The U.S. Social Forum is an opportunity for people to come together and develop strategies for fighting for our human rights. NESRI seeks to use this space to support the building of an economic and social rights movement in the United States. Together with our partners and allies we are helping to organize two [...]
Continue Reading →Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, will appear before the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva tomorrow. There she will present her report entitled “Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Including the Right to Development,” based on her first official Fact [...]
Continue Reading →By Chris Famighetti
Intern, NESRI Human Right to Housing Program
Taraneh Ghajar Jerven’s recent article in the Christian Science Monitor, “2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: What about Vancouver’s homeless?” highlights the injustices perpetrated in the run-up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.(1) Jerven discusses the expensive development costs associated with the 2010 Olympic Games, where [...]
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I’m thankful that I was able to overcome homelessness
I’m thankful for the ability to challenge elected and appointed officials in New York City and around the country to end homelessness by eliminating the root causes of this social illness
I’m thankful that I’ve been able to share my experiences with others suffering from [...]
Continue Reading →Hi,
I’m posting an email that went out from Chicago about their recent anti-eviction defense. See below for more info.
Rob
Hi friends,
The eviction blockade was a big success, thanks to everyone who turned out. But the struggle is far from over for Lenise and the rest of the families facing eviction this holiday [...]
Continue Reading →NPR’s Marketplace: UN to look at U.S. housing conditions
Village Voice: U.N. Rapporteur For Housing Visits Tenants Facing Foreclosure In The Bronx
A great quote in this article from Ms. Rolnik:
“I am glad to see that you tenants have organized. Nothing can ever replace people’s organizing. Without pushing from below and taking [...]
Continue Reading →On Friday, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Rachel Rolnik spoke at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Here is a video of her speaking from the United Nation’s Youtube account:
You can find the UN news piece on her talk here, titled “Climate change talks must include focus [...]
Continue Reading →Hello, I’m Rob Robinson a Board Member and Housing Campaign Leader with Picture the Homeless in NYC. Picture the Homeless is a member of the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights.
As New York City chairperson for the first ever official visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, I [...]
Continue Reading →In a statement released today, entitled “During the Celebrations: World Habitat Day 2009” NESRI Executive Director Cathy Albisa calls attention to the serious housing crisis facing the US and the less than impressive steps taken by HUD under the new Obama administration to address the situation.
She states “… let’s consider holding off on [...]
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