HLRN in the News

2024

Rags to rashes: Delhi's 2.5L homeless sweat over summer strike
09 April 2024 - The Times of India
In Varanasi, A Community Exists In The Shadow Of A Dead, Colonial Law, Unable To Live Even In Slums
11 March 2024 - Article 14
'7.4 Lakh People Evicted, 1.53 Lakh Homes Demolished by Govt in the Last Two Years': Report
08 March 2024 - The Wire
Report: 294 houses demolished on a daily basis in 2023 in India
06 March 2024 - Sabrang India
Whose homes are destroyed? How 'bulldozer raj' affects marginalised people
06 March 2024 - India Today
2.78 lakh people evicted in past 2 years in Delhi, the most in India: report
05 March 2024 - The Indian Express
Sleepless nights, health risks: How Delhi’s homeless people struggle during hot summers
05 March 2024 - Newslaundry
More Than Half a Million People (5 Lakh) Evicted in India in 2023: Report
05 March 2024 - Newsclick
Over 7 lakh people rendered homeless in last two years: Report
05 March 2024 - Maktoob Media
7.4 lakh evicted in past 2 yrs, highest in 2023, shows report by housing rights body
04 March 2024 - The Print
'Wait for Early Morning to Catch Some Sleep’: How Delhi’s Homeless People Struggle During Summers
04 March 2024 - The Wire
Record Evictions Displace Over 500,000 in India: Marginalized Communities Hardest Hit
04 March 2024 - BNN Breaking
How Delhi’s Homeless People Struggle During Hot Summers
27 February 2024 - India Spend

2023

‘Nudge to adapt to new living conditions’ — DDA may get NGO to ‘teach’ EWS residents civic awareness
02 October 2023 - The Print
The housing crisis for the poor in India’s capital
30 August 2023 - Al Jazeera
Delhi's Homeless Fear Displacement As DUSIB Proposes To Raze Six More Shelter Homes
25 August 2023 - Outlook
The Intertwined Relationship Of Eviction, Caste And Religion
17 July 2023 - Outlook
The despair of Delhi's Yamuna farmers as the bulldozers arrive in droves
22 May 2023 - Business Standard
Evictions In Courtroom: How Has Judiciary Ruled On Cases Of Evictions In Indian Cities?
07 April 2023 - Outlook
G20 As A Curtain-Raiser: Life In Urban India
06 April 2023 - Outlook
'Where Do We Go Now?': G20 Beautification Drive Renders Hundreds Of Migrants In Delhi Homeless
06 April 2023 - Outlook
Supreme Court stay on Haldwani evictions draws attention to need for laws
24 January 2023 - Frontline
When Authorities Go About Brutally Bulldozing The Homes And Dreams Of The Poor In Delhi
20 January 2023 - Outlook India
Eviction & Dispossession: Keeping The Poor On Tenterhooks
18 January 2023 - Outlook India
Homeless At Home: How Women Embrace Homelessness In Search Of A Safe House
09 January 2023 - Outlook India
Homelessness And Winter Blues: How 'Cold Wave' Spells Disaster For Delhi's Homeless
09 January 2023 - Outlook India

2022

Nearly 250 temporary shelters to come up in Delhi as winter nears
07 November 2022 - The Times of India
How Demolitions Are Deepening The Despair Of India's Poor
30 September 2022 - The Wire
Nearly 40,000 families face eviction in Tamil Nadu, says a report
28 September 2022 - The Hindu
Rising Insecurity Of Migrant Workers In A Post-Covid World
26 September 2022 - Outlook
1,000 homes demolished in Delhi, 5,838 people hit, says report
25 September 2022 - The Times of India
Demolitions Not Only Continue to Wreck Livelihoods, Now Used as 'Punitive Measure': Report
23 September 2022 - The Wire
Govt agencies evict 24 people every hour in India: HLRN study
23 September 2022 - The Pioneer
Demolitions as a form of punishment: HLRN
23 September 2022 - Sabrang
State governments use demolitions as punitive measure, finds report
23 September 2022 - National Herald
'DDA's slum rehab plan a non-starter'
22 September 2022 - Hindustan Times
59% of people evicted from homes in 2021 await compensation: Report
22 September 2022 - Hindustan Times
Over 2 Lakh People 'Forcibly Evicted' in 2021, Around 36,000 Houses Razed: Report
22 September 2022 - NewsClick
Over 36k houses demolished in 2021, reveals Housing and Land Rights Network
22 September 2022 - The Statesman
In 2021, over 100 houses demolished every day, 24 people evicted every hour, says latest HLRN report
22 September 2022 - Inclusive Media for Change
How Forced Evictions Are Pushing Women To The Edge Of Precarity
19 September 2022 - Behan Box
Urban homeless: Shelters need to step up, but can only be stopgap solution
23 August 2022 - Citizen Matters
Delhi Development Authority bulldozers roll in, demolish shanties near Sarai Kale Khan
28 June 2022 - The Times of India
Delhi: No means to beat the heat, homeless grin and bear it
03 April 2022 - The Times of India
Homelessness has worsened the on-going Covid-19 crisis, is there something to worry?
31 January 2022 - The Indian Wire

