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UN says Israel destroys Palestinian Bedouin homes

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

April 23rd, 2012 UN agencies in the occupied West Bank said on Sunday that Israel last week destroyed 21 homes of Palestinian Bedouin refugees, making 54 people including 35 children homeless. A joint statement from the refugee agency UNRWA and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs condemned the April 18 demolition of the […]

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EU condemns Palestinians’ eviction in east Jerusalem

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

The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemned on Saturday the recent eviction of a Palestinian family from its east Jerusalem home, ahead of its inhabitation by Jewish settlers.

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Spain: Lives mortgaged by the crisis

Published in Thursday April 19th, 2012 In In the media

April 19th, 2012 After unemployment, and closely associated to it, housing evictions have become the most frightening face of the economic crisis in Spain, shooting up rates of poverty and social exclusion. The evictions of owners or tenants in debt last year recorded a record high, up nearly 22 percent over 2010, reaching 58 000 […]

Ramaphatle villagers escape eviction (Botswana)

Published in Thursday April 19th, 2012 In In the media

April 19th, 2012 Councillor Ofentse Mafoko informed the villagers, who had gathered at the Mmankgodi Kgotla, that they would no longer be evicted from their village because the land board had agreed to give them residential certificates. “The land board has decided that you be given residential plot certificates except in the case of five […]

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Homelessness among female veterans

Published in Wednesday April 18th, 2012 In In the media

April 16ht, 2012 The Veterans Affairs Department is in the middle of an ambitious five-year plan to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. It should make sure that this effort protects the vulnerable population of women, whose risks and needs can be far different from those of men. The number of female veterans has soared since 1990, […]

UN envoy condemns eviction of Palestinian families from East Jerusalem homes

Published in Wednesday April 18th, 2012 In In the media

April 18th, 2012 A senior United Nations official has condemned the eviction today of two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem and called for an end to such violations of international law.The eviction today follows a court case brought against the families by an Israeli association, according to a news release issued by […]

Evictions on the rise in the City (USA)

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

April 16, 2012 Eviction rates increased in all boroughs except Manhattan in 2011, but nowhere was the problem as bad as in the Bronx. There were 10,140 evictions carried out in the Bronx in 2011, a 17 percent increase over the prior year, according to data from city marshal reports. Citywide, evictions rose 7 percent […]

Cambodia: demolition of houses in Borei Keila

Published in Monday April 16th, 2012 In In the media

February 9, 2012 by Sopheap Chak The problem of forced evictions is turning for the worse in Cambodia while citizen dissatisfaction over existing resettlement schemes is also rising. While land grabbing is a nationwide problem, it’s most evident in the urban areas. In fact, residents of Monivong Hospital, Sombok Chap, Dey Kraham, Group 78, Borei Keila, […]

Housing rights defender jailed for ‘disturbance’

Published in Wednesday April 11th, 2012 In In the media

April 10th, 2012 by Josh Chin, with contributions from Olivia Geng A disabled former lawyer who has clashed repeatedly with authorities while assisting people illegally evicted from their homes was sentenced on Tuesday to two years and eight months in prison for fraud and “creating a disturbance,” her attorney said. The sentence marks the latest sign […]

Homelessness Becomes A Crime In Hungary

Published in Tuesday April 10th, 2012 In In the media

Hungary’s new anti-vagrancy laws — the toughest in Europe — now mean that homeless people sleeping on the street can face police fines or even the possibility of jail time. Advocacy and human-rights groups are alarmed by the new efforts to crack down on and effectively criminalize homelessness, where the ranks of the needy have increased during the country’s dire financial crisis. Click here to listen to the story.