Urban poor Filipinos make history: #OccupyBulacan 6.000 vacant houses 1u5u2z
March 8, the International Women's Day, Filipinos women and KADAMAY led a large contingent of those living in relocation sites/resettlement areas in Bulacan, to occupy about 5,280 vacant houses. The government has not responded kindly to the mass action.They have set up food blockades, harassment is non-stop, against urban poor Filipinos. On March 10, the government gave Kadamay and the thousands of urban poor Filipinos an ultimatum to vacate the premises within 7 days or they will evict all with extreme force.
As a response about 20,000 people have so far occupied about 6,000 houses.
The IAI stand up in solidarity and call for Kadamay and the people for Zero Evictions Bulacan!
Open letter: Solidarity against evictions in Bulacan and for new policies for the right to housing throughout the Philippines 3k6t5
Call for international solidarity for Zero Evictions Bulacan! 673ls
We call our friends of the international community in publicly ing this historical occupation. Thousands of lives and homes are at stake.
To stop the evictions in Bulacan, Philippines, we call upon international solidarity which is why we are asking everyone:
- to sign the Call to Action
- send letters of protest directly to the Embassies of Philippines in your country.
Please find: Directory of Philippines Embassies worldwide
You can use the Call to Action as sample.
Important: send your message + photo so they can be published by [email protected]
the Zero Evictions #OccupyBulacan Campaign: 20.000 people! 6f4o4a
To mark the International Women’s Day, Kadamay launched the #OccupyBulacan
campaign on March 8, 2017. Almost 5,000 participated and successfully occupied around 6,000 idle housing in five relocation sites on the first day.
To date, about 20,000 continue to sustain the campaign now covering Padre Pio de Pande resettlement, Pandi Heights BJMP Housing, Villa Luis AFP/PNP Housing, Pandi Residence 3, and Pandi Village 2.
An urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing: #OccupyBulacan from eviction 613n2t
KADAMAY, a national alliance of urban poor Filipinos that last March 8 led a successful campaign to occupy thousands of idle homes in resettlement sites, with the of IAI ha sent an urgent Appel to Leilani Fahra, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Right ton Housing, to take action in order to address the demands and concerns of the homeless and urban poor. There is an air of urgency as the eviction is imminent and the occupation itself is the largest organized occupation by poor Filipinos in recent history.