Habitat policies @ habitants.de --- 4 articles found --- Click on the titles --- Habitat Netz Tue, May 22 2007 NGOs miss Right to Housing in European Territorial Strategy Habitat International Coalition (HIC), the "Habitat Working Group at German NGO Forum Environment and Development" as well as the "Ruhr Tenants Forum" have criticized that housing is not an issue at the agenda of the German EU council presidency. "There is no sustainable urban development without right to housing", NGOs say. >> Read more Habitat Netz Thu, Apr 05 2007 Include the Right to Housing into the EU territorial strategy and the Leipzig Charter ! Habitat International Coalition (HIC) called the German EU council presidency to include housing issues in the debates on the European territorial strategy; "We propose that the Leipzig Charter should reaffirm the human rights and, in this context, the right to housing", HIC wrote in a letter to the German minister Tiefensee. >> Read more HIC Thu, May 11 2006 Condo-Coversions and Evictions in Los Angeles In Los Angeles, as in many other American Cities, real estate companies are acquiring former social dwellings and converting them into private condominiums. Since 2001, nearly 13,000 evictions (nearly 9,000 evictions since 2005) have occurred as a result of affordable rental housing units in Los Angeles being demolished or converted to condos, and the trend is escalating. In 2004, 1,261 units were lost; last year, 5,273. At its current pace, the 2006 figure will be higher. The city is working to add affordable housing, but it is losing as many such units. Meanwhile, most of its low-income tenants are evicted to make way for market-rate housing. >> SOURCEVERSION AG Habitat - HID Tue, Jun 05 2001, pdf Statement on the Implementation of Habitat II in Germany The results of the 1996 Habitat II Conference in Istanbul did not have much impact on political debates in Germany, where the Habitat Agenda was mostly viewed as an Agenda for the South. The issues discussed at the conference and in the agenda seemed to lack relevance for Germany. In fact, the housing provisions in Germany seem to be relatively good, even in comparison to other European countries, and ecological aspects that used to be a major concern in settlement planning have played a role in most political discourses over the past decades. Document: HID - AG Habitat, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung: "Statement on the Implementation of Habitat II in Germany", , 2001, pdf
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