Inhabitants Together, A World Assembly in 2011 to Gain the Right to Live
Inhabitants of the world united for the right to the city!This was determined in the Call, approved by the plenary Urban Social Forum of Rio, summarizing the deep sense which invigorated the participation of thousands of people, social leaders, inhabitants organizations, tenants, homeless, cooperatives and communities in dozens of meetings, seminars and workshops which brought this unitary space to life.
The ideas competition "Repensar Bonpastor", sponsored by the IAI and organised by a group of architects, anthropologists and local planners, had a great success with over 150 teams enrolled. The Jury has selected four proposals as the best with the fifth one being awarded a special recognition. The winning teams consist of technicians from Spain, Holland, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Greece and Colombia, who have contributed towards the study concerning participatory urban regeneration and zero evictions at Bon Pastor’s “casas baratas” (“affordable housing”) neighbourhood in Barcelona. It is about gathering ideas to enable all people to benefit from, which has the opposite effect towards the City Council’s demolitions which have already begun in the neighbourhood.
Appeal to International Solidarity Action
We, inhabitants’ associations, international networks, voluntary groups, NGOs, public agencies, citizens of the world, express our indignation at and denounce Israel’s continual policies of eviction and demolition carried out against the Palestinian people, both Palestinians ’48 (citizens of Israel) and Palestinians ’67 (in the Occupied Palestinian Territories). These demolitions and evictions clearly violate international law.
Appeal to International Solidarity Action
To break the silence on the fate of millions of people and put pressure on international institutions to play the role they should, the Zero Evictions Nigeria Campaign addresses an appeal not only to the Nigerian authorities, but also to UN-Habitat, the European Union, the Africa Union, the G8, the IMF and the WB.
France, Un front s’organise pour le droit au logement
Makeshift Camp
Inhabitants Memory
Popular Fund for Land and Housing for Latin America and the Caribbean
Countries in the region should have an independent vision and policy that is decomposed into concrete lines of action. One of them must be the creation of a Popular Fund for Land and Housing for AL/C.
To fulfill these objectives, we will be publish in this space articles and we will promote dialogue and interactive debates, suggesting topics, encouraging initiatives to raise ideas and solutions. Join us!
Last five news in the website!
- Rassemblement de soutien à 14h samedi 31 juillet (A la Courneuve – dans les 4000 - vers la place du commerce – RER B la Courneuve)
- Paris, La Courneuve : point sur la lutte des expulsés brutalisés
- African Commission against Sudanese government for large-scale forced evictions and atrocities in Darfur
- Khimki vs. Vinci y Putin
- "Não partam a minha casa" Angola, Benguela, 29 a 31 de Julho de 2010
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Haiti, the right to housing is an obligation of the state
The housing problem is not a new phenomenon in Haiti, but it is one that has worsened and attracts the attention of many people. Thus, after the deadly, devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, which exposed the weaknesses of the state, the frailty of the social structures and the vulnerability of the system, and which drove the population into the streets with the familiar issue of temporary shelters or makeshift camps, a new situation has developed. More than ever, this situation should engage the awareness of everyone, and mainly that of the state, whose obligation it is to allow the people to enjoy their fundamental rights: the right to housing, the right to education, the right to health, the right to nourishment, etc.
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We would like to allow the very actors to speak, carrying out an indispensable task so as to strengthen a global network, which wants to build another possible world starting from the urban problems.
Our financial resources are limited, but we know we can rely on a network of solidary people, who may help us voluntarily and freely.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games: Whose Wealth, Whose Commons?
Solidarity against evictions in Navotas City, Metro Manila, Philippines
IRAQ: Karbala IDPs, squatters encouraged to return
Yemen: Selling food aid to pay the rent
Paris, La Courneuve : point sur la lutte des expulsés brutalisés
Khimki vs. Vinci y Putin
"Não partam a minha casa" Angola, Benguela, 29 a 31 de Julho de 2010
South Africa: Independent Report into Political Violence Against Landless People's Movement
Encuentro Universidad Popular Urbana 30 al 31 de Julio, Cuetzalan, Puebla, México
Programa de Radio: “Recorriendo el Mundo con la Casa a Cuestas”