2021

2021: The year of evictions
28 December 2021 - Sabrang India
Delhi: Not just cold, 33 families on GT Road also battle eviction scare
23 December 2021 - The Times of India
DCPCR advises stay on forced eviction in Azadpur
23 December 2021 - The Hindu
Why Homeless People in Delhi Opt to Sleep Rough Over Shelter Homes Despite Cold Weather?
09 December 2021 - Sputnik News
Behind the 'Green' Rationale of Evictions
12 October 2021 - The Bastion
महामारी में ऐसी बेरहमी!
17 September 2021 - नया इंडिया
CRAM, HLRN seek probe into forced evictions
15 September 2021 - E-Pao
43,600 houses demolished, 2.57 lakh people forcibly evicted during Covid-19: Report
13 September 2021 - Deccan Herald
Every hour, 21 people evicted from their homes in India amid pandemic: Report
11 September 2021 - Down to Earth
21 people evicted in India every hour during COVID pandemic: Report
11 September 2021 - The Quint
Over 60,000 families displaced, forcibly evicted from homes amid COVID-19 pandemic: Report
11 September 2021 - The Logical Indian
Covid: Over 250,000 people evicted across India during pandemic
10 September 2021 - The Telegraph
Over 60,000 families evicted from homes during pandemic: Report
10 September 2021 - The Indian Express
2,045 families evicted in three TN cities during pandemic: Report
10 September 2021 - The New Indian Express
HLRN Report: Over 2.75 lakh evicted in India during the pandemic
10 September 2021 - NewsClick
6,600 people living in Delhi 'forcefully evicted' since March 2020, says report
10 September 2021 - Hindustan Times
Over 2.57 lakh people evicted from their homes by Union and state governments during pandemic
09 September 2021 - National Herald
India evicted 21 people every hour during COVID: Advocacy group
09 September 2021 - Al Jazeera
India evictions during COVID-19 a 'human rights crisis'
09 September 2021 - Reuters
257,000 people evicted during pandemic, shows report by housing rights body
09 September 2021 - Hindustan Times
Chennai: Building homes like card stacks
05 September 2021 - The Hindu
Raging pandemic and unreliable monsoon: The unending sorrow of homeless people
14 August 2021 - NewsClick
Amid pandemic, rain, residents of Ramesh Park rendered homeless
06 August 2021 - TwoCircles.net
Delhi: Homeless persons experienced hunger, loss of livelihood, study reveals
04 August 2021 - The Times of India
Demolition near Delhi feared leaving 100,000 Indian villagers homeless
15 July 2021 - Reuters
Delhi: Demolition drive on Yamuna floodplain leaves many homeless
06 July 2021 - The Times of India
No shelter in homes
03 July 2021 - The Citizen
Clean air in Delhi, 24/7 water in Chennai: What happened to India’s Smart Cities Mission?
30 June 2021 - Scroll
Government wants to abolish poor instead of poverty, say residents of Khori village
25 June 2021 - Media India Group
Smart city deadline looms but targets remain distant
24 June 2021 - India Spend
Supreme Court 'shouldn't be adamant', reconsider eviction order of Haryana villagers
20 June 2021 - Counterview
Beware the pitfalls of eco-restoration
12 June 2021 - The Wire Science
Delhi's poor still wait for promised free ration, two months into second Covid wave
02 June 2021 - The Print
Homeless people in Delhi struggle to get ration amid COVID lockdown
30 May 2021 - The New Indian Express
In India's COVID-19 crisis, the internet is both a lifeline and a barrier
25 May 2021 - The New Humanitarian
Families homeless after rain floods over 25 hutments
22 May 2021 - Hindustan Times
Delhi: Huts submerged, residents blame Central Vista debris
22 May 2021 - The Times of India
Pandemic forces Delhi's poor to truncate meals
15 May 2021 - The Times of India
India is making it nearly impossible for homeless people to get vaccinated
14 May 2021 - Vice
In Delhi's slums, barriers to vaccination: Few smartphones, complex process
12 May 2021 - The Indian Express
Forced evictions in Delhi: Slum residents face 'triple whammy'
11 May 2021 - NewsClick
Delhi CM urged to provide food and shelter to homeless
17 April 2021 - The New Indian Express
Homeless children at greater risk in coronavirus pandemic, says rights body
15 April 2021 - The New Indian Express
Street kids recall how they were left to fend for themselves
13 April 2021 - The Times of India
Chennai: TNSCB residents want maintenance fee waived
27 March 2021 - The Times of India
Women pushed to the fringes of homelessness due to COVID-19 induced lockdown
22 March 2021 - The New Indian Express
India Gujarat state's land grabbing law hurting women, poor
18 March 2021 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
One in two Perumbakkam families can't use ration card in their area: Study
17 March 2021 - The New Indian Express
Not far from Ghazipur protest site, Gadia Lohar community struggle for housing rights
10 March 2021 - Twocircles.net
Activists flag concerns over debris dumping on Yamuna floodplains
09 March 2021 - Hindustan Times
Central Vista: Debris dumped near Yamuna, say activists
09 March 2021 - The Times of India
Construction mud puts settlements on the edge of eviction in Yamuna Khadar
08 March 2021 - The Bastion
Delhi's Gadia Lohar community ravaged by lockdown, finds study
27 February 2021 - The New Indian Express
DIY-style school helps educate Indian migrants facing eviction
19 February 2021 - Reuters
Resettlement areas to get free Wi-Fi among other facilities
08 February 2021 - DT Next
Chennai: Resettlement areas to get free Wi-Fi among other facilities
08 February 2021 - DT Next
Persons with disabilities want help with livelihoods post pandemic
05 February 2021 - The Hindu
Huge joblessness crisis persists in Perumbakkam
04 February 2021 - The New Indian Express
Study: 48 per cent of relocatees to Perumbakkam lost livelihood
04 February 2021 - DT Next
Varanasi: Close to 500 people rendered homeless for food plaza, helipad
13 January 2021 - NewsClick
Property rights linked to better health of young girls
11 January 2021 - Outlook
Delhi's shelter homes 'the only place where we feel safe', homeless women say
10 January 2021 - Sputnik News

