Stéphan Corriveau, from the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, pushes for an effective reconciliation process and housing policies that address indigenous people’s needs, support indigenous’ organizations and address decades of inaction.
Community-led housing has shown to be an efficient solution to the lack of access to adequate housing all over the world. 6 organizations, including HIC, are coming together to create the platform of social production of habitat, aiming at giving a voice to the people who create new innovative housing solutions on a grassroots level.
Comrade Sibonela Mpeku, 32 years old, Chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo -HIC Member in South Africa-, was kidnaped and murdered
These Guidelines are a new international instrument that can be used by peasant, fishing and pastoralist organisations, indigenous peoples, the landless, women and youth, and civil society as a whole, to assert their rights.
The Awards will be presented at Habitat lll in Ecuador, October 2016 – the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development.