Fulfilled social functions

A city/human settlement fulfilling its social functions, that is, ensuring equitable and affordable access for all to housing, goods, services and urban opportunities, particularly for women, marginalized groups and people with special needs; a city/human settlement that prioritizes the

Fulfilled social functions

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Right to the City Conference in Barcelona

Right to the City Conference in Barcelona

This cycle of debates provides the occasion for an open debate among people from different parts of the world that are involved with the struggle for defending the right to affordable and adequate housing. On the occasion of the 50th year anniversary of the...

Global call for the Right to the City: Stop Forced Evictions

Global call for the Right to the City: Stop Forced Evictions

Nairobi, October 11th, 2017 The Global Platform for the Right to the City members, friends and allies from all around the world, gathered in Nairobi, make a global call for the right to the city, and the universal opposition to forced evictions and displacements....

Our Block, Our World: Views on the Global Platform from New York

Our Block, Our World: Views on the Global Platform from New York

Kazembe Balagun, Project manager at Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. “Lorena Zarate of the Global Platform for the Right to the City joins with local homeless organization Picture the Homeless for an action calling for the creation of community land trusts on vacant land in...

Defending our cities in a “showcase Europe”

Defending our cities in a “showcase Europe”

Irene Escorihuela, Observatori DESC Nowadays, European cities are facing enormous challenges. Social rights have suffered strong setbacks as a result of the economic crisis and its pro-austerity management. Civil and political rights are also threatened in this...