2020

Winter shelters for the homeless: Don't cut corners
30 December 2020 - Hindustan Times
No country for the poor: Inhumane evictions in Chennai
25 December 2020 - NewsClick
Too few for too many, but night shelters still beacon of warmth for homeless and jobless
23 December 2020 - Financial Express
Loss of housing played key role in Delhi migrant workers' exodus: Report
18 December 2020 - NewsClick
'Harassed for rent in lockdown, yet migrant workers willing to return to cities'
18 December 2020 - The New Indian Express
कोविड-19 लॉकडाउन: 28 फीसदी प्रवासी मजदूरों को कमरे के किराये के लिए किया गया परेशान
18 December 2020 - Down to Earth
OPINION: The promise and reality of the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
17 December 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Human Rights Day: Delhi's homeless people await shelters in the winter
10 December 2020 - NewsClick
Need more homeless shelters in Delhi on priority, says civil society organization
06 December 2020 - The New Indian Express
Why the Smart Cities Mission needs an overhaul
28 November 2020 - The Citizen
COVID-19: Over 54,000 people affected by forced evictions since pandemic struck
27 November 2020 - NewsClick
NGO claims evictions during lockdown left 435 families vulnerable in Chennai
21 November 2020 - The Times of India
Deja vu: In one of Delhi's oldest jhuggi cluster Lal Bagh, Dalit and denotified tribe families face eviction, yet again
17 November 2020 - Gaon Connection
Cities reboot: Urban life in the age of COVID-19
27 October 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
'Resettling has to be a smooth transition': Delhi slum dwellers worry about outcome of Supreme Court order
25 October 2020 - The New Indian Express
Housing rights expert group submits report, recommends in-situ rehabilitation of railway slum residents
22 October 2020 - Hindustan Times
Rapid assessment survey for homeless needed in Delhi: Housing and Land Rights Network
10 October 2020 - The New Indian Express
'Open defecation free' India still defecates in open
02 October 2020 - La Prensa Latina Media
Miedo en los barrios chabolistas de Nueva Delhi por una orden de desalojo
23 September 2020 - Agencia EFE
Forced evictions: Driving India's homelessness crisis
23 September 2020 - Health Issues India
India's 2 million homeless: Unseen victims of Covid-19
22 September 2020 - Media India Group
22 people lose homes every hour: Has humanity gone missing?
18 September 2020 - Youth Ki Awaaz
Supreme Court orders eviction of lakhs of Delhi's slum dwellers during the pandemic
13 September 2020 - Asiaville News
Smothering the housing rights of the urban poor
12 September 2020 - The Hindu
Civil society groups urge SC to reconsider its slum eviction order
11 September 2020 - Hindustan Times
Delhi: Double blow
07 September 2020 - Frontline
Court order to clear Delhi's Railway 'slums' will cause 'great distress', warn activists
05 September 2020 - Reuters
Life a struggle, can't Supreme Court rethink decision, ask residents of Delhi slums along railway lines
04 September 2020 - Hindustan Times
Supreme Court orders removal of slums around Delhi rail tracks, stops courts from staying eviction
03 September 2020 - Hindustan Times
5.68 lakh evicted from home in 3 years, 20k amid pandemic: Study
01 September 2020 - The Times of India
After losing their livelihoods, craftsmen in Delhi's Badarpur mourn demolished houses
29 August 2020 - NewsClick
Gurugram: Slum razed to build park, hundreds of daily-wage workers left homeless
27 August 2020 - The Wire
Homeless to get all-weather tents in Ahmedabad
26 August 2020 - The Times of India
रिपोर्ट: लॉकडाउन में करीब 20,000 लोग विस्पाथित हुए
21 August 2020 - DW Hindi
Houses being demolished, people continue to be evicted across India: Report
19 August 2020 - The New Indian Express
Almost 6 lakh people forcefully evicted in last 3 years; 20,000 in COVID-19 lockdown: Report
19 August 2020 - The Wire
6 lakh people evicted from homes since 2017, at least 20,000 during Covid-19 pandemic: Report
19 August 2020 - Deccan Herald
20,000 people forcefully evicted from their homes between March and July during Lockdown: Report
