The struggle for their right to housing taught them that they have bigger fights to win.
Amid attacks, urban poor persist in fight for right to housing
Tags: Urban Poor
The multiple burdens of being a Moro woman sidewalk vendor
“The fear of getting caught and arrested during clearing operations has always been there. I have always felt the discrimination, not just because I am a Muslim woman, but because I am poor and without a decent job.”
On World Habitat Day, Duterte named as ‘biggest violator of housing rights’
The group estimates that the government will displace more than half a million urban poor families by 2020 to give way for its infrastructure projects. This, Kadamay said, makes the Duterte administration as the “biggest violators of housing rights of the urban poor.”
Reclaiming San Roque through visual art
The artworks remind us that the poor of San Roque are human beings deserving of dignity.
Hi-rise vs. Have-nots
By DEE AYROSO
Police disperse urban poor protesters in NHA
“We wanted to know why up to now, thousands of housing units are still idle.”
Floodway residents to Duterte: ‘Award the land to us’
“The demands of the residents are legitimate and the local government unit as well as the national agencies concerned with housing programs could have engaged the residents in a more extensive and comprehensive dialogue so that violence could have been prevented.”
Lawyers, urban poor ask QC court to stop compulsory drug testing
By BULATLAT MANILA – Human rights lawyers and urban poor residents of Quezon City has asked the courts to order a halt to the so-called “voluntary” drug testing being conducted by the Philippine National Police in communities in the city. The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) led 30 Quezon city residents who filed a…
The ‘Occupy’ movement in the Philippines
The global ‘Occupy’ movement emerged in the aftermath of the financial and housing crisis that destroyed jobs and displaced millions. It denounced the inequities of the present, the irrational decision to boost neoliberal policies, and the callous attitude towards the rising but preventable poverty in the world. In support of this trend, several ‘Occupy’ and…
Sitio San Roque residents vow to resist demolition, push for on-site development
“Pushing through with the demolition will only add to the number of homeless.”
Class act
Fear more than envy drives much of the media and the middle class’ insult-laden rants and self-righteous outrage over the occupation of idle National Housing Authority (NHA) housing projects in Bulacan by the urban poor group Kadamay (Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap — literally, gathering of mutually supportive poor). Even the news reports in the corporate…