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Habitat International Coalition - HIC
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HIC is the Global Coalition for the #rights to habitat and #socialjustice that promotes #humanrights related to #housing and #land in both rural and urban areas
🏠 Join Grace Chikumo-Mtonga, HIC President, at #UNGA80: “Land & the Right to Adequate Housing”
📅 TODAY Oct 16 | 🕙 10–11:30 AM EDT | 🌍 Hybrid
HIC will bring a call for land policies from below—driven by CSOs social and feminist movements
💻 us06web.zoom.us/j/83179583143
#UrbanOctober
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🎓 Proud to share that our dear Adriana Allen has received an Honorary Doctorate from University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP)
A powerful tribute to her lifelong work on community-led housing, feminist urbanism, & urban & social justice across the globe
A deeply deserved honour for her endless commitment💜
September 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🌍 We’re Hiring: Advocacy Officer

HIC is looking for a passionate and committed Advocacy Officer to lead our cross-regional advocacy efforts defending habitat-related human rights
🔹Deadline: 30.09 2025 (midnight GMT)
🔹Location: Remote (Work from anywhere!)
📄 Full details hic-net.org/wp-content/u...
September 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🏠 Canada needs 4.4M affordable homes — and fast.

Join this session Sept 25 @ 12PM ET for a #CityTalk webinar on how the feds can build at scale with #BuildCanadaHomes.

Speakers:
🔹 Carolyn Whitzman
🔹 Graeme Hussey
🔹 Tyler Meredith
#HousingCrisis #AffordableHousing
September 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We heard powerful calls from Saleh Hijazi, Lubnah Shomali & Adel Bseiso on:
⚖️ Remedy as a human right
💥 Targeting enablers of apartheid
🧠 Reclaiming the narrative
✊ Strengthening BDS & grassroots action

🌍 Next steps & resource hub coming soon.

#EndTheGenocide #RightToHabitat #BDS
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A powerful journey comes to an end.

Thank you to everyone who joined the HIC Teach-In Series:
📚 "Understanding Palestine: What’s Habitat Got to Do with It?"

Session 4 focused on solidarity & action, and the urgency to stop genocide and dismantle settler colonialism.
#HICTeachIns #Palestine
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📸 Incredible moments from the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum in Sri Lanka! 🌍✊ Our Coalition is raising our voices in solidarity with #Palestine, calling for an #EndTheGenocide and oppression.

Let’s stay united in our fight for justice. The report and next steps are coming soon!
September 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Int’l law forbids an occupier from transferring its population or altering laws in occupied territory
Yet Palestinians displaced in 1967 were denied return, while Jews worldwide are granted immigration, citizenship & land ownership, even in occupied areas"
🗣️Tasneem Janazra - #Palestine ’s LRC org
August 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
✨ انضم إلى جلسة Teach-In اليوم: كيف يتم تطبيق الفصل العنصري في الإسكان والأراضي والمياه في فلسطين

🗓️ الأربعاء 27 أغسطس | 16:00–18:00 بتوقيت جنوب إفريقيا
🌍 تحقق من التوقيت المحلي: bit.ly/3J1TisE
🔗 التسجيل: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...

🎙️ متحدثون من منظمتي LRC و PHG الفلسطينيتين – لا تفوت الفرصة!
August 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
✨ Join today’s Teach-In session: How housing, land & water apartheid is operationalised in Palestine

🗓️ Wed 27 Aug | 16:00–18:00 SAST
🌍 Check local time: bit.ly/3J1TisE
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...

🎙️ Speakers from Palestine orgs LRC & PHG – don’t miss it!
August 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In Session 2 of the Palestine Teach-ins:

Paul Hendler explained the difference between anti-zionism and anti-semitism.

Joseph Schechla of HLRN spoke about imperial systems and settler colonialism.

Lubnah Shomali, BADIL, ended with a brief reflection of Palestine's dispossession.
August 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Enrique Ortiz, Difusión HIC-AL Habitat International Coalition, discussed the importance of acting in solidarity with Palestine.

