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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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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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Tackling slum problems in Zambia

Published in Thursday August 2nd, 2012 In Social movement news

August 1st, 2012 The Zambian government last week invited a broad range of experts, central and local government officials and community representatives to discuss new ways of dealing with the country’s slum problems. A Slum Upgrading and Prevention Dialogue was officially inaugurated by Mr. Bernard S. C Namachila, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Local Government […]

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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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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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Affordable rental housing scarce in Sacramento region, in the United States

Published in Monday July 23rd, 2012 In In the media

July 23, 2012 by Cynthia Hubert and Phillip Reese Trying to find affordable rental housing in the Sacramento region is a bit like playing the lottery: Fifty thousand prospective tenants recently vied for one of 3,000 slots on a Sacramento County waiting list for subsidized housing. Families are waiting two years for an apartment in an affordable housing […]

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In Serbia, evicted Roma families finally granted access to water

Published in Thursday July 19th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 19, 2012 Action by Amnesty International has prompted the authorities in the Serbian city of Nis to supply drinking water to Roma families who were forcibly evicted from their homes in the capital Belgrade nearly three months ago. Since their forced eviction from the informal Belvil settlement on 26 April, five families – 18 […]

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The Making of an Urban Occupation: Manoel Congo

Published in Wednesday July 18th, 2012 In Social movement news

Manoel Congo is comprised of 42 families and 120 residents, the vast majority of whom have lived there since occupation in 2007. Many, but not all, are MNLM activists. Watch the video below to find out more about community life in this occupation:

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Charity launches housing campaign in Ireland

Published in Tuesday July 17th, 2012 In In the media

July 16, 2012 Housing charity Focus Ireland has mounted a concerted campaign to secure a legal right to housing for all citizens in need of a home, in line with the situation in other European countries. The Right To A Home campaign commenced today, as a survey for the charity suggested 80 per cent of […]

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