USA: Homelessness Rising, Even in Utah
Once a national model, Utah struggles with homelessness. Homelessness is on the rise in the United States for the second year in a row, the increase has been particularly noticeable in Utah SALT LAKE CITY—Once lauded
Published : 10 January 2019
Land Grabbing Worsens Climate Change
In Uganda, there were at least 17 “land grabs” since 2000 with contracts totaling 74,831 hectares of land, according to Land Matrix data. A new report has linked land grabbing to worsening climate change, calling on
Published : 10 January 2019
USA: Gov`t. Shutdown Could Evict Millions
Funding for HUD’s rental assistance programs would lapse if shutdown drags on Entering its third week, and with no end in sight, the partial federal government shutdown is putting millions of low-income tenants who depend on
Published : 07 January 2019
Haiti: Social Production in Canaan
In Haiti`s city-without-a-government, residents want land titles, taxation. Without titles, residents risk losing any investment they make and cannot use their property as collateral. CANAAN, Haiti—On a street of rocks and white dust in the centre
Published : 07 January 2019
China: Land Reforms Must Be Grounded in Law
China is making new progress in revising its Land Administration Law. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress is set to deliberate on proposed amendments to the Land Administration Law and other draft legislation
Published : 25 December 2018
S A: Reviews Land-Expropriation Bill
The draft Expropriation Bill gazetted by public works minister Thulas Nxesi last week for public comment was a disappointment and would not accelerate land reform, the Land Access Movement of SA (Lamosa) said. It believes the
Published : 24 December 2018
Zuma Complicit in Zimbabwe Land Grabs
CAPE TOWN — They say it takes a strong constitution to become a country’s president, but it also takes a strong Constitution to bring to account an almost omnipotent president. Or former president, shall we
Published : 19 December 2018
Palestine-Israel: Spatial/Racial Injustice
The follow two brief articles update legislative developments in Israel, forming a continuum of deepening Israeli apartheid, laid bare in the Nation-State Basic Law of July 2018. See the background in the Related Articles linked
Published : 15 December 2018
Leading Landless Women
Up to 10.3 million hectares of land has been acquired by investors from individuals, communities and governments in the 11 Nile basin countries since 2000. That is according to Land Matrix, a global and independent
Published : 13 December 2018