As voters facing rising living costs head to the midterm polls, the nation’s largest federation of tenant unions has released a damning report on the Trump administration’s “catastrophic failure” to rein in greedy landlords and address a housing crisis that threatens to displace millions of working people from their homes. In fact, housing justice advocates say the few housing policies…
Source
Vancouver, British Columbia, is the next battleground for municipal socialism in North America. On October 17, Vancouver voters decisively evicted their right-wing mayor, replacing him with the Green Party’s candidate. But more consequentially, they also tossed nearly all of the pro-corporate incumbents from all three municipal legislative bodies — city council, the school board…
Source
The eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal Martín in Madrid, after an investment fund bought her apartment building and more than tripled her rent, has become a symbol of Spain’s rising cost of living and sparked nationwide protests against corporate greed and wealth inequality. Over 600 protesters are now camped outside Madrid’s regional government headquarters demanding new tenant…
Source
Khaled Al Soutari, who was inside the six-story residential building in western Gaza City that collapsed on September 16, is now sleeping on the street without a tent, devastated by the loss of 21 of his neighbors. “They were more than just neighbors to me,” Al Soutari told me when I interviewed him two days after the building collapse, sitting on the street with a group of his neighbors next…
Source
There are a lot of ways for disaster victims to get help in the immediate aftermath of a flood or fire. The Federal Emergency Management Agency gives out temporary housing assistance and pays for debris removal, insurance companies pay to rebuild homes and replace lost valuables, and charity groups pass out food and water. But the long-term recovery from a major disaster is a lot harder.
Source
The Department of Justice is attempting to sabotage a reparations initiative that compensates victims of historic housing discrimination in Evanston, Illinois. For decades, Black residents of Evanston were subjected to redlining and other forms of housing discrimination, which prevented them from obtaining bank loans to purchase property. “Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century…
Source