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200,000 relocated in Shanghai as typhoon Haikui nears

Published in Wednesday August 8th, 2012 In In the media

August 7, 2012 China’s commercial hub of Shanghai was rushing to relocate people in order to avoid risks posed by the approaching severe typhoon Haikui, officials with the municipal flood control headquarters said Tuesday. It was estimated that over 200,000 people threatened by typhoon Haikui would be relocated before 9 p.m. Tuesday, said Zhang Zhenyu, […]

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Haiti – Reconstruction : Presentation of the Strategic Development Plan of Haiti to ECOSOC

Published in Tuesday August 7th, 2012 In In the media

August 6, 2012 The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), that held end of July in New York, its annual substantive session for 2012, discussed on the situation in Haiti, with Ms. Josépha Raymond Gauthier, the Haitian Minister of Planning and External Cooperation. During this meeting, Ms. Gauthier presented the progress made in the […]

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In China, Zhouqu mudslide victims to move into new homes

Published in Monday August 6th, 2012 In In the media

August 6, 2012 The 2,700 families who lost their homes in a devastating mudslide that claimed more than 1,500 lives two years ago in Northwest China’s Gansu province will move into new apartments by the end of the year, local authorities said. A total of 3,580 apartments have been distributed to the families, said Yi […]

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In Namibia, housing the urban poor is crucial

Published in Monday August 6th, 2012 In In the media

August 3rd, 2012 Any formal process of addressing the acute shortage of housing will be a failure because the majority in need of housing are the poor, whose incomes do not allow them to purchase houses through banks, from individuals or property developers. This was the view of Dr. Anna Muller of the Namibia Housing […]

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Affordable housing projects get state financial boost in the US

Published in Monday August 6th, 2012 In In the media

August 3rd, 2012 by Claire Bessette Several local projects, including a planned conversion of the historic Ponemah Mill in Norwich, will receive state grants or loans in a major affordable housing investment announced Thursday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. The Lofts at Ponemah Mills, a 116-unit project at the Taftville mill, was awarded $3 million […]

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Roma refuse to leave their Ostrava homes in Czech Republic

Published in Monday August 6th, 2012 In In the media

August 5, 2012 Around 140 people, primarily Czech Romanies, still remain in the shanty town Prednadrazi in Ostrava-Privoz they were ordered to leave by the planning and building authority yesterday. There are many children among the people. Locals are trying to partly repair the houses and they want the office to change its decision, local […]

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In Nigeria, flood displaces 100 persons in Nguru

Published in Monday August 6th, 2012 In In the media

August 6, 2012 Over 100 people were displaced yesterday after a heavy downpour that destroyed more than 50 houses in different locations in Nguru town of Yobe State. Daily Trust gathered that the rainfall, which started around 1pm and lasted more than four hours, destroyed many buildings at Bulaburin, Tsohuwar Nguru and Unguwar Kanuri areas […]

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Uganda: Gold in Mubende and 270 Families Evicted

Published in Friday August 3rd, 2012 In In the media

August 1st, 2012 A gold-mining factory operating in a remote, shabby outpost of Bukuya in Kassanda North county, Mubende district, has courted conflict with more than 270 families claiming that they were paid peanuts to quit their land. AUC Mining is a locally registered company with Ugandan and British owners. The company’s local partners include […]

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Kenya: 200 Pokot Resettled

Published in Friday August 3rd, 2012 In In the media

August 1st, 2012 More than 200 Pokot pastoralist families displaced by armed conflict at the Kenya-Uganda border have been resettled in Orolwo village in Pokot North District by a local non governmental organisation. The affected families that reside in Kanyerus, Asilong and Konyao locations were routed from their villages, due to frequent crossborder cattle rustling […]

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Ghana Renews Efforts to Tackle Housing Deficit

Published in Thursday August 2nd, 2012 In In the media

July 31st, 2012 The government of Ghana is placing renewed attention on tackling the housing deficit, with an emphasis on private sector investment, better urban planning and more low-cost homes. Two recently launched projects that dovetail with these aims could point the way for construction development. The Ghana Housing Profile, authored by the UN Human […]

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