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In South Africa, eviction victims welcome flats ruling

Published in Wednesday May 30th, 2012 In In the media

May 30, 2012 Some of the families who lost their belongings during the October 2008 evictions from Wimpy, Kamogelo and Kagisano flats in Mafikeng have welcomed the North West High Court ruling that returns ownership of the properties to the government. Last week the court dismissed with costs an appeal by MR Properties for R22m […]

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Crisis draws squatter to Spain’s empty buildings

Published in Monday May 28th, 2012 In In the media

May 28, 2012 Sleeping on inflatable mattresses with just a few boxes to hold their belongings, 32 families have occupied an empty new apartment block in Seville in southern Spain to put a roof over their heads after being thrown out of their own homes. They share a single cooker and a cheap brown sofa […]

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Canada needs a rental housing plan

Published in Monday May 28th, 2012 In In the media

May 28, 2012 Jobs will go unfilled if people don’t have affordable places to live that are close to work and transit On May 15, the City of Vancouver council approved the Secured Rental Housing Policy. Part of the City’s Housing and Homelessness Strategy, this new city policy outlines a package of incentives for property […]

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Brazil’s indigenous people fear Maracana stadium eviction

Published in Monday May 28th, 2012 In In the media

(Português) Indígenas que vivem num prédio pertencente ao governo federal estão ameaçados pelas obras de reforma do Maracanã para as obras da Copa do Mundo de 2014. Até agora, não receberam notificação para sair, mas eles suspeitam que serão forçados a deixar o local.

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Affordable housing growing scarce in US

Published in Friday May 25th, 2012 In In the media

May 24, 2012 Housing advocates say affordable housing is growing scarce in the United States with fewer people able to own their own homes and rents rising. Paola Nunez, is a childcare worker in Washington.  Until recently, she lived with her mother.  But she decided it was time to move out and get her own […]

Cambodia land activists’ convictions called unjust

Published in Friday May 25th, 2012 In In the media

May 25, 2012 Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate compensation. The women were sentenced Thursday by a Phnom Penh court after being found guilty of aggravated rebellion and illegal occupation of land in a three-hour trial. […]

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China disperses $10 billion of public housing funds

Published in Friday May 25th, 2012 In In the media

May 24, 2012 China’s Ministry of Finance said on Thursday it had given 66 billion yuan ($10.5 billion) to local governments to help build public housing for rent, one of five categories of state-subsidized affordable housing. The money, which the ministry said had been dispersed recently, will build public-rent housing, the second-lowest tier of homes […]

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In Malaysia, 50 villages face eviction, claims Umno

Published in Monday May 21st, 2012 In In the media

May 21, 2012 Penang Umno has warned that about 50 villages housing some 36,000 residents are slated for demolition, posing a major eviction crisis for the state. State Umno chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman said the villages, located on the island and mainland, were occupied by squatters who would be slapped with court orders to […]

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Protesters in Chicago target evictions, foreclosures (USA)

Published in Thursday May 17th, 2012 In In the media

May 16, 2012 About 150 protesters in Chicago marched to banks and government offices on Wednesday to demand a one-year moratorium on local home evictions and foreclosures, the latest in a series of demonstrations leading up to next week’s NATO summit. The protesters performed a piece of street theater at Daley Plaza featuring a bank trying […]

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Activists: Cambodian girl killed in mass eviction

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In In the media

May 16, 2012 Cambodian activists say a 13-year-old girl was shot to death Wednesday in the latest of several clashes between villagers and authorities trying to evict them to make room for development. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers tried to sweep out villagers in northeastern Kratie province from what authorities claim is state land, […]

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