19 August 2020 - News 18
Millions in India face eviction amid coronavirus recovery push
18 August 2020 - Reuters
In India's Chennai, river restoration lands hardest on the poor
29 July 2020 - Undark
Over 13,500 Forcibly Evicted During Pandemic - 'We Didn't Have Our Homes When We Returned From a Funeral'
17 July 2020 - Citizen Matters
Delhi: EDMC demolishes encroachments in East Laxmi Market, residents question timing of move
09 July 2020 - Hindustan Times
The US and India have another commonality during COVID-19: Evicting tenants
08 July 2020 - Newsclick
Homeless left to fend for themselves as free meals during lockdown period discontinued
08 July 2020 - Hindustan Times
Evictions, demolitions continue across India even amid surge in COVID-19 cases
18 June 2020 - The New Indian Express
Under cover of COVID, India's poor lose their homes
18 June 2020 - Article 14
Delhi: Behind gutted settlements, 'scant regard' for rights of the poor
11 June 2020 - Newsclick
Health workers, slum dwellers face housing bias as lockdowns lift
03 June 2020 - Reuters
Pandemic shows that housing problems in India are greater than imagined (in Portuguese)
12 May 2020 - Brasil de Fato
COVID-19 lockdown has exposed major gaps in social protection systems, says report
07 May 2020 - Newsclick
Inadequate centre-state coordination caused poor implementation of COVID-19 relief measures: Report
06 May 2020 - The New Indian Express
Shelter homes should get breakfast too: Housing and Land Rights Network recommends to Delhi government
02 May 2020 - The New Indian Express
Homeless people 'treated as criminals' amid coronavirus lockdowns
23 April 2020 - Reuters
In post-COVID India, social housing for migrant workers is a must
15 April 2020 - The Quint
Domain experts explain the challenges of social distancing and feasibility
14 April 2020 - The New Indian Express
COVID-19 Lockdown: Pakistani Hindu refugees feel abandoned, struggle to arrange food
11 April 2020 - News Click
'Neither alive nor dead': Residents of Delhi's informal settlements have their own lockdown woes
03 April 2020 - The New Indian Express
"Some of us will die": India's homeless stranded by coronavirus lockdown
01 April 2020 - Reuters
Them and us: rich vs. poor during the COVID-19 pandemic
30 March 2020 - In Defence of Marxism
Hunger vs Coronavirus: India's homeless struggle with 21-day COVID-19 lockdown
26 March 2020 - India Times
'Shelter homeless in vacant Delhi government buildings' during coronavirus lockdown
24 March 2020 - The New Indian Express
A call to nomadic tribes
24 March 2020 - The Wire
The homeless live on a prayer and in fear as virus spreads
23 March 2020 - The New Indian Express
Coronavirus has exposed food, housing and social protection systems across the world: Experts
21 March 2020 - The New Indian Express
'Delhi govt needs to take steps to protect homeless from virus'
21 March 2020 - The Sunday Guardian
Mumbai washes its hands of lakhs, do's & don'ts don't matter here
19 March 2020 - The Indian Express
Money can buy some protection from coronavirus, but what about the homeless?
18 March 2020 - India Times
In 'slums' and windowless apartments, Asia's poor bear brunt of coronavirus
17 March 2020 - Reuters
Delhi's footpaths: Life in the time of coronavirus
17 March 2020 - Gulf Times
Ahead of Donald Trump's Ahmedabad visit, 'slum-dwellers' face eviction: Authorities have often cleared hutments before high-profile events
24 February 2020 - Firstpost
Displaced and denied: How slum dwellers are socially, economically quarantined
10 February 2020 - The Federal
Homeless in Delhi: This election, former nomads are asking for a tiny piece of land
07 February 2020 - Scroll
Delhi's Lohar community sceptical of jhuggi-makaan scheme: Why not before polls?
06 February 2020 - The Indian Express
More evictions feared in India as citizenship law is enforced
24 January 2020 - Reuters
How the Gadia Lohars have been marginalised to Delhi’s roadsides
21 January 2020 - The Caravan
Resettled families got only 1 of 12 aid installments: Study
19 January 2020 - The Times of India
Only 4 per cent of resettled families receive allowance regularly, finds survey
13 January 2020 - DT Next

