“We wanted to know why up to now, thousands of housing units are still idle.”
Police disperse urban poor protesters in NHA
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Housing for People, Not for Profit
A nuanced look at the nature and meaning of the housing crisis in the capitalist West and the solutions housing occupations can provide
Urban poor groups ask housing agencies for concrete plan on no-demolition-without-relocation
“The present leadership of the various shelter agencies appears to be unable to veer away from “the long and bloody record of past administrations of flushing out so-called informal settlers from their communities to make way for big-ticket business or infrastructure projects usually under the pretext of development, city decongestion or even public safety.” – Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao
Probe on Aquino’s P10 billion housing fund urged
“Where are the funds for the poor?” – Kadamay
Police fired live bullets during clash in Parañaque City’s Silverio compound
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“The national government appears to have completely neglected us and the rest of the urban poor,” one of the wounded residents said.
Proposed Department of Housing promotes homelessness, privatization of public housing
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Like its predecessors, the Aquino government is abandoning its responsibility to provide social services to its poor constituents … By partnering with the private sector in building public housing, it can be expected that the government will confine its function to that of an enabler which is limited to policy formulation and program monitoring.”
Shelter and Wage Hike Top Urban Poor Wish List
As Ornus gears for silver anniversary next year While the city’s urban poor remained hopeful that the demolition of their structures would end in the communities where they have settled, the current rice crisis and the rising price of oil add to the burden of their daily struggle against poverty. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern…