El pueblo protesta contra la revocatoria El día 31 de enero miles de personas han tomado las calles de Lima para protestare civilmente contra la propuesta de revocatoria contra Susana Villarán, la actual alcaldesa de la capital peruana. »

"They want us out of our community!" "We're always told to move on, but to where? There are no places for us to be" Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and USA-Canada Alliance of Inhabitants (USACAI) are calling on our members and allies throughout the United States and Canada to join us on April 1 for a bi-national day of action to protest the ongoing criminalization of poor and homeless people in our communities. »

In front to the empty house, 66/67 Great Strand Str. , Dublin (January 28 2012)(lusciousblopster) Campaigners have temporarily occupied a NAMA-owned building in Dublin city centre to launch a new campaign that aims to lift the veil of secrecy from the controversial agency. The Unlock NAMA campaign wants to make empty NAMA buildings available for social and community use, to reveal details of all NAMA properties and assets and to challenge the... »

The tenants of dormitories of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region in front of the newly elected City Hall (St. Petersburg, January 23 2012) In the morning of January, 23, a gathering staged by a group of tenants living in some dormitories of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region took place in front of the newly elected City Hall (Legislative Assembly). »

Thousands of landless squatters turned out in protest (Photo: Naresh Newar/IRIN) A Nepalese government development plan for Kathmandu could lead to violence as the authorities seek to evict some 40 squatter settlements with an estimated population of over 20,000 of landless squatters, the support group Lumanti say.  “We are ready to kill ourselves to stop government bulldozers. This is a life or death situation,” said Saru Magar, a landl... »

Part of the Inaugural session During the SASF Shelter for the Poor have organized a seminar on the “Climate Change and Urbanization: Perspective Bangladesh” and have Coordinated a “Plenary” of the “Human Rights and dignity” along with other organisations (WAI Bangladesh Committee, PDAP, IPD, RHDS, DSK and PRATAY). More 100 people have attended this step to prepare the inhabitants participation in Rio+20 next June 2012. »

Tahrir Square and other Squares in Egypt witnessed bloody incidents that exposed the youth of Egypt to oppression, murder and intentional injury The undersigned hold the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to its full political and criminal responsibility for the dead and wounded as well as to its circumvention of the fair demands of the masses. »

tents-by-noa-olchovsky What started as a few tents in the middle of a Tel Aviv boulevard has expanded into a country-wide grassroots movement for social and economic rights. This page will keep you updated about ACRI’s work around the tent protest, »

A Zero Evictions Campaign for also preventing evictions in Nanga Eboko IBEM  means “house” in the local language of the Haute-Sanaga (Upper Sanaga) Department region of Cameroon. It is also the name given to the Social Housing Cooperative of the town of Nanga Eboko where the Constitutive Assembly took place on Thursday, November 24, 2011 in the banquet hall in the community of Nanga Eboko. »

A woman protests in front of armoured vehicles at Bundu waterfront, Nigeria (12 October 2009) A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has just issued an order  of interim injunction against the Rivers State Government (RSG) after hearing an exparte  application brought by the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC). »

The International Permanent Secretariat Human Rights and Local Governments ( SPIDH) of Nantes will participate in the next UCLG World Council (United Cities and Local Governments) which will be held between 9 and 11 December 2011 in Florence (Italy). »

My name is Cheri Honkala and I’m running for Sheriff of Philadelphia to keep families in their homes. Every 7 seconds in this country a family is going into foreclosure. The banks received billions of dollars in taxpayer bailout money and yet they refuse to help out struggling homeowners and continue to increase blight and homelessness in our communities. Well, I’m here to act as the people’s bailout! When I’m elected Sheriff, I will refuse to throw anyone... »

Independent from the Occupy Movement in North-America and Europe, a movement of slum dwellers in Guatemala is occupying the street in front of Congress. They are protesting against the living conditions in the slums and a disfunctional housing policy. To change their situation they not only occupied Congress but made a bill and eventually started a hunger strike. »

Agissez pour les sans-abris dans votre commune cet hiver, Aidez nous à trouver un toit aux sans-abris cet hiver ! La Ligue des droits de l’Homme propose une action simple : inciter votre Commune à réquisitionner les logements inoccupés et de les mettre à disposition des publics démunis. »

Happy New Year for 2012, as now is the time: for the homeless, badly housed and evicted to draw on ties of solidarity and on the fight to build resistance and alternatives in order to face up to the attacks of neoliberalism and come out on top ... (---> Onwards towards 2013!) »

The CECODHAS Housing Europe Observatory has carried out a second review of the social, co-operative and public housing sectors in the 27 EU member states, the first one having been completed in 2007. »