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After foreclosure crisis, renters suffer under Wall Street landlords

Published in Tuesday April 22nd, 2014 In In the media

Six years after the foreclosure crisis helped tank the world’s economy, investors are snatching up “distressed” properties — those that are in foreclosure or facing foreclosure — and seeking to turn a profit on them. Advocates for affordable housing worry that this profit comes at the expense of tenants.

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1,000 families homeless in Caloocan fire in Manila

Published in Tuesday April 22nd, 2014 In In the media

A person died and at least 1,000 families were rendered homeless after a massive fire hit a residential area in Caloocan City on Sunday afternoon.

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Slum fire leaves 200 homeless

Published in Thursday April 10th, 2014 In In the media

Red Cross official Issa Premji said those who lost their homes had been temporarily sheltered at a nearby school and church. “We administered first aid to about 20 people with minor injuries and found shelter for families without a place to spend the night,” he said.

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New York abandons plan to clear subways of sleeping homeless people

Published in Monday February 24th, 2014 In In the media

Amid sharp criticism, officials clarified that the plan was for an “outreach program” to help homeless people during cold weather. They stressed that no one could be forced to leave the subway system unless they were hurting someone or committing a crime.

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Land, Water Grabs Devastate Communities

Published in Thursday February 20th, 2014 In In the media

New satellite imagery shows extensive clearance of land used by indigenous groups to make way for state-run sugar plantations in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, Human Rights Watch and International Rivers said today.

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Villages Flooded As Heavy Rains Weaken Zimbabwe Dam

Published in Monday February 17th, 2014 In In the media

The Zimbabwean government has appealed to the international community for nearly US$20 million to help evacuate and assist 60,000 people at risk of being swept away by rapidly rising water in a partially constructed dam, following heavy rainfall in the normally drought-prone Masvingo province in the southeast.

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Life on margins: Slum dwellers for resettlement plan before eviction

Published in Monday February 17th, 2014 In In the media

Resolving to resist any move to evict them, residents of various katchi abadis in the capital held a demonstration in Sector H-11 katchi abadi on Sunday afternoon, said a press release.

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Sneinton Market: Eviction notices handed to 21 tenants

Published in Monday February 17th, 2014 In In the media

MORE than 20 tenants of units next to Sneinton Market are being evicted to make way for a new creative area. Notices were handed out to traders over the course of the last week and Nottingham City Council says it will help them find alternative places.

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Roma migrants evicted from Stockholm site

Published in Monday February 17th, 2014 In In the media

The Swedish Enforcement Agency (Kronofogden) carried out the eviction in Högdalen, a suburb in the southern reaches of Stockholm, at 9am on Monday, just days after a bus load of the campers went home.

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Squatters refuse to go as eviction date looms

Published in Monday February 17th, 2014 In In the media

The notice warned that those who do not comply with the order could face one month in prison under section 21(1) of the Lower Burma Town and Village Lands Act. They will even be charged by the authorities for the cost of demolishing their homes, the notice said.

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