Madrid Declaration

The Madrid Declaration proposes to all inhabitants' organisations, networks and urban social movements the creation in 2011 of the World Assembly of Inhabitants in order to clear the way for the creation of the 'Via Urbana'.

Urban Social Forum - World Urban Forum 2010

Rio de Janeiro at the junction towards the World Assembly of Inhabitants


Following the success of the World Zero Evictions Days, preparations for the World Assembly of Inhabitants (WAI) continue. The WAI will be held at the Dakar WSF in 2011. Several Promotor Committees have already been set up in various countries, with further committees currently taking shape on every continent: in particular, there are plans to set up committees during this year’s Social Forums.
These preparations make the Rio de Janeiro step (22-26 March 2010) a major event. It will include the Urban Social Forum (USF), organized by local urban social movements and international housing rights networks, and the World Urban Forum 5 (WUF5), organized by UN-Habitat.

Video Contest: See you in Rio!


Do you want to expose housing rights violations to the entire world?
Do you have a particularly striking video of inhabitants resisting evictions?
Are you able to document visually, by any method, alternative initiatives for the right to housing?
To provide more opportunities to make known what is going on the world, as well as to showcase the skill and commitment of the people involved, IAI has decided to extend the deadline for participating and voting in the Video Contest to 21 February 2010!
The winning videos will be screened at the Urban Social Forum (Rio de Janeiro, 22-26 March 2010).

Watch the videos of the contest!

International competition of ideas: Repensar Bon Pastor


For a participative and zero eviction renewal of a popular district of Barcelona

Within the framework of the World Zero Eviction Days 2009, the International Alliance of Inhabitants summons a competition of ideas for a participative and “zero eviction” renovation of the popular district of Bon Pastor in Barcelona.

Inscription from november 3rd, 2009, to february 23rd, 2010

Zero Evictions for Palestinians, NOW

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.

Zero evictions in Nigeria

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.

Local Autorithies

France, Un front s’organise pour le droit au logement
Les élus communistes et républicains ont tenu à Ivry, Val-de-Marne, les états généraux du logement, de l’habitat et de la ville. »»

Makeshift Camp
REPORT: BONJOUR BOBIGNY - 2 TO 8 JULY 2009 Under the Bondy bridge, between the canal and the tramway, is the spot where several Roma families have settled in their caravans. The atmosphere here is coloured by the inhabitants’ kindness, a certain degree of resignation, and great destitution. »»

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Poll

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Solidarity, Haiti

Mission of social movements and networks to Haiti, January 2010

Misión de movimientos sociales y redes a Haiti, enero 2010


A delegation of 15 representatives of Dominican grassroots organisations, networks and international organisations went to Port-au-Prince from 21st – 23rd January, contacting and supporting civil society organisations and grassroots leaders in Haiti in the initiatives that they have been taking forward in the current situation following the earthquake, from ‘people to people’.
By Pedro Franco, IAI

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Inhabitants of Asia

Pasay City, Manila: Jihad at our Doorstep?
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Resistance against evictions at Pasay City Muslim men and demolition crew were throwing stones at each other. Pasay police were firing guns.These were the scenes yesterday in the Pasay City, during the execution of demolition of shanties surrounding the mosque. »»

Cambodia: Forced Eviction of the Reak Reay Community in Phnom Penh
Demolished house, luxury housing in the background 16 March 2009 At least 60 families living in the Reak Reay community, Tonle Bassac commune, Chamkarmon district, Phnom Penh, are facing imminent forced eviction. The families have been residing in the prime-city location since the 1990s, and have valid rights to the land under the Cambodian Land Law. The families have been resisting forced eviction attempts by Bassac Garden City and Canadia Bank since 2005. Appe... »»

Inhabitants of the Middle East

Yemen: Selling food aid to pay the rent

IDPs in Sanaa rush to register their names with aid agencies so that they can receive assistance (Adel Yahya/IRIN Some of the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled fighting in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, are selling food aid in the capital, Sanaa, to pay their rent, say an aid worker and some IDPs. »»

IRAQ: Squatters moved out of nearly two thirds of returnees’ homes
A displaced Iraqi woman living in the Adhamiyah neighbourhood of Baghdad. Many of the displaced cannot return because other families are squatting in their homes (jamesdale10/Flickr) Nearly two thirds of homes belonging to Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs) or refugees that were occupied by squatters have been evacuated since mid-2008, a government official said on 9 January »»

Inhabitants of Europe

Charleroi: une caravane pour qu’avance vraiment le droit au logement
Une caravane des mal logés se déplace du 8 au 23 mars dans différentes régions de France. Elle passera par la Belgique, Charleroi et Bruxelles du 14 au 18 mars prochain. »»

Elections régionales : la CNL appelle à la plus large mobilisation
Le logement, première préoccupation des Français, n’est pas au cœur des débats de la campagne électorale des Régionales malgré l’implication toujours plus grande des collectivités locales dans la construction et l’amélioration de l’habitat. La CNL appelle à la participation la plus importante possible au scrutin car le résultat de ces élections concerne aussi les conditions de logement. »»

Inhabitants of Africa

Port Harcourt, Abonema Wharf: a community sitting on a keg of gun powder!

Mrs Gift George, women leader in Abonema Wharf community addressing the media during the Social Action organised press briefing on Wednesday, 27th January, 2010. Social Action in collaboration with Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) organised a press briefing at Abonema wharf community on Wednesday to once again draw attention to the plights of the over 200,000 people that would be displaced and rendered homeless. »»

Dandora Dumping Site: The Biggest Human Rights Violation in Kenya
Nairobi, Stop Dumping Death on Us Nairobi has over 4,000,000 inhabitants and just one dumping site: Dandora. People are obliged to burn the waste and toxic fumes contaminate the air 24 hours a day affecting over 900,000 people.On the 10th of December 2009, World Human Rights Day, the campaign invites you to take part in a public forum at Korogocho Chief Camp, a space for community members and key institutional stakeholders to look for a way forward. »»

Inhabitants of Americas

México, encuentro promotor de la Red de Abogados Voluntarios
exponentes en la mesa El dia 26 de Febrero en la Camara de Diputados de la Ciudad de México adentro de la Campaña Cero Desalojo se realizò el segundo encuentro promotor de la Red de Abogados Voluntarios México. »»

México: Intercambio de Experiencias Cero Desalojos

Seminario Cero Desalojos, Mexico, 26 de febrero de 2010 Convertir a México en Territorio Anti Desalojos, es el objetivo por el cual se reunieron, líderes y activistas de diversas organizaciones mexicanas e internacionales, que trabajan a favor de la vivienda digna; esto sucedió durante el Primer Intercambio de Experiencias Cero Desalojos, que se llevo acabo el día viernes 26 de febrero, en la Cámara de diputados. La idea central fue: “mantenernos unidos y en conta... »»
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