Movement Blog for the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights

The End Homelessness Blog on Change.org has listed “The 10 Most Notable Homelessness Stories of 2009.” Included is the UN Housing Mission to the United States. Take a look at the whole list.
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News of the first official visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing continues to ripple through communities in the United States and even abroad. Even though Special Rapporteur Rolnik has departed, it feels as though her mission continues. Here’s what people have been writing since the last posting:
General
Poor Peoples Economic Human [...]

More domestic media on the housing mission
Friends of Leonard Peltier: Preliminary findings by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
Narcosphere: Return to Alcatraz: 40 Years of Resistance
Common Man News: New York City homeless population at an all-time high
Talk to St. Ambrose: Housing is a Human Right
Arab American News: U.N. investigator probes U.S. [...]

The Guardian recently published commentary by Sasha Abramsky on the Special Rapporteur on Housing’s visit to the United States.
He writes:
Last week’s United Nations’ findings on America’s homeless crisis couldn’t have been more timely or more depressing. Three years into the post-housing bubble era, special rapporteur Raquel Rolnik detailed a growing crisis in which the poorest [...]

The Guardian: UN investigator accuses US of shameful neglect of homeless
The Guardian: UN meets homeless victims of American property dream
Times-Picayune: U.N. official studies housing shortage
Amsterdam News: UN special rapporteur sounds alarm on housing in America
West Orlando News: UN Official: Millions lack access to Adequate Housing in the US
Louisiana Justice Institute: Preliminary Findings Released by UN [...]

NATIONAL
New York Times, The Local: FG/CH Gets U.N. Visit
OpEd News: United Nations Investigates Affordable Housing Crisis in LA
INTERNATIONAL
Sweden (på svenska):
Flamman: FN granskar den ökande hemlösheten i USA
Brazil (em português):
Estadao: O direito humano de morar bem em NY

L.A. Watts Times: U.N. Housing Official Visits L.A. For Mission
L.A.’s Our Weekly: Community organizations fight for housing
A quote from this article:
Becky Dennison, co-director of LACAN says the town hall meeting was a platform for Angelinos to demonstrate the severity of the housing crisis.
“Los Angeles is one of the worst in the country in the extent [...]

Here are the most recent media hits about the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing’s visit to the United States.
RADIO
PRI’s The World: UN official looks at US housing crisis
LOCAL
Rochester, MN Post-Bulletin: It’s time for us to stop ignoring Native Americans
The Loyola Maroon: Law students participate in United Nations town hall meeting
INTERNATIONAL
En español:
Inter Press Service America [...]

Indian Country Today: Pine Ridge: A housing issue
St. Paul Minneapolis Star Tribune: UN Visits America’s Third World
A quote from this article:
According to a tribal housing report submitted to the U.N. rapporteur, reservation housing is “in a deplorable state,” with most of the government-built homes “severely overcrowded.” As many as 20 or 25 people may [...]

China View: United Nations housing specialist investigates housing problems in Chicago
People’s Daily Online: United Nations housing specialist investigates housing problems in Chicago