Inhabitants of Europe
Violent conflict in a former dormitoty in Moscow, tenants resisted bitterly
The inhabitants of house № 17 in Stavropolskaya street in Moscow have been challenged with forced evictions.
Early morning, on September, 18th, the inhabitant saw riot police vans, other special service vehicles, an ambulance, several big trucks and removal porters, who were holding something in their hands which looked like ‘’battering rams’’, something which was designed to ram into the close doors.
Duped investors from Eight Russian Cities Sent a Message to the Authorities
Cheated investors from eight Russian cities signed on August, 25th
, a resolution, which is planned to be submitted to the Reception Office of the President of the Russian Federation, as well as to other state agencies, such as Ministry for Construction, Investigation Committee, to head of major regions, including those of Moscow and Moscow region, according to the information provided to the RIA News Agency by Mila Ryabova, a representative of the organization committee of the Cheated Investors’ Group.
COMUNICATO STAMPA. Sgomberi: La circolare del Ministero dell'Interno viola i diritti umani ratificati dall'Italia. Appello IAI all'ONU
Sesto S. Giovanni (Milano). Prime vittime innocenti della Circolare le 200 persone senzacasa, molti minori, organizzate da Aldo Dice 26 x 1, Unione Inquilini e Comitato di lotta per la Casa, sgomberate per la terza volta in tre anni.
Raccogliendo l'allarme lanciato dall'Unione Inquilini, come Alleanza Internazionale degli Abitanti abbiamo studiato con attenzione la circolare emanata dal Gabinetto del Ministro dell'Interno sugli sgomberi rilevando violazioni fondamentali della normativa nazionale e ratificata dall'Italia.
Si tratta di una Circolare che riguarda non solo le occupazioni ma anche “altre situazioni di rilievo” aprendo la strada degli sgomberi senza rialloggio a “precarie condizioni di sicurezza”.
England, End Unfair Evictions - Scrap Section 21
Generation Rent is working with ACORN
, London Renters Union
and New Economics Foundation
to End Unfair Evictions in England by abolishing Section 21 that lets landlords evict tenants without giving a reason.Please sign the petition
on 38 Degrees!
IUT on Security of Tenure and Rent Stabilisation and Control: the public consultation is opened
Our friends of International Union of Tenants (IUT) have approved an important Position Paper on Security of Tenure and Rent Stabilisation and Control as contribution to the EU Urban Agenda Partnership for Affordable Housing.
Brussels, the Marolles must remain an affordable neighborhoud >>> sign!
Renovating the Marolles is great… Still being able to afford to live in them is better!
The city of Brussels and the Region of Brussels-capital are launching the "Marolles neighborhood contract". 30 million euros will be invested into the renovation and the "embellishing" of the neighborhood.>>> Sign the Call: Renovation : yes! Raising the rents : no!
Italia, Il Congresso dei 50 anni rivela un'Unione Inquilini giovane, radicata localmente e ben cosciente delle sfide globali
Dal 18 al 20 Maggio si è svolto a Chianciano Terme il 15° Congresso Nazionale dell'Unione Inquilini, occasione per festeggiare i suoi 50 anni. Mezzo secolo nelle lotte per il diritto alla casa e per politiche abitative per gli inquilini e gli abitanti di tutta l’Italia, ben cosciente e impegnata a livello internazionale. Sullo sfondo, la necessità di fare fronte comune a una maggioranza di forze politiche populiste e razziste che, nel « programma di governo » concordato, dimostrano di essere assai lontane dal diritto alla casa, e a un crescente tentativo di criminalizzazione delle lotte.
Italian Tenants’ Union – we’ll reply blow for blow when under attack for our solidarity
24 May 2018 - Denunciations, including claims for damages, continue against activists defending families from eviction.
Yesterday, just after Cesare Ottolini, secretary of Padova Tenants’ Union, and a member of the Italian Tenants’ Union’s national secretariat, as well as global coordinator of the International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI), was charged to appear in court, Michelangelo Di Beo, a fellow member of the Italian Tenants’ Union’s national secretariat, has in turn been charged to appear in court for having defended a family during an anti-eviction picket. The same story for another member of the Tenants’ national secretariat, Laura Boy, who has also been charged to appear in court for the occupation of an abandoned and dilapidated building.
Belgique, Recours constitutionnel contre une loi anti-squat scélérate
Belgique, Recours constitutionnel contre une loi anti-squat scélérate
Le 5 octobre 2017, le Parlement fédéral votait une loi soutenue par tous les partis de la majorité, inscrivant au Code pénal l’occupation d’immeubles sans titre ni droit. Jugeant cette nouvelle mesure disproportionnée et contraire au droit au logement, un collectif d’organisations et de squatteur.e.s dépose un recours en annulation à la Cour constitutionnelle.>>> Signez la pétition, appuyée par l'Alliance Internationale des Habitants "Non à la loi anti-squat en Belgique" cliquant ici
Padua, Italy, the coordinator of the IAI accused of defending a family against eviction, call for international mobilization
The Court in Padua has summoned Cesare Ottolini, global coordinator of the IAI, accused of “aggravated private violence” for successfully defending a family of migrants against eviction from their home. The family is one of many families defended over 40 years of struggle for the right to housing in his city and on all continents.Call for international mobilization.