Housing, anti-eviction rally to target PP headquarters
► Saturday march & rally in Madrid to protest PP blockage of legislation ► Anti-eviction activists and supporters of affordable housing will…
Housing & Homeless
Amnesty report criticizes Spain on human rights issues
► Report cites freedom of speech, refugees, evictions, excessive police force ► Amnesty International has criticized the Spanish government’s handling of human…
#VIDEO: Podemos demands mortgage protection reform
► Unidos Podemos wants total revamp of PP’s proposed mortgage legislation ► ► Party demands more transparency, banks supervision, consumer protection ►…
NGOFILE :: Cáritas Española ~ Spanish Caritas
Cáritas Española is the Spanish affiliate of the Catholic church’s international charity and humanitarian relief agency Cáritas Inernational, working within Spain as…
#VIDEO: PAH files legislative proposal on housing rights
► Proposal seeks to ensure affordable housing, cap runaway rental prices ► Spain’s anti-evictions activist organization PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la…
NGOFILE :: Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca ~ Platform for People Affected by Mortgages
The Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH, or “Platform for People Affected by Mortgages”) is a non-governmental activist organization founded in…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2017
Following are 2017’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain — our second annual selection based on a combination of the power,…
Gere urges Spain’s Senate to help country’s homeless
► Spain has more than 31,000 homeless, 8,000 permanently living on streets ► Actor Richard Gere urged Spain’s Senate on Wednesday to…
PSOE seeks Constitutional guarantee for social rights
► PSOE prioritizes LGBTI rights, church-state separation, death with dignity ► Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) has released a working paper on a…
High Court orders protection for minors facing eviction
• Court ruling on Madrid case sets precedent for Spanish families facing eviction • NGOs say 80% of court-ordered evictions involve parents…
Spain releases millions in funding for Catalan NGOs
• Central gov’t says NGOs to receive 10.2 mn in frozen social services funding • Funds part of Catalan gov’t budget said…
#VIDEO: Bank evictions & the loss of health, jobs, homes
• Homeowners tell how mortgage woes led to health & job loss, then eviction • Bank evictions continue at rate of 185…
Caixa rewards innovative approaches to social problems
• Projects tackle gender violence, poverty, social exclusion, hate speech & more • Social Innovation awards carry 15K euros prize money for…
#VIDEO: Amnesty says women hardest-hit by evictions
• Amnistía España cites 34,193 evictions for non-payment of rent in 2016 alone • Affordable housing crisis hits single-parent families headed by women…
Socialists call on PP to begin funding homeless program
• PSOE says 2017 budget lacks funds to implement plan to combat homelessness • Rajoy govt agreed to national strategy in 2015,…
Andalucia law tries again to stem foreclosures, evictions
• Previous law expropriating bank-owned properties ruled ‘unconstitutional’ • Second attempt gives gov’t right to buy foreclosed homes to avoid evictions The…
Health issues, aggression confront Sevilla’s homeless
• Nearly half of all homeless experience aggression while living on city’s streets • Nearly 70 pct have health problems, two-thirds admit…
Cold temps put Spain’s homeless at greater risk
• NGOs say some 40,000 people living on streets across Spain exposed to cold • Energy poverty, social exclusion from affordable housing…
Spanish Volunteer Platform issues 2017 calendar
• 12 images by leading photographers present ’12 Views of Solidarity’ for 2017 • Umbrella organization represents 78 national, regional NGOs throughout…
‘Robin Hood’ restaurant feeds Madrid homeless
• Normal restaurant by day, serves 100 Madrid homeless in two shifts each night • ‘Social restaurants’ concept to open in Toledo, Ciudad…
#VIDEO: PAH rallies to protest Barcelona evictions
• Anti-eviction activist group launches week of events, demonstrations • Spain’s anti-eviction activist group PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, ‘Platform…
Barcelona triples budget to aid city’s homeless
• City will spend 15 million euros over next 3 years to combat homelessness • Nearly 950 homeless sleep on Barcelona streets…
Barcelona fines Airbnb, Homeaway for illegal listings
• Barcelona mayor says fines doubled to 600,000 euros for tourist rental sites • City blames illegal tourism rentals for high rents,…
Relief agencies stress dignity in homeless campaign
• Campaign launched in advance of Sunday’s national ‘Day of the Homeless’ • NGOs stress causes of homelessness, need to treat homeless…
#VIDEO: Cáritas focus on dignity, rights of homeless
• Catholic relief agency video stresses human dignity of Spain’s homeless • With ‘more than 40,000 on the streets, we’re not respecting…
Richard Gere supports homeless project in Valencia
• American actor, partner Alejandra Silva at signing of accord with Valencia gov’t • RAIS Fundación to work with Valencia to shelter…
NGOFILE :: RAIS Fundación
•RAIS Fundación ~ RAIS Foundation • RAIS Fundación (RAIS Foundation) is a national non-profit organisation that was founded in 1998 with the…
NGOFILE :: Fundació Arrels
• Fundació Arrels ~ Arrels Foundation • The Fundació Arrels (Arrels Foundation) is a Barcelona-based non-governmntal organisation founded in 1987 and dedicated…
Barcelona homeless average four years on streets
• Nearly 9 in 10 homeless in Barcelona are men, 2/3 from other countries • One quarter of all individuals interviewed living…
Barcelona’s Colau scrambles to resolve ‘okupa’ riots
• Police engage supporters of ‘okupa’ squatters in three nights of street battles • Fight over eviction from vacant bank branch when…
Homeless activist targets Partido Popular in Madrid
• Activist blames PP for social-spending cuts that have left thousands homeless • Removed from front of party offices by police, Lagarder…