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Also Turkey and Istanbul are very present at the MIPIM this year. One of the “highlights” is the presentation of the giant project of a canal between the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea. This “second Bosporus”, one of president Erdogans manic ideas, is a fundamental threat to nature and man. […] London since many years is facing unprecedented levels of housing marketisation and commodification. No wonder that local activists took the slogan against the MIPIM 2015 in Cannes when the business planned a Mipim UK in last October. Here broad and loud protests really had some effect and disturbed the opening of the official fair. […] While inhabitants in Spain are facing a new wave of mortgage sales to private equity funds like Blackstone, a current main trend in the German residential property sector is the concentration of housing capital in a few listed joint stock companies. Most of them – and also their big shareholders -are present at MIPIM […] Currently the annual MIPIM is taking place in Cannes. Twelve months ago housing rights groups for the first time raised their voice to protest against this international real estate fair. “25 years of Mipimism is enough” they stated. Half a year later people in London took the slogan and delayed the opening of the […] Diverse housing action groups in London have called for protests againt the real estate fair “MIPIM UK”. Hashtag for the campaign is #stopMIPIM. Here is a flyer from the the “radical housing network“:
MIPIM, the world’s biggest property fair, is coming to London, October 15-17th. MIPIM proudly describes itself as the world’s […] The “London Radical Housing Network” supported by international activists who try to build a “European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing an the City” have called for transnational action and meetings at the occasion of the real estate fair “MIPIM UK” in October (17th – 2oth). Here is their call in it’s 29th […] At its “Anti Mipim Tribunal” in Cannes, March 2014, the “European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and the City” presented cases from 12 countries which showed some of the consequences of the business which was celebrated at the Mipim. Thanks to support Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l’Homme now […] “Anti-MIPIM Tribunal”, Cannes, 12th March 2014 FINAL STATEMENT by the EUROPEAN ACTION COALITION FOR THE RIGHT TO HOUSING AND TO THE CITY After 25 years, for the first time real estate managers, asset dealers and city sellers have not been alone at this year’s global property party “Mipim” in Cannes. We, the “European Action […] by European Action Coalition for the Right to Housng and the City, Dublin The National Assets Management Agency, Ireland’s ‘bad bank’, attended this year’s MIPIM conference. The agency, which has about EURO 20 bn in real estate assets, was set up following the financial crisis to save the Irish banks […] Message from Urban Movements Istabul to the Anti-Mipim tribunal.
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"Straße für Straße, Siedlung für Siedlung, Block für Block: #Mietergewerkschaft-en bilden die Basis, die uns fehlte." Ein Bericht aus England, mit Ausflug nach Los Angeles. notesfrombelow.org/article/taking… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
Yesterday should be a day that our universities' media schools should use as an example of the establishment's undiminished capacity to manufacture consent. Yesterday Greece entered 32 years of permanent harsh austerity while the world media celebrated the end of Greek austerity Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
The story is international. Hundreds face 'forced displacement' in Canada's capital @AJEnglish aje.io/yb86f Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
Housing Crisis in Ireland disproportionately affecting EU migrants and members of the Traveller community. bit.ly/2P2HLsz Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
"resistance is a creative act" twitter.com/Potentia_Space… 
The average renter in Chicago leaves each month in debt after paying rent #LiftTheBan We need #RentControlNow Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
A small village in France fought against the deportation of a young Sudanese man from their community. 1 in 4 people signed a letter demanding his regularization, and half the town physically fought the police. And in the end, they won! twitter.com/ajplusfrancais… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
La subvencion del "Baukindergeld" es absurda, dice nuestro director general @lsiebenkotten y no favorece a las personas y familias que mas lo necesitan. Diese Subvention ist aus der Sicht der Wohnungspolitik absurd. Es fehlt an sozialer Gerechtigkeit. #Baukindegeld twitter.com/idealista/stat… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
Spain: The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights #CESCR has granted a number of requests for interim measures suspending evictions one year after the #CESCR ruled that Spain had violated the #right2housing in the M.B.D. v. Spain case: housingrightswatch.org/jurisprudence/… twitter.com/ViviendaXaToda… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces
The student-led protests over poor road conditions continue in Bangladesh. Here is what you should know about it Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces
@michaellondonsf @janicemorphet @rosegrayston @SmithTonyD @hayestweets @RichardBlyth7 @tomekenny @planitpres @JanetAskew @pilkingtonhale @justspace7 @4HousingandCity @lauracolini @INURAorg I think activists and critical researchers should organize some transnationsl critical relation to it. Laura knows more background, I think. How could we begin? 
Boston has an #EvictionCrisis & an #AffordabilityCrisis. Calling it a #HousingCrisis isn’t clear enough: we need real *protections from eviction* and *affordable housing* to solve the crisis. Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces 
Manifestation unitaire devant le Sénat. Tous ensemble contre la loi #ELAN ! Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces
They also call for "instruments to regulate the housing rental market, protecting tenants from speculative bubbles and giving them the right to greater security of tenure." Good, but this is hardly a clear statement in favour of the needed rent regulation. #regulateRent Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces
Limiting regulation on "speculation" is not enough. The #finacialisation of real estate is more fundamental. It affects all aspects of housing. And it is based in the normal use of property in this globalized world. Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces
Limiting regulation on "speculation" is not enough. The #finacialisation of real estate is more fundamental. It affects all aspects of housing. And it is based in the normal use of property in this globalized world.
They also call for "instruments to regulate the housing rental market, protecting tenants from speculative bubbles and giving them the right to greater security of tenure." Good, but this is hardly a clear statement in favour of the needed rent regulation. #regulateRent
Progressive municipalities "demand more legal and fiscal powers to regulate the real estate market in order to fight against speculation and guarantee the social function of the city." #regulateProperty twitter.com/crosstowns/sta…
Plusieurs mouvements se sont alliés pour faire face aux dangers de la loi #ELAN et appellent à une : MARCHE MARDI 17 JUILLET rdv 17H à Odéon (puis marche vers le Sénat) Des organisations de mal logés,... facebook.com/droitaulogemen… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces |
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