RECLAIMING SPACES

How can activism help re-making notions of housing alternatives? In Issue 2.2 Laura Ferrero's ethnography of La Salette (Turin) explores how meanings of home connect to migrant experiences in 'Gaining/regaining housing stability through collective action' bit.ly/2ILdNeo Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

This is the current living situation in the camp of #KaraTepe in #Lesbos. WE demand safe and proper housing for all refugees NOW! #LeaveNoOneBehind #EvacuateMoria #EvacuateKaraTepe Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

#stopevacuarilorfortate Full support to the housing justice movement in #Cluj (Romania) and the struggles of our comrades from Căși sociale ACUM/Social housing NOW! Solidarity with all victims of #evictions & persons suffering from deprived housing conditions. #RightToHousing✊ twitter.com/4HousingandCit… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Collective Complaint @FEANTSA against Czech Republic concerning new rent legislation and absence social housing law declared admissible by Committee of Social Rights of @coe. Decision expected in 2021... Housing rights matter! coe.int/en/web/europea… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

🔔#Expropriate and #municipalize housing in Europe! Help @dwenteignen go through the last turn to the referendum for the expropriation of the largest #landlords in #Berlin.⚡️ We all need this precedent! Support the campaign if you can > startnext.com/dwenteignen twitter.com/dwenteignen/st… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

The #TransformativeCities awards are bringing to us inspiring stories, "forms of resistance against commodification & financialisation that are both innovative and based in a legacy of existence and resistance” @raquelrolnik at the ceremony ✨Local actions for global solutions Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

While Covid has reduced tourist numbers, Lisbon looks to convert 4,000 short-term rentals into social housing. Will this strike a better balance between locals grappling with soaring property prices and a tourism industry that ushered in urban renewal? theguardian.com/world/2020/dec… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

The European Union’s Green Deal would set off a wave of building renovations — and a chance to find a new common architecture aesthetic. trib.al/Ebqjw1m Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Kanada: Mehr als 50 Rechtswissenschaftler fordern die Stadt Toronto auf, ein sofortiges Moratorium für die Räumung von Zeltlagern zu verkünden und Mieter zu unterstützen, die gegen Massenräumungen bei der LTB kämpfen. Keine COVID-Räumungen @JohnTory @anabailaoTO @joe_cressy twitter.com/estair/status/… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

PAH online meeting for a ban on #evictions in Spain.✊#DecretoStopDesahucios twitter.com/CampPah/status… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

300.000 #homeless 3 million empty homes. Droit Au Logement demands the confiscation of empty dwellings to house those in need. Protest today in front of an empty building in St-Lazare #Paris. #réquisition twitter.com/federationdal/… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Wir begrüßen die Anträge der @Linksfraktion bundestag.de/dokumente/text… , Mieterinnen und Mieter besser vor ungerechtfertigten Kündigungen zu schützen, ausdrücklich. Kündigungen müssen ausgeschlossen sein, wenn sie #Mieter in besonderer Härte treffen! Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Allô @EmmWargon et @gouvernementFR c'est pour un signalement d'immeuble vide : 45 000 m2, propriété du min. de la Défense, vides depuis la fermeture de l'hôpital en 2016. #requisition Il fait partie de la liste "BÂTIMENT BIENVENU" pour héberger décemment sans logis et mal-logés ! Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

"A rent cap should not be seen as a panacea. As Andrej Holm reminds us, such a policy must be used to stimulate a return to “socially oriented” housing construction and generate a wider conversation around land allocation and non-profit property policies." twitter.com/Potentia_Space… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

In #Paris, several hundred migrants set up tents on Place de la République dlvr.it/RmHCm8 twitter.com/libe/status/13… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

#ForcedEviction Alert, Manipur: Despite strong resistance from local communities, authorities forcibly evicted families & demolished 18 houses in M Chahnou Village & LS Lhangnom Village for construction of Moreh–ICP road. #NoEvictions @ADB_HQ @CRAManpiur ifp.co.in/eviction-drive… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

ANNOUNCING: The Zimbabwe People's Land Rights Movement (@zimlandrights) "African countries have gained their independence, but remain trapped in conditions of economic colonisation. And land sits at the centre of this story of new colonial exploitation." progressive.international/wire/2020-10-2… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

BLACKSTONE. First they buy your home and make it unaffordable. Then, they buy the storage space you need to rent because you've been evicted. A new kind of evil. @Push_TheFilm @FredrikGertten Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Allies, Friends and Members of HIC! Join us this Wednesday - we want to highlight YOUR priorities for the mandate of the new Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing. All welcome. See you soon! twitter.com/habitat_intl/s… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

All #evictions are wrong, but some are beyond comprehension. Ali is 70, handicapped and has a heart problem. He was evicted last Tuesday from his social housing apartment in #Toulouse by the @PrefetOccitanie while the state of health emergency is prolonged. #StopEvictions twitter.com/DALToulouse31/… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces