Tag: housing crisis
Cranes, Capital and Coercion: The Dark Side of Belgrade’s Real Estate Boom
Belgrade’s housing market has lurched from one shock to another in recent years. Property prices began increasing during the Covid-19 pandemic, then soared in 2022 […]
While Cities Become Assets, We’re Still Fighting for Homes
In several Southern and Eastern European countries—including Croatia, Slovakia, Italy, and Portugal—up to 80% of young adults are unable to leave their childhood homes due […]
EU Funding for Prosfygika Renovation Does Not Exist
Even if it did, the eviction of 400 residents would be illegal use of the Union’s cohesion fund.
Two Friends and 36 Cooperative Houses: The Story of Axuntase
Lifelong friends, Nieves and Mariasun, had speculated on the idea of living together with their families already in the 1980s when they were young, married, raising their children, and trying to break with the traditionalism of the earlier generation.
“Ni tuya ni mía: nuestra casa” 1315 razones para auto-organizarse y luchar ante la crisis de vivienda
CC Asamblea de Vivienda de Villalba Link copied! Este artículo ha sido redactado por unos de sus protagonistas, la Asamblea de Vivienda de Villalba, colectivo […]
The Struggle for Housing From 1315, One of the Largest Organized Squatted Blocks in Spain
In the heart of Collado Villalba, a municipality located in the northwestern mountains of Madrid, forty kilometers from the capital, more than a hundred people survive squatting without water in two blocks of public property.
Housing Politics and Human Response After a Disaster Through the Lens of Anthony Micallef
Marseille has a population of 900,000. I’m trying to tell the story of a part of the Marseillais who will never feature in publications on Instagram or elsewhere, because they don’t fit the image “Marseille bébé” we want to give of the city.
Housing Crisis, One Year On
In June 2021, EU members met in Lisbon to pledge to combat homelessness. They formed a platform whose goal is to eliminate the social blight […]
As Europe Slides to the Right, Communists Secure Steady Gains in Austrian Municipalities
In the 1990s, the KPÖ had all but disappeared. Today, the party holds the mayor’s office in Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city, and has delegates in the city councils of Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck.
Breaking a Rule to Create a Chance: The Story of Quarticciolo Ribelle
Quarticciolo as a neglected suburb shares the stories of many other peripheries in Italy, but what Quarticciolo Ribelle is writing is a possible alternative plot, a different story.