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Social housing evictions ‘harder’ in Scotland

Published in Wednesday August 1st, 2012 In In the media

July 31st, 2012 A law which makes it harder for councils and housing associations to evict tenants for failing to pay their rent has come into place in Scotland. Changes introduced by the Housing Scotland Act 2010 mean social landlords now need to undertake a series of actions before going to court to evict a […]

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Namibia: Uncertainty for Tsumkwe Settlers

Published in Wednesday August 1st, 2012 In In the media

July 31st, 2012 The spokesperson for a group of people who settled in the Tsumkwe area, and currently face eviction, says that their plight has worsened since they are now being denied access to water for their animals. Juda Nganjone, told New Era that the farmers now take their animals wherever they can find water […]

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Namibia: Uukolonkadhi Traditional Authority Accused of Land Invasion

Published in Tuesday July 31st, 2012 In In the media

July 31st, 2012 The Minister of Lands and Resettlement, Alpheus !Naruseb, is intervening in a land dispute in which the Uukolonkadhi Traditional Authority is accused of allotting portions of land already given to the Onandjandja resettlement project. !Naruseb confirmed that he is still investigating the matter. About 40 families of returnees were resettled on a […]

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Liberia: Help to the West Point Fire Victims

Published in Tuesday July 31st, 2012 In In the media

July 31, 2012 EDITORIAL We are heartily pleading with the Government of Liberia (GOL), local and international humanitarian organizations, people of goodwill among others to help the West Point fire victims. On Saturday, July 28, 2012, fire gutted 32 houses in the Township of West Point, rendering several persons, including women, children and the elderly […]

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North Korea Floods: Dozens Killed, Thousands Homeless After Torrential Rains

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 28, 2012 Severe flooding across North Korea has killed 88 people and left tens of thousands homeless, state media reported late on Saturday, threatening to make the poverty-stricken country’s already chronic food shortage still worse. The floods caused by torrential rains and a typhoon this month caused “big human and material losses”, North Korea’s […]

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1.6 million Housing units in Uganda uninhabitable

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 30, 2012 Uganda is facing a national housing backlog of about 1.6million substandard houses and structures that are not appropriate for human habitation. According to the minister for lands, housing and urban development Daudi Migereko, out of the 1.6 million housing units, 211,000 units should be in the urban areas and 1.2 million units […]

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In Haiti, anger over slum eviction plans

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 28, 2012 A general view of the hillside slum of Port-au-Prince on July 12, 2012. The government plans to demolish hillside shanties for a flood-control project. Photo: AFP Plans to evict people from slums precariously situated on the vertiginous slopes around the Haitian capital are sparking protests from many who want to stay despite […]

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Nigeria forces thousands from floating slum

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

Thousands of people have been left homeless in the Nigerian city of Lagos after a recent government-led eviction of an almost 200-year old shantytown. During last week’s eviction of the Makoko slum, home to about 100,000 people, residents were given only 72 hours to evacuate before men in speedboats were sent to destroy their houses.

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Cote d’Ivoire: Evicted rastafarians in village feel cheated

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 27, 2012 Rastafarians in the Ivorian town Port-Bou are determined to fight what they consider to be an unjust eviction, after their ‘Rasta village’ was demolished early July. The dreadlocked men and women are struggling for survival as they are now homeless and without any source of income. In the early morning of Wednesday […]

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ARMM, Habitat to give some 900 displaced families homes

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 28, 2012 Some 900 families displaced by armed conflict and typhoon “Sendong” in five provinces and two cities of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will see the first foundation of their new houses after Ramadan. This developed as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD — ARMM and the Habitat for Humanity […]

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