What Happens When the Eviction Bans End?
What Happens When the Eviction Bans End? States are reopening courts to eviction hearings even as coronavirus-driven job losses continue, setting the stage for “a housing crisis of unparalleled magnitude.” Last week, a crowd of about 30
Published : 29 May 2020
Call for Inputs: Food and Protracted Crises
The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (FFA) in October 2015 after a three-year preparation and negotiation process with CFS actors.
Published : 27 May 2020
USA: A Coming ‘Avalanche of Evictions’
An ‘Avalanche of Evictions’ Could Be Bearing Down on America’s Renters [i.e., in USA] The economic downturn is shaping up to be particularly devastating for renters, who are more likely to be lower-income and work hourly
Published : 27 May 2020
Kenya: Ruai Evictions, Why Now?
Ruai Evictions : Is This Why Government Had To Do It Before September? Renowned political commentator Allan Kibet has come out to claim that President Uhuru Kenyatta forcefully evicted the residents of Ruai and Kariobangi from
Published : 21 May 2020
Kashmir: Security Forces Burn, Loot Homes
Over Dozen Homes Burned, More Looted During Nawakadal Encounter, Allege Residents The residents of the area alleged that the police looted cash, jewellery and other valuables from several homes in the dense locality of Kanimazar as
Published : 20 May 2020
Mozambique: Restored Village Land Flourishes
Mozambique Village Adopts Collective, Organic Farming after Land Rights Win In a quiet region in southern Mozambique, one community’s fight to reclaim their stolen land has led to a more communal way of life, and an
Published : 20 May 2020
Kenya Evicts 7000 Amid Pandemic
NAIROBI - Kenyan authorities have forcibly evicted more than 7,000 people from land in Nairobi slums over the last month, defying a court order. Authorities say they demolished homes because they were built on public
Published : 19 May 2020
USA: The Coming Eviction Crisis
Patriot Act Returns to Terrify You About an Eviction Crisis Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix series, Patriot Act, returned last night with its first new episode since the pandemic began, and Minhaj wasted no time addressing the show’s new remote format: “Don’t think
Published : 18 May 2020
Kenya: Over 100 Families Evicted in Ruai
Over 100 families living in a disputed land in Ruai, Nairobi, were on Friday forced to spend the night in the cold after their houses were demolished. Speaking to Citizen Digital, some of the affected families
Published : 16 May 2020
