Since the beginning of the year the “International Working Group for the Promotion of Market Regulation and Market Alternatives at Habitat III” has tried to advocate for an inclusion of socially grounded regulations of markets that stop the speculation and treat housing, land and mortgage as goods for people and not for profit. This […]
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Statement by MieterInnenverein Witten (Witten Tenants Assoc.) on behalf of the “International Working Group for the Regulation of Real Estate Markets and Market Alternatives” to the Habitat III Plenary 20th Oct. 2016 […] Within the frame of the conference „Ways to affordable Housing“ of the German Network Renting & Housing, Sept. 16 & 17 in Berlin, Humboldt University <GERMAN PROGRAM HERE> housing right internationalists are organizing workshops dealing with critical views on Habitat III and political proposals for the regulation of financialized real estate corporations. […] Members of the “international working group for the promotion of market regulation and market alternatives at Habitat III” have reminded the currently ongoing prepcom in Surabaya, that the new draft of the “New Urban Agenda” still is totally is ignoring the economic frames of the global housing crisis. “Without addressing the global economic frames […] in:Barbara Schönig | Sebastian Schipper (Eds.): Urban Austerity: Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on Cities in Europe, Verlag Theater der Zeit 2016 1. Introduction In Germany, since 1999, more than three million rental housing units have been traded in the context of large‐scale transactions. Sales to “financial investors” played a dominant role among […] for the informal hearings of stakeholders June 6 – 8 in New York The signatories of this statement are among the authors of the open letter dated 31 January 2016: “Make social regulation of real estate markets an issue at Habitat III”. Most of the positions expressed in the following have been discussed among […] In August 2015 the German Forum on Environment & Development submitted a first critical statement on the preparation of Habitat III. Statement of the German Forum on Environment & Development on Habitat III PDF at http://www.forumue.de The German Forum on Environment & Development was founded in 1992 after the UN conference in Rio on […] STATEMENT of European housing movements on the clash of the European austerity regime with the Greek people The Greek government has called for a national referendum on Sunday, 5th July, for the new ‘bailout’ terms presented by the EU, the ECB and the IMF on June 15. These terms include an extension of high […] demands for investment prgrammes and non-profit housing sector On May 31 the assembly of the German tenant union DMB expressed concerns regarding “the still expanding negative impacts of the financial and Euro crisis and the neoliberal austerity policies on housing conditions in Europe, like housing losses for economic reasons, evictions and permanently increasing […] May 31 a huge majority of delegates at the biannual federal assembly („Mietertag“) of the German tenant union “Deutscher Mieterbund” (DMB) voted for two motions expressing a political rejection of the planned free trade agreements TTIP and CETA. The delegates, who represent regional and local associations with a membership basis of 1.27 million households, […] |
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“Housing is behind the Catalan and Spanish crisis; we can change the rental law because we cannot control the increase of the rents now at 20%. If we are talking about poverty, this means housing.” @Laiaortiz #FEANTSA2018 Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
Vivan los @iaioflautas y sus voces! Exigimos a la Generalitat que pare la Subhasta de los 47 inmuebles YA! La Vivienda para el pueblo, no para los buitres! #AturemLaSubhasta #LaGeneEspecula Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
@leilanifarha @adequatehousing In face of growing criminal injustices there is only firm indignation and passionate defense of human rights and dignity - those asking for more "balanced" positions are usually interested in protecting the status quo - All our support to your work 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Keep going!!! Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
I am often told that as @adequatehousing UN Rapporteur I should be more balanced. I often wonder what neutrality and balance mean in the face of loss of life, devastation, and ongoing homelessness. That I should only care so much? That I shouldn’t ascribe accountability? twitter.com/davidlammy/sta… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
La loi ELAN votée en 1ère lecture à l'Assemblée nationale : Précarisation des locataires, financiarisation du logement social, cadeau pour l’immobilier et la spéculation La loi ELAN a été adoptée en première lecture à... droitaulogement.org/2018/06/elanvo… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
"By rejecting the idea that property owners are entitled to as much wealth as they can possibly squeeze out of their tenants, Costa-Hawkins repeal represents a huge step toward ensuring housing as a human right, rather than a commodity." shelterforce.org/2018/06/07/her… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
Heute schon der 7. Tag der Besetzung in Warschau. Mittlerweile gibt es Besetzungen auch an drei weiteren Universitäten (in Kraków und Łódź). Studierende schließen sich darüber hinaus in diversen polnischen Städten dem Protest an oko.press/studenci-wstal… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
UN Rapporteur @leilanifarha, who will be speaking at the FEANTSA Conference this Friday, demands that Ireland add the Right to Housing into its constitution. bit.ly/2JEDkB8 Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
Leaders oft German Left Party propose expropriation of large corporate landlords. Dream or real Option? twitter.com/hsbkp/status/1… 
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