One of the key themes of this festival is migration to cities. How can the city ensure equal and just access to housing? At the conference ‘A right to the…
Category: Migration to cities
It is a fact of life. As long as there is violence, floods, famines and a lack of opportunity, we will experience refugee outflows around the world. I personally experience…
A few years ago I told a group of friends in Germany that I had been in more European cities than American. In fact, in 2015 at the age of…
Linda Dreier | Patrick Kammerzelt | Philipp Ringswirth | Marlene Samhaber | Julia Staufer The Consequences of the Housing Act 2015 revisited Compared to the Netherlands as a whole, social…
“We need to rethink our cities, so they can better cope with migration. It’s not a temporally situation but a permanent one,” states Michelle Provoost of Crimson Architectural Historians. She…
New Orleans is one of America’s finest cities. A mixture of culture, arts, music, food and entertainment make it one of the most popular cities for domestic and international travelers. …
Amidst the so-called refugee crisis, our cities have become home to a new form of city-dweller: the urban refugee. According to UNHCR, 60% of refugees worldwide reside in urban environments.…
This week we will look back on ^HousingFutures’ articles of 2017. One of our main topics was migration, here is our retrospective. The difference between the Global North (or better:…
Affordable housing around the world is always in need and most often not supplied in the manner that is required. Developed western nations struggle and the same struggles are felt…
Whether they are coming from terrible political situations, war or even fleeing climate change, the number of refugees needing shelter should be expected to go up in the future. Sometimes…