás Balduíno, Brazil

Published in Saturday March 20th, 2010

After continued repossession in several places, 61 families, formerly street dwellers and currently members of the Homeless Workers Movement, obtained a settlement close to a large urban centre known as Comuna da Terra Dom Tomás Balduíno, in Franco da Rocha, in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, in Brazil.