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DOSSIER: real-estate-violence

Structural Real Estate Violence

It is common to speak about violations of housing rights when it comes to extraodinary large forced evictions without proper compensation. Focussing on such mass evictions, which can affect thousands and hundred thousands of people are moere and more alarming in Africa and emerging economies in Asia, we should not forget the everday pressure on poor and ordinary inhabitants, which can have catastrophic consequences even in "developed" countries in Europa or North America. This dossier deals with the "structural violence" behind the phenomenons. Barcelona movements call it "urban real estate violence": speculation, mobbing of inhabitants, incremental legal evictions, rent increases...

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Habitat Netz Fri, May 18 2007

Agenda: Urban Movements at G8 protest in Heiligendamm

Below find the state of art of plans for habitat related action at the G8 protests in and around Rostock, Germany, June 2 - June 7. Updates and final information on meeting places soon.

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Habitat Netz Sat, Nov 18 2006, pdf

Evictions, real estate pressure and rental refugees in Germany

If you would ask any official, if there are "forced evictions" in the meaning of General Comment No. 7,1 s/he would deny and could give many correct arguments referring to (a) the developed legal system of safeguards in Germany and (b) to market forces. Let's see how far we nevertheless can speak about housing rights violations in Germany.

Document: Knut Unger: "Housing Rights and Real Estate Violence in Germany", , 2006, pdf
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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.

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