Habitat International Coalition - HIC

🏠 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

🎓 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💜

🌍 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...

🏠 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

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

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

📸 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!

"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

✨ 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!

✨ 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!

We thank all speakers and participants for attending Session 2 of the Teach-in Series on Palestine and Habitat.

📢 Join us again on August 27 at 16:00 SAST for our follow-up session on how housing and land policies can violate international norms!

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.

We thank all speakers and participants for attending Session 1 of the Teach-in Series on Palestine and Habitat.

📢 Join us on August 13 at 16:00 SAST for a thought-provoking discussion on Occupation, Apartheid, and Resistance in Palestine.

#Palestine #LandRights #HIC

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

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

⌛️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...

🌱 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

📢 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

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

📢 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

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 !

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

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

⤵️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-...

🌍 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

📢 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

🏘️ Full house at the side event we organized at #ISHF2025 in Dublin! So glad to participate in this key panel on policies against speculation and for the social function of #housing. In collaboration with HIC, IIED and The Shift.

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!

Important conversations are happening now in Dublin at #ISHF25 🏠🌍

Voices from across the global housing movement are coming together to ask a vital question:
How do we reclaim the right to housing for the people?

Stay tuned and join the conversation! Today's programme 👇 @housingeurope.bsky.social

Join us at #ISHF25 on 5th June for

🧭Guiding Europe Home: The Compass for a New Housing Paradigm

Discover the Housing Compass, best practices in Member States & how the EU can support dedicated social and affordable housing providers. 🔗 buff.ly/oSSOOWa