1. Inter-American Commission Grants Protection to IDP Camp Facing Eviction
(Matching tags: human rights, forced evictions, ijdh, idps, amnesty, housing)

Earlier this week, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures in favor of the 567 families that have been under constant threat of eviction in the Grace Village ...

2. The Bipartisan Policy Center Endorses a Bi-Partisan Failure
(Matching tags: housing, housing bubble, mortgages, housing policy, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae)

The Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission released its report, Housing America's Future, on housing policy this week. Its recommendations include winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...

3. In Commemorating Earthquake, Very Different Approaches
(Matching tags: haitian government, crs, idps, housing, clinton, Asanble Vwazen Solino)

Port-au-Prince - Some 24 hours before making an appearance in Hollywood at the Golden Globes, former President Bill Clinton was in Haiti on January 12, commemorating the three year mark since the Haiti ...

4. UN’s Muñoz Misses the Point
(Matching tags: undp, aid coordination, housing)

In the face of headlines such as “3 years after Haiti's quake, lives still in upheaval” and “Haiti: the graveyard of hope,” Heraldo Muñoz,  U.N. assistant secretary-general and director of the Regional ...

5. Three Years Later: A Round-up of News and Commentary
(Matching tags: aid distribution, elections, evictions, camps, idps, cholera, housing, GBV)

An editorial in the Christian Science Monitor today begins: The third anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, has not drawn much attention. This is despite the fact that 1 out ...

6. Haiti by the Numbers, Three Years Later
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, shelter, ocha, imf, garment factories, idps, cholera, housing)

En français Number of people killed in the earthquake in 2010: over 217,300 Number of people killed by cholera epidemic caused by U.N. troops since October 19, 2010: over 7,912 [i] Number of ...

7. Red Cross Progress Report Raises Some Questions
(Matching tags: shelter, sanitation, red cross, idps, health, housing)

...  At this point, virtually all of the money donated to the American Red Cross has been spent, committed or allocated for planned housing and neighborhood recovery, health, clean water and sanitation and ...

8. Haiti’s Increasingly Hidden Displacement Disaster
(Matching tags: aid distribution, reconstruction, forced evictions, displacement, idp, housing)

Over the next month, Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch blogger and CEPR International Research Associate, Jake Johnston will be in Haiti following up, on the ground, many of the issues this blog has ...

9. Taking Stock Three Years Later: A Prelude
(Matching tags: aid distribution, chemonics, ngos, aid coordination, ihrc, housing)

January 1 was the anniversary of Haiti’s independence, and another marker – the third year since the earthquake – is coming up at the end of next week. Media outlets are examining what has been achieved ...

10. On Human Rights Day, Forced Evictions Underscore How Hundreds of Thousands in Haiti Are Denied Their Right to Decent Housing
(Matching tags: human rights, forced evictions, idps, housing)

... to adequate housing” due to “the inter-relationship and interdependence of all human rights.” In a statement calling “on the international community to act against the human rights abuses taking place ...