LivDiv wrote:What does it say?
Funkstain wrote:It’s saying that rich white folk aren’t completely irredeemable I guess? Good on them for providing sanctuary?LivDiv wrote:What does it say?
b0r1s wrote:I’m judging the right wing rhetoric from the media.
Such practices of solidarity are an example of the principle on which housing policy should be based: housing is a basic need, not a source of income, not a financial asset.
Unfortunately, the case of Lviv does not differ from other Ukrainian cities. The countries of the European Union are not ready to provide affordable housing for Ukrainian refugees. Although social housing and rental market regulations are more prevalent in the EU than in Ukraine, in recent decades the privatization and financialization of housing has gradually made it less accessible even to EU citizens, not to mention migrants and refugees. In the conditions of a small quantity of available housing there can be conflicts between conditional "own" and "new". Therefore, in addition to the question of whether EU countries want to accept Ukrainian women, it is worth asking whether they will be able to provide them with affordable housing, decent work, and social services. And with this question arises the question of how to create conditions that would equalize the rights of citizens and non-citizens, Ukrainians and Syrians. Answers to such questions can save lives.
Time to shout
There are mistakes that are better not to learn from. One of these mistakes is Ukraine's real estate-oriented housing policy. The consequence of this policy is that people are not only forced to move to another part of their city, but also to return or stay in places where they may die from the actions of the Russian army.
Before the war, I called these processes displacement. I don't know what to call it now. But I am convinced that it is vital to continue to shout at those who make decisions about housing at the local, national and international levels, to shout in Ukraine and in the EU. Research, developments, recommendations are needed, it is necessary to exert political pressure. Shout about social housing, the protection of tenants' rights, the inadmissibility of the dominance of private property over the right to shelter, the urgent need to plan social and democratic housing policy for the future.
Shout with me, because it's not just about Lviv and not just about Ukraine.
LivDiv wrote:I guess a large amount of that is tied up in property.
Lord_Griff wrote:The great transition. The chancellor rubbing his hands together over his 40% cut.
monkey wrote:I couldn't find the research that article was citing but it suggests a lot of that is from final salary pensions as well.
Brooks wrote:I guess it's possible that Brits adapt to large familial compound living with several generations under a single roof, somehow.
Fuck that entirely.Brooks wrote:I guess it's possible that Brits adapt to large familial compound living with several generations under a single roof, somehow. Some houses are probably big enough for that, right.
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