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Housing and Land Rights Network: India Homelessness Resources
Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), based in New Delhi, India, works for the recognition, defence, promotion, and realization of the human rights to adequate housing and land, which involve gaining a safe and secure place for all individuals and...
Engaging and Influencing Government
Prioritize engagement with the following government departments and system partners. Note that depending on your local community, the departments will differ and the functions may be delivered through varying levels of governments. You should ensure...
From Deluge to Displacement: The Impact of Post-flood Evictions and Resettlement in Chennai
Vanessa Peter
In November–December 2015, the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India was impacted by severe floods. The District of Chennai was one of the worst affected in the destructive deluge. Those residing on the banks of Cooum and Adyar Rivers, which house...
Bengaluru's Continuing Inequity: An Eviction Impact Assessment of Ejipura/Koramangala Four Years After its Demolition
Housing and Land Rights Network
Amidst the all-encompassing enthusiasm for growth and progress, the rapid pace of urbanization in India brings with it the challenges of inequality and inequity, including those related to dispossession and displacement of the urban poor, which need...
India's Smart Cities Mission: Smart for Whom? Cities for Whom?
Shivani Chaudhry, Deepak Kumar, and Swapnil Saxena
This article discusses the transformation of cities in India into "smart" cities and the ramifications of such a redesign on those experiencing homelessness and poverty. The authors argue that the new image of the cityscape is a more exclusionary...
Building the Planning Team
There are four main components of the planning team that you will want to consider: note, that you may have all of these roles or a combination thereof depending on local context and resources.  Figure 4: Planning Team Media Folder: Media Root  1....
Considerations for Engagement with Indigenous People
It is important to acknowledge the experience of Indigenous people in Canada if we are to truly end youth homelessness, particularly in light of their consistent overrepresentation in vulnerable populations. Indigenous homelessness is notably...
Forced Eviction in India in 2017: An Alarming National Crisis
In the year 2017, data collected by Housing and Land Rights Network India (HLRN) revealed that government authorities, at both the central and state levels, demolished over 53,700 homes, thereby forcefully evicting more than 260,000 (2.6 lakh)...