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Serbia: Hundreds of families face uncertainty after Belvil eviction

Published in Thursday April 26th, 2012 In Social movement news

(Português) Belgrade city authorities are proceeding with a mass forced eviction on Thursday in the capital’s Belvil’s settlement despite failing to consult the Roma communities affected, denying them adequate information, notice and legal remedies, Amnesty International said. The lack of consultation has meant that some of the 250 families may have been split up while others now face homelessness.

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Turkish law on transformation of areas under disaster risk

Published in Tuesday April 24th, 2012 In Social movement news

April 24th, 2012 Members of the Turkish civil society contacted the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to inform about a draft law currently under discussion in the Parliament that is generating some discussion and polemics in the country. The draft deals with transformation of areas under disaster risks. What concerns the civil society is that […]

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Free Webinar on the Rise of Tent Cities in the United States

Published in Tuesday April 17th, 2012 In Social movement news

April 17th, 2012 On Wednesday, May 2, the Law Center will host a free webinar previewing its upcoming report, “Welcome Home: The Rise of Tent Cities in the United States.” With homelessness and poverty at record levels, there have been increasing reports of homeless encampments emerging in virtually every state in the country. The response of municipalities has varied. […]

Korail slum eviction in Dhaka: notes from the field

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In Social movement news

April 9th, 2012 By Venita Subramanian and Maria A. May, BRAC’s Social Innovation Lab On April 4, one of the largest forceful slum evictions in Bangladesh’s history took place in Dhaka’s Korail bustee. Households and shops within twenty meters of the road were bulldozed, with approximately 2,000 structures affected.  Homes lay in complete ruin, while […]

Campaign: are you a tenant in a foreclosed home?

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In Social movement news

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty has issued a campaign to monitor violations of the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act. They need your help with their survey.

Right to adequate housing in the Egyptian Constitution

Published in Wednesday April 4th, 2012 In Social movement news

The Egyptian Center for Housing Rights launched a campaign to enshrine explicitly the right to adequate housing in the Egyptian constitution. One of its basis is the fact that the right to adequate housing is a human right, recognized on a wide scale by international human rights instruments signed and ratified by Egypt.

Exclusion of homeless people in Japan

Published in Wednesday March 21st, 2012 In Social movement news

(Português) March 7th, 2012 Every promise has been broken. The eviction of homeless persons from Tatekawa River Bed Park (Tatekawa-Kasenjiki Park) here in Tokyo’s Koto Ward was grounded in deceit and discrimination. In just the past few months, the park’s 60 residents have had to face a number of brutal evictions for the sake of […]

Roma families at immediate risk of eviction in Serbia

Published in Tuesday March 20th, 2012 In Social movement news

Around 1500 Roma people are at risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes in Belvil, an informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, at any time from 19 March. They have not been given information about resettlement and may be resettled in inadequate conditions or left homeless.

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Left Forum will host its annual conference at Pace University, New York City, on March 16-18

Published in Monday March 12th, 2012 In Social movement news

The Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will participate in a panel on Housing Rights in the Left Forum annual conference, in New York, on March 17, from 10ham to 11:50am (Session 1, room LHS).

Together let’s shout enough to violations! Together we will win the right to housing and to land!

Published in Thursday September 29th, 2011 In News

Resistances and Alternatives are the key words chosen by the Liaison Committee, established during the World Assembly of Inhabitants (WAI) in order to unify the Global Campaign for the right to housing and to land from the 16th September until the 31st October this year.