A youth homelessness agency says the New Zealand conservative coalition government's Budget 2026 has "abandoned" rangatahi (youth) experiencing homelessness, as new data shows homelessness in Aotearoa is at its highest level ever.
@ellespeaks Elle! Hi! TYSM for this thread!
No movement in 3 days and lateness is a no-no for me.
$488/1360 needed by 6/5.
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OP: https://me.dm/@kshernandez/116635041867434173
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Thousands protest rising housing costs in Spain's capital
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/thousands-protest-rising-housing-costs-in-spains-capital
#HousingCrisis #Ireland #mastodaoine #HousingForAll #housing #protest #rent #Madrid #Spain #España #disobedience
Thousands of people rallied in central Madrid on Sunday against spiraling housing costs that have priced many Spaniards out of the housing market despite a recent economic boom, particularly in cities such as the capital and Barcelona.
this anti-homeless New Zealand legislation will outlaw impeding someone entering a business, begging, rough sleeping, or displaying behaviour indicating an attempt to inhabit a public place, by people as young as fourteen years old. it's criminally cruel and this conservative coalition government should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.
Some days you get the kind of win that makes Doug Ford apoplectic.
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"I wish I could get that guy's address. I'll send 15 encampments in his backyard and see how he likes it. The craziest decision I've ever heard. But there are a lot of crazy decisions coming from our courts lately," Ford said.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/premier-doug-ford-comment-kitchener-encampment-ruling-9.7208836
Also: Fuck you, CBC. They were clearing the encampment FOR A PARKING LOT, MOTHERFUCKERS.
We were literally celebrating this with the KW peeps last night. They have it DOWN when it comes to pursuing the Charter challenges vis-à-vis unhoused folks. Shout out to CJC for their care as well.
Full decision:
https://www.socialrights.ca/Waterloo/DECISION-21-May-2026.pdf
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a judge's ruling on Thursday that the Region of Waterloo cannot clear an encampment in Kitchener to make way for construction crews to work on a new transit hub is "the craziest decision I've ever heard."
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Good!!
"an Ontario judge ruled that residents of a Kitchener encampment can stay. The decision, delivered Thursday at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, stated that the Region of Waterloo cannot remove the residents living at the downtown Kitchener encampment because it violates their Charter of Rights."
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a judge's ruling on Thursday that the Region of Waterloo cannot clear an encampment in Kitchener to make way for construction crews to work on a new transit hub is "the craziest decision I've ever heard."
“European support is needed for all municipalities, not only the biggest ones, but also small and medium-sized communities.
Only then can investments remain financially sustainable in the long term and help deliver affordable housing for all.”
— Tom Jungen, Mayor of Roeser
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“For Luxembourg, the European Union has often been a driver of social progress.
We should use the current momentum around housing in Europe to push for further progress and help solve our national housing crisis.”
— Tom Jungen, Mayor of Roeser
#HousingForAll
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