Türkiye Asks Landlords to Provide Housing for Quake Victims
Turkey asks landlords to provide housing for earthquake victims The Turkish government is calling on property owners to provide housing for earthquake victims and on those without property to donate. Owners of vacant or unused flats and
Published : 20 February 2023
Quake Survivors’ Desperate Hunt for Shelter
Caves, Tents and Shipping Containers: Quake Survivors’ Desperate Hunt for Shelter For now, the Turkish government is relying on short-term solutions to house an estimated one million who are crowding into gyms, hotels and dormitories. A
Published : 18 February 2023
Climate Impacts on U.S. Housing Security
Housing and Climate Change in the United States Major Touchpoints and Considerations Climate change poses an unprecedented risk to housing security across the United States. According to CoreLogic, natural disasters impacted 10 percent of all U.S. homes in 2021,
Published : 15 February 2023
UN Experts: Israel Commits ‘Domicide’
UN experts say Israel should be held accountable for acts of ‘domicide’ GENEVA—The international community must take action to stop systematic and deliberate housing demolition and sealing, arbitrary displacement and forced evictions of Palestinian people in
Published : 13 February 2023
Kahramanmaraş Quakes: Where is the State?
February 6 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes: Where is the state? The Minister of Environment and Urbanization of the country, seventy percent of which lies on an earthquake zone, proudly announced that there have been 10,250,000 applications nationwide for
Published : 12 February 2023
Türkiye: Accountability for Quake Deaths
Turkey’s top bar association files complaint against contractors, gov’t officials for ‘murder’ after earthquake The Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) has filed a complaint against the contractors and government officials they claim are responsible for
Published : 10 February 2023
Türkiye-Syria Quake: Why So Many Collapses
Turkey earthquake: Why did so many buildings collapse? The sight of newly constructed apartments collapsing in the earthquakes that hit Turkey has sparked anger. The BBC examined three new buildings, turned to rubble, to find out
Published : 10 February 2023
Barcelona Ends Twinning with Tel Aviv
Barcelona city decides to cut all official ties with Israel over its systemic violations of Palestinian rights Barcelona becomes the first city administration in the world to suspend relations with Israel since the BDS movement was
Published : 10 February 2023
Barcelona Cuts Ties with Israel over Human Rights
Barcelona mayor cuts ties with Israel, citing Palestinian rights The left-wing mayor of Barcelona has called on Israel to end the ‘systematic violation’ of Palestinian human rights. MADRID—Barcelona has temporarily broken off ties with Israel over its
Published : 09 February 2023
