Movement Blog for the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights

“Millions lack access to affordable and adequate housing in the U.S.”
Read the United Nations press release here or here.
En français: Etats-Unis : Des millions de gens victimes de loyers trop élevés, selon un expert
From the press release:
WASHINGTON D.C. (8 November 2009) – The UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, warned at the end [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing to Lead Town Hall Meeting with Residents and Housing Organizations in Los Angeles
WHAT: The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing will lead a Town Hall meeting in Los Angeles with housing advocates and Los Angeles residents as [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bill Means
International Indian Treaty Council
Cell: 612-386-4030
Email: Bill.Means@state.mn.us
PINE RIDGE TOWN HALL MEETING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING
Pine Ridge residents and other Indigenous Peoples affected by housing issues including foreclosure, homelessness, and public housing (HUD and non-HUD housing) are encouraged to participate in a town hall meeting with a United [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2009
National Media Coordinator: Olesia Plokhii 617.721.9151, olesia@nesri.org
Local Contact: J.R. Fleming, 312.287.7228
Local Media Coordinator: Sunyata Altenor 404.839.5405
UN Expert to Investigate Chicago’s Housing Crisis During National Mission
Amid a global economic recession precipitated by the U.S. sub-prime lending crisis, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing will be in Chicago [...]

Yesterday the United Nations released a media advisory about the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing’s First Mission to the U.S.  The Special Rapporteur, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, arrives in the U.S. tomorrow.
“I will collect first-hand information on the status of realization of the right to adequate housing in the US, with particular emphasis [...]