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In England, this is how we can solve the housing crisis – one home at a time

Published in Tuesday August 14th, 2012 In In the media

August 13, 2012 Liverpool’s Homebaked community land trust is a model for local rebuilding in the wake of failed regeneration projects Directly in front of north Liverpool’s Homebaked community land trust sits Anfield stadium; behind it lies a ladder of tinned-up houses and several acres of rubble. Market triumph dominates one side of the road while […]

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Repair New York City’s Housing Issues

Published in Tuesday August 14th, 2012 In In the media

August 13, 2012 More than 650,000 people live in housing that is controlled or subsidized by the New York City Housing Authority. Too many have to wait for months for needed repairs to leaking plumbing and other problems. In an estimated 10,000 apartments, repairs are not scheduled until 2014. This is clearly unacceptable. The question is […]

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Nigeria: Scores Missing, 28 Killed As Floods Ravage Plateau Again

Published in Tuesday August 14th, 2012 In In the media

August 13, 2012 No fewer than 28 persons have been killed, while scores of others are still missing in a renewed flood rage in nearly all the villages of the southern zone of Plateau State at the weekend. More corpses are still been picked in villages around the affected areas. Also about a hundred communities […]

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Saudi Arabia plans new city for women workers only

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 12, 2012 A women-only industrial city dedicated to female workers is to be constructed in Saudi Arabia to provide a working environment that is in line with the kingdom’s strict customs. The city, to be built in the Eastern Province city of Hofuf, is set to be the first of several planned for the Gulf […]

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In Portugal, austerity measures threaten the most vulnerable

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 10, 2012 “The most vulnerable social groups have been hit hardest by the fiscal austerity measures implemented in Portugal. The government should strengthen its efforts to mitigate the negative impact of the financial crisis, in particular on children, elderly and the Roma” said today Commissioner Muižnieks publishing a report based on the findings of his […]

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EU keeps close eye on French gypsy expulsion

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 11, 2012 EU and human rights groups say they are monitoring closely how France dismantles mobile camps across the country and removes hundreds of gypsies, to ensure Paris’s actions are consistent with the Union’s rules on the free movement of people. Throughout the week police have broken up camps around the country, including areas […]

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‘Slum cities’ in south Asia need better planning

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 10, 2012 In south Asia’s fast-growing cities a large part of the population are slum dwellers – and unplanned development means they face problems of flooding and a lack of resources   Sri Lanka‘s capital, Colombo, the vibrant economic and administrative heart of the bustling island nation, is rapidly turning into a city of […]

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In the US, California affordable housing projects suffer from loss of funding

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 12, 2012 By Alexandra Zavis and Jessica Garrison Duroville trailer park residents are among the victims of a loss of state and federal funding that affordable housing projects had historically relied on. Four years after a dilapidated Coachella Valley trailer park known as Duroville became a national symbol of slum housing, Riverside County officials […]

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Beijing’s rooms with no view

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 10, 2012 By Simon Rabinovitch Sim Chi Yin’s photographs explore beneath the streets of the city, where China’s low-income workers squash into tiny living spaces The man looking after the tiny one-room apartments in the basement of the Beijing high rise was nervous. “The outside world doesn’t need to know about this. It will […]

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Sudan: Torrential Rains in Central Darfur Cause Collapse of More Than 300 Homes

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 12, 2012 Major General Mohammad Hassan Ali Bayrak, commisioner of Nertity in Central Darfur, stated that heavy rains in several cities in Central Darfur caused destruction of homes and led to the death of a number of people. The rains are ongoing for two days now. The heavy rains and floods caused more than […]

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