Heba Al-Wahoush, Land Research Centre, gave context on the occupation of the Palestinian Territories.

#Palestine #LandRights #HousingJustice #HIC
July 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Leilani Farha, Director of The Shift & Former UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, and Ashraf Abu Hayyeh of Al Haq Foundation, spoke about the importance of housing and land in Palestine for Session 1 of the Teach-in Series.

#Palestine #LandRights #HousingJustice #HIC
July 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
⌛️Coming soon next week:
Our Teach‑In Series begins 30 July!

A teach-in is a forum for open discussion and debate aimed at encouraging critical thinking and collective action.

Dive into housing & land as tools of domination
📢 Register now: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...
July 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🌱 Conoce 18 iniciativas comunitarias que enfrentan la #CrisisClimática desde territorios urbanos y rurales.
📢 Difúndelas y acompaña a @HIC_AL rumbo a la #COP30 para que estos esfuerzos sean reconocidos.
#MitigaciónSocialDelCambioClimático #IPCC #JusticiaClimática
July 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📢 Just 10 days left! Join the 4-part #TeachIn series on Palestine & Habitat 🏠🌍

🗓️ Dates:
30 July | 13 Aug | 27 Aug | 10 Sept
🕓 16:00–18:00 SAST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...
Let’s reflect, learn & act in solidarity.
#Palestine #LandRights #HousingJustice #HIC
July 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HIC joined Reclaim the City and grassroots groups in Cape Town to explore commoning and how we can reclaim urban spaces for people and communities. 💥🌱

#RightToTheCity #Commoning #UrbanJustice #CapeTown #HIC
July 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📢 Join the 2nd session of Dialogues in Coproduction!
📆Tomorrow 14:30 CEST
Professional Alliances for Co-Production:
🔗 Register: framaforms.org/registration...
🗣️ With experts from DPU , @iclei.org , @unhabitatyouth.bsky.social & more
🌍 EN/FR interpretation
July 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
4/4 Las personas asistentes celebraron los 25 años de la Ley 341 sobre Vivienda Colectiva en Buenos Aires y renovaron el compromiso de fortalecer redes y alianzas para defender el derecho a una vivienda justa y solidaria.
¡La lucha por un hábitat justo sigue !
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
3/4 Se denunció la eliminación de políticas públicas que afectan la vivienda, la economía social y la seguridad social, poniendo en riesgo cooperativas y proyectos comunitarios. La fuerza colectiva es más necesaria que nunca #ViviendaDigna
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
2/4 Lorena Zárate de la @righttothecity.bsky.social destacó el rol de los fideicomisos territoriales como herramienta vital para resistir la presión del mercado inmobiliario y el desplazamiento forzoso
#ResistenciaColectiva
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
⤵️1/4 Miembros de HIC Latinoamérica @HIC_AL se reunieron en Buenos Aires para analizar el impacto del cierre de la Política Nacional de Obras Públicas, Tierras y Vivienda en Argentina. Una cita clave para enfrentar juntes el difícil contexto que vive Argentina www.hic-net.org/es/acciones-...
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🌍 Yesterday marked #WorldEnvironmentDay — a powerful moment to explore our Climate Justice Co-Learning Space Podcast!
🎧Gain cross-regional insights on climate change, justice, and the urgent actions needed to defend habitat rights.
🔊 soundcloud.com/hic-53024868...
🎙️ #ClimateJustice
June 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
📢 Irene Escorihuela @observadesca.bsky.social opened a powerful session co-organized with HIC and European Members at the International Social Housing Festival in Dublin!
🔎 Focus: Financialisation of housing & local responses—from social movements to cooperatives #ISHF2025
June 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
HIC actively participated at the 2nd UN-Habitat Assembly
Main outcomes:

▶️Strategic Plan 2026-29 adopted
▶️Focus on inclusive, sustainable cities aligned with #Agenda2030
▶️HIC helped draft a declaration “by, for & with the people”

Next one: #WUF13 in Baku, 2026!
June 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM