Why are there no slums in China?
Walking through China’s cities, you will quickly notice the absence of large slums or pervasive homelessness common to the rest of the world
Communists in Austria demand freeze on rents amid soaring housing crisis
The Communist Party of Austria claims that the average housing cost in the country has increased by 12% over the past two years. The party has called for measures such as expansion of municipal housing and introduction of building rent caps
Nationwide outrage after Black homeless man murdered by white vigilante in NYC subway
A Black homeless man was murdered by a white vigilante in the New York City subway system. “I don’t have food, I don’t have a drink, I’m fed up,” were some of his last words
The poor are bearing the brunt of California’s storms
As the West Coast of the US faces torrential rains and harsh wind, California’s 172,000 homeless people face two storms: natural disaster and state indifference
Our struggle was always for the poorest of the poor: Housing rights militants at The People’s Summit
As US President Joe Biden’s Summit of the Americas is underway in Los Angeles, a city with 66,400 homeless people, housing takes a front seat in discussions at the People’s Summit that is concurrently taking place
NYC Mayor Eric Adams evicts hundreds from homeless encampments
Despite crackdown, Adams presented no clear alternative to the streets and transit system for unhoused people afraid to use unsafe shelter system
People’s movements take to the streets against evictions throughout Brazil
The Zero Evictions Campaign is calling for demonstrations in cities throughout the country in observance of the Housing for Life day of action
Italian students protest education policy, Australia moves to ban Hamas and other stories
Today we look at student protests for safe and dignified education in Italy, Australia’s decision to outlaw Hamas, and more
Netherlands: Struggle for affordable housing intensifies with protests in multiple cities
Activists from various youth & student groups, feminist groups, trade unions and political parties marched for housing rights on the call of #Woonrevolte Amersfoort, a housing rights coalition.
Protests demanding affordable housing continue in the Netherlands
Major cities in the Netherlands have been facing an acute housing crisis marked by higher rents, skyrocketing property prices, evictions, and homelessness.
Protests demanding affordable housing surge in the Netherlands
Various housing rights groups and progressive youth/students groups in major Dutch cities have formed coalitions and started mobilizations demanding affordable and dignified housing
US apex court strikes down latest eviction ban, affecting millions
Following pressure from landlords and realtors groups, an apex court struck down the latest eviction ban, putting around 6.5 million households at risk for eviction.
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