HIC at European Social Forum in London
Program of events at the occasion of the 3rd ESF in London
International Land and Housing Rights Day, 2004
Are the Cities “Engines of Rural Development” or “Machines that Suck in the Rural Population and its Economic Surplus”?
HUD limits aid to low-income renters in area
The cuts could affect more than 14,500 voucher holders in Clark County and Portland metro
USA Tenants and Homeless Advocacy Groups Protest Bush Budget Cuts
Protests this fall against the Bush Administration’s plans to cut 600,000 families from the federal Section 8 program
HIC General Assembly
Minutes are being prepared to share the debate and de decisions of the Assembly with all members.
The safety and supposed benefits of the Sardar Sarovar Dam into question
More villages are submerged and Adivasis evicted.
USA – President Wages War on Section 8
In February, President Bush released his new budget for FY 2005, which begins on October 1, 2004. This year the president proposes unprecented cuts to the section 8 budget, and strips many tenant protections from the program.
Children and the Right to Adequate Housing International Law Resource Guide
Publication that guide to
the meaning of the human right to adequate housing as it applies to
children.
China’s Land Law: An Overview
Since all land in the People's Republic of China ("PRC") belongs to the state, corporate entities and individuals are not permitted to own land although they may own the property above the land.
1,000 million people of the world do not have a decent home, is that the price of globalization?”
The process of economic globalization that the world lives in and the institutions that direct the progressive deterioration that they are going through -both developing countries such as those in the south- responsible for the policies of protection and the impulse for housing, says Miloon Kothari to the Forum´s "141 questions" (105).
Committed Cities – Women’s Inclusive Practices and Good Urban Policies
Panelists from Latin America, Europe and Asia will present their reflections and experiences concerning urban policies and its impact on women within the context of economic globalization and cultural changes.
Charter for the Right to the City
International consultation to receive comments and inputs to the new format of the charter. It will be presented in Barcelona during the World Urban Forum.