Keyword: moratorium
(Almost All) Evictions banned in Hungary
Eviction blockade in Budapest (May 13 2010)
On July 22, 2010 the newly elected center-right Hungarian government declared a ban on almost all forms of eviction until April 15, 2011. The only and yet very significant exception to this ban are squatters who continue to be unprotected from forced eviction by either private or public bodies.
Protesters march against foreclosures in Philadelphia
Protesters took to the sidewalks in Center City. (Tom MacDonald/For NewsWorks)
Two dozen people braved the cold to march around Center City to protest mortgage foreclosures.
Chanting save our homes, Members of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign took to the sidewalks in Center City, visiting closed banks to complain about how they are handling the current foreclosure situation.
USA, Support the National Moratorium on Economically-Motivated Evictions!
Dear Friends and Allies,I am writing to you today to request your support of our sign-on letter addressed to Congress and HUD calling for a national moratorium on economically-motivated evictions. In this time of escalating displacement by foreclosures and evictions, the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights is demanding that our elected representatives make good on their many promises to provide our communities with much-needed relief from this instability.
Protesters march against foreclosures in Philadelphia, PHILADELPHIA, february 2011
Protesters took to the sidewalks in Center City. (Tom MacDonald/For NewsWorks)