Inhabitants of Americas
Constituida la Red Patagónica de Habitat
Jornada de trabajo en San Martín de los Andes en la República Argentina 27 y 28 de Noviembre 2008: Representantes de Organizaciones Sociales locales, nacionales, América Latina juntos a funcionarios y legisladores, discutieron políticas de Hábitat Social y se Constituye la Red Patagónica.Comunicado de prensa de la Red Habitat Argentina
Brasil: Mobilizações chamam a atenção para a falta de moradia popular e digna
Movimentos sociais de diversos pontos do país realizam atividades para chamar a atenção para um problema sério enfrentado por milhões de brasileiros: a falta de moradia digna. De acordo com o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatísticas (IBGE), o déficit habitacional é de quase 8 milhões. As atividades fazem parte da Jornada Nacional de Luta pela Reforma Urbana e pelo Direito à cidade.
Quintana Roo, II FORO ESTATAL en Defensa de la Vivienda
En un ambiente dificil, hostil, en el que la respuesta a las demandas populares ha sido la represion, el hostigamiento, y en el menor de los casos, la indiferencia y teniendo a nuestro compañero Mario Torres Hernandez, aun preso y siendo perseguidos nuestros dirigentes Roberta Arzate -Cancun- y Humberto Paez - Cozumel-, se realizara el dia 27 de noviembre de 2008 el II FORO ESTATAL EN DEFENSA DE LA VIVIENDA, EL HABITAT y LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS.
Brasil, Jornada de Lutas 2008 por Reforma Urbana
Os movimentos sociais urbanos e o Fórum Nacional de Reforma Urbana estão realizando nesta semana a Jornada Nacional de Lutas pela Reforma Urbana. Serão realizadas atividades em todo Brasil.
In Paraguay, violent repression results in the death of a homeless comrade and the arrest of 40
The government's heavy-handed repression by the police, in response to the social struggles in our town, has cost the life of a second victim. He is comrade Gerardo Carballo,
a homeless person, who died as a result of of the merciless “blows and fractures sustained from being knocked down by the troops of the Mounted Police” (La Nación Digital, 15-11-08) during a brutal repression and eviction of over 653 families from the neighbourhood of Pa'i Ñu, in Ñemby on Wednesday, November 14th.
Lograda moratoria de desalojos en Venezuela
La Red Metropolitana de Inquilinos, movimiento social revolucionario, le expresa un sentido agradecimiento al Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Vivienda y el Hábitat, al Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Industrias Ligeras y Comercio y al Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Infraestructura, por haber extendido durante otros seis meses la congelación de alquileres a través de Gaceta Oficial No. 39.059 del 14 de noviembre de 2008.
Argentina: “To combat poverty is to distribute wealth”
The “Social Habitat for an Urban World” International Conference will take place in San Martin de Los Andes –Neuquen–, Argentina from 27th to 28th November 2008. Organised by: the Comisión de Vecinos Sin Techo y por una Vivienda Digna
(Commission of Homeless Residents for Decent Housing), the Mapuche Neuquina Confederation and Radio AM 800 Wajzugun.
Peru still waiting for results four years after
The mission of the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to Peru was meant to be an opportunity to link local struggles for shelter with an international pro-housing rights strategy.
Community Land Trust Keeps Prices Affordable—For Now And Forever
Fall 2008: Purple Americaby Daniel Fireside
An agenda that puts people first: Housing
Since the recent housing boom went bust, the news has been filled with stories of panic-stricken homeowners, skyrocketing foreclosure rates, and multi-billion-dollar taxpayer bailouts.
In the wake of the Guachupita disaster
The people of the Dominican Republic are stunned by the death of eight people, six of them children, in Guachupita, a neighbourhood north of Santo Domingo. Torrential rains from Hurricane Gustav toppled several houses, killing the residents.