2019

Resettled residents find it hard to get social security benefits: study
13 December 2019 - The Hindu
India slum dwellers win property rights, thousands left out
06 December 2019 - Reuters
Chennai: 13 years on, 800 relocated families have no crematorium, electricity
30 November 2019 - The New Indian Express
Ten years on, India's biometric ID excludes homeless, transgender people
26 November 2019 - Reuters
Chennai's relocated children at risk of malnutrition due to inadequate anganwadis
12 November 2019 - The New Indian Express
Four million slum dwellers in Delhi to win property rights
25 October 2019 - Reuters
Delhi Development Authority demolishes hundreds of hutments on Yamuna floodplain
11 October 2019 - Hindustan Times
Home truths in Delhi: No roof, hope above heads
11 October 2019 - The Times of India
Homelessness: An Indian crisis
10 October 2019 - Health Issues India
Delhi hawkers to be free from threat of eviction after five-year delay
10 October 2019 - Reuters
Delhi's nomadic Gadia Lohar community losing out on government schemes
19 September 2019 - The New Indian Express
Fear of eviction in Delhi's Govindpuri
19 September 2019 - The New Indian Express
The dirty work behind India's smart cities
18 September 2019 - The Diplomat
Gadia Lohar community living without any amenities in national capital: Report
18 September 2019 - Mint
Why the Smart Cities Mission will miss its deadline
29 July 2019 - India Today
Power of RTI: Five times Right to Information Act helped unearth major scams
23 July 2019 - The Logical Indian
Coimbatore: 14 of 100 wards take the cake
18 July 2019 - The Times of India
The danger of the digital divide: How smart are the smart city initiatives?
10 July 2019 - Binary District
Homelessness highlights the inequality behind GDP growth numbers
02 July 2019 - The Telegraph
Free transport ain't a freebie
28 June 2019 - The Economic Times
Widows of suicide farmers to get land titles in Indian state
21 June 2019 - Reuters
Indian cities urged to develop heat action plans as temperatures soar
14 June 2019 - Reuters
Dozens dead in India's prolonged heatwave as rains delayed
14 June 2019 - RFI
Enslaved for decades, indigenous Indians freed by land titles
30 May 2019 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Are Indian smart cities really smart?
14 May 2019 - The Statesman
Tribal communities suffer when evicted in the name of conservation
10 May 2019 - Down to Earth
A struggle for the right to the city: The case of Mahul
29 April 2019 - Mumbai Live
'Slum-dwellers' in Delhi out on roads
28 April 2019 - The New Indian Express
Indian state vows to end homelessness with free flats
25 April 2019 - Reuters
Two lakh of India's poor forcibly displaced in 2018, 11.3 lakh face eviction threat: Study
19 April 2019 - Counterview
Study documents 'smart city' projects forcibly displaced 17,700 people last year
15 April 2019 - Counterview
Over 2 lakh people evicted due to demolitions in 2018, claims NGO
12 April 2019 - The Times of India
Riverfront development proposal in Chennai slammed
11 April 2019 - The New Indian Express
Over 11 million face forced eviction in India, 2 lakh evicted in 2018 alone: Study
10 April 2019 - The Wire
Over 2 lakh people evicted, more than 40,000 houses demolished in 2018: Report
10 April 2019 - The New Indian Express
A national crisis called forced evictions
10 April 2019 - The Federal
Over 2 lakh people forcefully evicted across India in 2018: Report
10 April 2019 - News Click
More than 11 million face eviction, displacement as India booms
09 April 2019 - Reuters
Millions of Indian women, homeless 'left behind' ahead of elections
26 March 2019 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
India election 2019: Have 100 'smart cities' been built?
25 March 2019 - BBC
Forced evictions illegal, slum dwellers have right to city: Delhi court
20 March 2019 - Reuters
How close is India to getting 100 Smart Cities?
26 January 2019 - Scroll.in
In Asia's space-starved cities, urban planners bring 'dead' land to life
16 January 2019 - Reuters

