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…
Surveillance technology seen worsening US eviction crisis
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation Increased use of surveillance technologies by landlords across the United States could worsen a looming eviction crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic, researchers and renters warned on Monday. Speaking on a webinar, tenants and tech experts detailed the use of cameras, facial-recognition scanners and license plate readers, which they said were […]
Eviction bans to cash: Seven city initiatives to fight coronavirus housing crisis
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As cities go into lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, officials from the United States to France are scrambling to protect homeowners and renters from homelessness. Staying home is the “front line defence” against the virus, the United Nations special rapporteur on housing Leilani Farha said, calling for urgent measures […]
Singapore tackles “pop up” sex but little help seen for victims
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Singapore is clamping down on landlords whose rental flats serve as “pop up” brothels but campaigners said on Thursday it would do little to help the women who are trafficked into sex work. The government announced tougher sentences this week in a bid to stamp out a trend for temporary […]