Keep Our Homes Detroit
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 15/10/2015 Filed under: English, Κατοικία Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο Keep Our Homes Detroit25,000 homes in Detroit are up for auction and at least 8,000 of them are occupied.
Detroit residents are undergoing the largest mass tax foreclosure crisis in US history. In the next 10 days –until October 22—up to 8,000 occupied Detroit homes Detroit will sell for an estimated average bid of $2,400 at the Wayne County Treasurer’s Auction of Tax-Foreclosed Properties.
Detroit People’s Platform and Storehouse of Hope Community Land Trust are teaming up to purchase occupied homes in the auction and secure them permanently in a Community Land Trust (CLT) so families can stay in their homes and we can ensure that these properties remain permanently the off marketplace and out of the hands of speculators. Families participating in the program have been connected through the United Community Housing Coalition. UCHC provides free housing resources for low and no-income Detroiters. Διαβάστε τη συνέχεια του άρθρου »
No People without Homes, No Homes without People!
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 05/10/2015 Filed under: Uncategorized Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο No People without Homes, No Homes without People!Call for European coordinated actions in October:
European Action Coalition
October 10, 2015 – October 31, 2015
People from all European countries are experiencing the deterioration and violation of their right to housing and the city, coupled with an increase in prices, debt and the growing threat of eviction. The European Union is commodifying public housing and encouraging speculation and financialisation. The decimation of public policies safeguarding the right to housing is contributing to the impoverishment of families and the rise of inequality in our cities. With more than 11 million empty homes people and a similar number of homeless people – European citizens, migrants and refugees included – evictions are constantly on the rise. Διαβάστε τη συνέχεια του άρθρου »
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