2018

No toilets in schools, children in Perumbakkam settlements have to defecate in the open
27 December 2018 - The New Indian Express
Too many projects, not enough cities?
03 December 2018 - The New Indian Express
With no respite from pollution, Delhi govt will soon distribute masks among homeless
09 November 2018 - News 18
Not just a roof, homeless looking for rehab too
11 October 2018 - The Times of India
On World Habitat Day, families share their struggle for 'home'
02 October 2018 - The Times of India
The global housing and land crisis needs a human rights response
01 October 2018 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary tale
03 September 2018 - Reuters
Aiming for equity in planning
26 August 2018 - Navhind Times
'Problems galore for urban shelter homes'
25 August 2018 - The Hindu
'Too afraid to sleep': India's homeless women suffer as cities expand
14 August 2018 - Reuters
Exclusionary state
13 August 2018 - The Hindu
India's ambitious 'Smart Cities Mission' embraces one hundred participating cities
24 July 2018 - International Bar Association
If smart cities exclude the vulnerable, who are they smart for?
18 July 2018 - Economic and Political Weekly Engage
India's "smart" city proposals consider migrant, unskilled population a security threat to urban citizens
07 July 2018 - Counterview
Whose cities are these and how smart will they be?
04 July 2018 - Citizen Matters
Culture push to drive Dalit reassertion in Chennai
03 July 2018 - Mint
Human rights ignored in Smart Cities Mission: Civil society report
24 June 2018 - The Hindu
Smart Cities Mission: Study points to lack of focus on marginalised communities
23 June 2018 - The Wire
Smart Cities Mission is too project-based and lacks integrated vision: Report
23 June 2018 - Mint
Only 8% of PM's ₹2.3 lakh crore Smart Cities Mission complete; Only 8% Indians will benefit from mission
22 June 2018 - National Herald
Why Modi's Smart Cities project hasn't proven to be all that smart after all
22 June 2018 - Catch News
Taking the vitals of India's Smart Cities Mission
01 June 2018 - Forbes India
Tracking the progress of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
28 March 2018 - Qrius
City beautification efforts rendered many homeless in 2017: Study
21 March 2018 - The Times of India
2.6 lakh evicted across India
28 February 2018 - The Hindu
No country for the underprivileged: Government's infrastructure push has urban poor fighting for homes
26 February 2018 - The Wire
Six homes demolished every hour in forcible eviction drives: NGO
24 February 2018 - Deccan Herald
1.2 lakh people evicted to make our cities beautiful, slum-free and smart: HLRN
24 February 2018 - Citizen Matters
India evicting 30 people an hour as cities modernize - activists
23 February 2018 - Reuters
Urbanization triggers land disputes in Indian cities
20 February 2018 - Reuters
El alojamiento en edificios vacíos del Gobierno, una solución ante el frío para millones de sin techo en India (In Spanish)
10 February 2018 - Europa Press
Empty government buildings can be homeless shelters, India top court says
09 February 2018 - Reuters
Millions of empty homes, but migrants to Indian cities cannot rent them
03 February 2018 - Reuters
Delhi's pollution is putting the poorest at risk
23 January 2018 - Huffington Post
Voices of the dispossessed: Story of Gadia Lohars in Delhi
19 January 2018 - Zee News
Citizens should have a greater say in our smart cities
18 January 2018 - Hindustan Times
A new UN declaration could finally protect rural and landless peoples
04 January 2018 - Open Global Rights

