RECLAIMING SPACES

Book Review: Municipal Dreams: The rise and fall of council housing glynrobbins.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/boo… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Italy bars two more refugee ships from ports theguardian.com/world/2018/jun… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

“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

You know who usually has lawyers? The ruling class. You know who usually doesn’t? Working class people facing eviction. @TenantsUnionSF, @DSA_SF & the tenants of San Francisco just won a huge victory w/ #YesonF, free legal counsel for all eviction court defendants! Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Last week in #Berlin meeting with #RightToHousing & #RightToTheCity activists - Several initiatives to protect tenants, public housing and rent control #RightToStay #ReversePrivatizations Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

The #homeless, especially #HomelessWomen, are among the worst affected by the heat. Reportedly, more homeless people die in summer than in winter. Urgent need for a heat action plan in Delhi. @DUSIB_Shelters @ArvindKejriwal @msisodia @leilanifarha scroll.in/article/880958… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Estimating how—and exactly which— #geopolitical events may affect markets and portfolios can be a challenge. Isabelle Mateos y Lago explains how our new BlackRock geopolitical #risk dashboard can help. bit.ly/2LerI8e Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇮🇪🇬🇷🇳🇴🇦🇹👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👎 When you compare renting in England to our European neighbours, it's clear. We need to #fixrenting Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

In developing countries, informal workers make up 50 to 80 percent of the urban workforce. Keeping them locked out of prosperity is bad for everyone, according to a new report. trib.al/wJx8plF Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

Hier noch die grobe #Route für den #MietenMove: Spielbudenplatz, #ArrivatiPark, #Finanzbehörde, #Jungfernstieg, #Rathausmarkt, Abschluss #CityHof. Start: Samstsg 13 Uhr #hh0206 #Mietenwahnsinn #RechtaufStadt Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

'We're being pushed out': the displacement of black Oakland theguardian.com/us-news/2018/j… Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces

In just a few hours on Sunday afternoon, the residents of Ellicott City, Maryland, became climate refugees. Here’s what that feels like. trib.al/riwdizQ Retweeted by reclaiming_spaces