Housing access: As US investors buy up rental homes, cities and tenants push back
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on growing alarm among tenants and city officials across the United States as private equity firms snapping up growing tracts of rental properties…
Saving lives: Cyclone Freddy teaches deadly lessons on storm warnings, city sprawl
FRANK PHIRI, MANUEL MUCARI, and CARIEN DU PLESSIS, of Reuters, report…
Turkey’s quake toll tops 48,000 as government races to build container cities
Ankara, Turkey Reuters The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush to set up container cities to house for the longer-term those left homeless by the disaster. The combined death toll including those killed in Syria has climbed to […]
“Absolute destruction”: Cracks begin to show in India’s Himalayan building spree
KRISHN KAUSHIK reports for Reuters, on concerns about the impact large construction projects are having on buildings in India’s northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand…
Housing hardships: Nigeria’s slum lords evict the poorest as rents soar
As PHILIP OBAJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports, rent inflation is causing pain in a nation where most people spend over half their income on housing, especially in Abuja…
Urban rejuvenation: US to demolish more blighted homes with pandemic aid
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a US cities can now tap into a $US350 billion pandemic aid package to fund local demolition and related work aimed at urban rejuvenation…
Addressing inequality: As pandemic bites, US cities use data to fight race and income gaps
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how US cities are using data to address inequality…
Postcards: Empty houses litter Nigeria’s cities despite housing crisis
KELECHUKWU IRUOMA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the lack of affordable housing in Nigerian cities…
India evictions during COVID-19 a “human rights crisis”
Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 250,000 people were evicted across India during the coronavirus pandemic, and millions more are at risk of being uprooted as authorities eye projects for faster economic growth, housing rights campaigners warned on Thursday. From March 2020 to July 2021, authorities demolished more than 43,000 homes and evicted about 21 people […]
Canada’s Trudeau goes big on housing policy to woo back voters
Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaReuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seeking to revive his election prospects, on Tuesday unveiled a new housing plan that pledged more supply, a ban on foreign buyers and other measures to tackle soaring home prices. “If you work hard, if you save, that dream of having your own place should be in […]