The PIE Amendment Bill gazetted in 2026 is facing criticism for the changes it seeks to make to a law that was originally introduced after apartheid to protect poor and vulnerable communities from arbitrary evictions and homelessness.

Over 50 organizations issued a joint statement condemning both the arrests and illegal demolition of houses. They demanded the immediate release of all the activists and a halt to illegal demolitions.

Solidarity pours in from movements across Africa and the world as South Africa’s shack dwellers’ movement celebrates two decades of organizing, fighting for land and socialism.

The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and the Farm Society Support Committee (JSML) have prepared a draft law which proposes a universal public housing plan for all farm workers in the country.

The Constitutional Court’s order on December 20 is a landmark judgment, advancing jurisprudence by specifying “location” of the alternative housing provided to those evicted as an “essential component of adequate housing”.

100 days into the Government of National Unity, the shack dwellers movement condemns a sharp uptick in forced evictions in informal settlements

Two people were killed and 13 injured after a passageway collapsed in the Le Vele di Scampia housing project in Naples

Bernhard Auinger from the Social Democratic Party of Austria has won the mayorship of the city and the runner-up Kay-Michael Dankl from the Communist Party of Austria will take charge as the deputy mayor.

Walking through China’s cities, you will quickly notice the absence of large slums or pervasive homelessness common to the rest of the world

Progressive organizations in Ireland have demanded that the national government implement emergency measures to address the growing housing crisis

Peoples Dispatch spoke to philip agnew for insights into organizing Black men in the US in the context of dire material conditions and the downswing of the anti-racist movement

Latin American migrants seek refuge in the United States only to be shuttled around as political pawns and sleep in tents in the richest city