Protesters rally across Spain against housing crisis, tourist flats
Madrid, Spain Reuters Hundreds of thousands marched across 40 Spanish cities on Saturday to protest against soaring rents and a lack of affordable homes in a country that enjoys Europe’s fastest economic growth and yet suffers from a severe housing shortage exacerbated by a tourism boom. Spain’s centre-left government has struggled to find a balance […]
Tent-dwelling migrants join protest over Portugal’s housing prices
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Marcia Leandro moved to Portugal from Brazil six months ago with a goal: to train as a chef. But Portugal’s housing crisis curbed her dreams and forced her to live in a tent. Leandro, 43, and Andreia Costa, her neighbour in an improvised tent camp on an empty plot on the outskirts […]
Wow!: As Beirutis face housing violations, award-winning NGO steps in
MAYA GEBEILY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the work of Housing Monitor…
India evictions during COVID-19 a “human rights crisis”
Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 250,000 people were evicted across India during the coronavirus pandemic, and millions more are at risk of being uprooted as authorities eye projects for faster economic growth, housing rights campaigners warned on Thursday. From March 2020 to July 2021, authorities demolished more than 43,000 homes and evicted about 21 people […]
“Exposing inequalities”: Evictions, power cuts heighten South Africa housing crisis amid lockdown
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on warnings concerning the impact the COVID-19 lockdown is having on the nation’s poor…
Justice out of reach for two in three, report says
Updated: 10th July, 2019New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Two in three people lack access to justice – with stateless, enslaved and war-affected people worst hit – according to research released on Monday that showed the challenge of achieving the United Nations’ goal of justice for all. More than five billion people fall into a […]
Canada’s ‘historic’ recognition of housing rights could end homelessness, says UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Canada’s move to recognise housing as a fundamental right in its new national housing strategy marks a historic step towards ending homelessness, a senior United Nations official said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the long-awaited housing strategy on Wednesday in response to UN criticism of Canada’s “persistent housing crisis”. Under the plan, […]