@bipolaron @anon_opin alongside making it illegal to keep #housing vacant and literally seizing #VacantHousing, including setting up a property manager and making the owner pay for any necessary repairs.to make it liveable and only returning ownership after the owner paid the costs of this ordeal and under the precondition that the tennants will remain covered under their #AffordableHousing agreement terms and cannot be evicted by raising rent!

https://www.hamburg.de/politik-und-verwaltung/behoerden/behoerde-fuer-stadtentwicklung-und-wohnen/themen/wohnen/wohnraumschutz/hmbwoschg-190974

#DEpol #HousingFirst #HmbWoSchG #RealEstate #Speculation #HousingIsAHumanRight #RightToHousing

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Patna: Protest Against Bulldozer Action in Bihar.

A statewide protest in Bihar condemns bulldozer demolitions targeting Dalits, the poor and street vendors, demanding an immediate halt and guaranteed housing rights.

Aliyesha

Something I can identify now as an early radicalizing seed was in an undergrad German class when my prof (a boomer-aged German who gave no hint of being a leftist) pointed out that the DDR (East Germany) for all its flaws had effectively no unhoused people.

#housing #housingforall #righttohousing

🌍 La Dinamo is in Dublin for #ISHF2025!

📅 June 4 · 11:45–12:45
Affordability of the Cooperative Housing Model
📍 Liffey Meeting Room 4

📅 June 6 · 9:15–11:00
From Legal Reform to Land Trust: Challenging the Systemic Roots of Housing Inequality
📍 Liffey Meeting Room 1

More info 👉 socialhousingfestival.eu

#HousingCoops #RightToHousing #ISHF2025

#GeografieNL | 04-10-2024 |

"‘Enkele dagen voor het begin van de feitelijke sloop ontving de gemeente een brief van een groep van vijf speciale rapporteurs van de Verenigde Naties. Zij zagen in sloop een mogelijke schending van mensenrechten – in dit geval: het recht op behoorlijke huisvesting – en discriminatie."

#huurders #Rotterdam #Tweebosbuurt #woningcorporaties #RechtOpWonen #RightToHousing #HousingCrisis #AdequateHousing #Housing #HumanRights #UnitedNations

https://geografie.nl/artikel/minder-sociale-huur-in-rotterdamse-tweebosbuurt

Minder sociale huur in Rotterdamse Tweebosbuurt

‘Bouwen, bouwen, bouwen’, het politieke antwoord op de woningnood en stijgende woonkosten in Nederland, klinkt logisch. Maar de sociale huursector levert daar nauwelijks een bijdrage aan, zo laat de Rotterdamse Tweebosbuurt zien. Sterker nog, het gemeentelijk woonbeleid streeft naar krimp van die sector. 

Geografie.nl
You would think if it was right in front of them they would do something to help provide homes for everyone: Homelessness and open drug use in downtown Ottawa bring a national crisis to Parliament’s doorstep #homelessness #humanrights #righttohousing https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-homelessness-open-drug-use-parliament/
Homelessness and open drug use in downtown Ottawa bring a national crisis to Parliament’s doorstep

Canada’s capital is not immune to the problems of inequality and housing that many other cities face – but it faces uniquely thorny questions about how to fix things, and at whose expense

The Globe and Mail

#TheGuardian | 28-08-2024 |

- I can’t even afford to charge my wheelchair. So how are people like me expected to afford the energy price rise? -

"Because of our extra needs, when energy bills go up disabled people are hit hardest.”

"I need to be able to charge my wheelchair so I can go out; and to keep my fridge on for lifesaving medicines that won’t work unless they are kept cold."

#RightToHousing #HousingCrisis #AdequateHousing #Housing #Greentrification #UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/28/cannot-afford-charge-wheelchair-energy-price-rise-disabled-people

I can’t even afford to charge my wheelchair. So how are people like me expected to afford the energy price rise?

I’m already rationing heating and my use of mobility aids. But it feels like the government forgets the extra costs disabled people face, says disability campaigner Thirugnanam Sureshan

The Guardian
Australia must treat housing as a human right, says former Victorian Supreme Court judge https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-04/housing-is-a-human-right-says-former-vic-supreme-court-judge/104179612 via @ABCaustralia #auslaw #auspol #humanrights #righttohousing
Australia must treat housing as a human right, says former Victorian Supreme Court judge

Access to decent housing should be the "Great Australian Right," says a former Victorian Supreme Court justice.

ABC News

I can tell you from both professional and lived experience that Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and homeless/housing precarity are so often the same issue. Learn more from https://housingrightscanada.com/ .

#housing #homelessness #RightToHousing #violence #Gender #GBV #Canada

Homepage - Canadian Centre for Housing Rights

Canadian Centre for Housing Rights

🚨Breaking News: Today is the launch of the Human Rights-Based, Gender-Sensitive Standards for Emergency Shelters in Canada!
These Standards were developed to support emergency shelters in delivering services using a rights-based and gender-sensitive approach.

Learn more here: https://womenshomelessness.ca/shelterstandards/

#housing #homelessness #shelter #Canada #trans #LGBTQ #women #RightToHousing

WNHHN - Setting a national standard on gender and human rights approaches for emergency shelters

Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network