2017

More brickbats than bouquets for Smart Cities Mission in 2017
31 December 2017 - Citizen Matters
Displaced Ejipura residents will have to wait another year for promised homes
27 November 2017 - The Times of India
Smart cities might not be such a bright idea
22 November 2017 - Financial Times
The inconvenient truth about smart cities
17 November 2017 - Scientific American
How distressed rural migrants shelter in cities
17 November 2017 - The Wire
The homeless rub soot and oil on the faces of young daughters to save them from sexual predators
17 November 2017 - Huffington Post
Indian farmers' widows suffer threats to children over land - report
24 October 2017 - Reuters
'Farm widows' bearing brunt of family crisis: Study
19 October 2017 - The Times of India
Urgent need to address plight of Vidarbha's 'farm widows,' finds study
17 October 2017 - The Wire
Chennai: 'Slum-dwellers' to get homes within city
11 September 2017 - The Hindu
Urban homeless in India
04 September 2017 - Media India Group
Criticism of India's Smart Cities Mission is mounting
21 August 2017 - Citiscope
Families relocated after floods in distress: Study
05 August 2017 - The Times of India
Slum resettlement colonies to be smaller, closer
05 August 2017 - The New Indian Express
Chennai: Yes to 'slum' clearance, no to ghettos
05 August 2017 - The Hindu
Eviction process post-2015 floods violated human rights: Study
05 August 2017 - DT Next
Former Ejipura EWS residents lives worse after eviction: Report
31 July 2017 - Citizen Matters
Demolitions changed residents' lives for the worse
30 July 2017 - Deccan Herald
Evicted Ejipura residents still in lurch: Report
30 July 2017 - Bangalore Mirror
Four years on, those evicted struggle to make ends meet
29 July 2017 - The Hindu
BBMP MoU promises EWS land to developer, against rules
18 July 2017 - Citizen Matters
Is India's plan to build 100 smart cities inherently flawed?
29 June 2017 - Arch Daily
Thiruvananthapuram tops list of 30 smart cities; 4 Tamil Nadu cities in new batch
23 June 2017 - The Hindu
Poor neglected in India's 'smart cities' plan, housing advocates say
23 June 2017 - Humanosphere
Rush for Indian smart cities 'ignoring poor and vulnerable'
14 June 2017 - Engineering News
India's 'locked up' land is enough to build housing for all, experts say
13 June 2017 - Reuters
'No place for the poor' in India's Smart Cities, campaigners say
12 June 2017 - Reuters
Smart Cities Mission violates human rights, says HLRN study
09 June 2017 - The Indian Saga
UNHRC recommendations stonewalled by India
11 May 2017 - National Herald
When human rights broke the internet in India
09 May 2017 - News Laundry
Delhi must revamp its shelters for homeless women
02 May 2017 - Hindustan Times
India's affordable housing plan won't fix homelessness, say campaigners
30 January 2017 - Reuters
Homeless in wintry northern India shiver in buses, portable cabins
17 January 2017 - Reuters
When home is the street: India's pavement dwellers battle apathy, rain
10 January 2017 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Chennai 'slum dwellers' pushed to city fringes face leaking pipes, lost jobs
09 January 2017 - Reuters

2016

Hundreds resist eviction from Delhi slum as new housing falls short
22 December 2016 - Reuters
Thousands of armed police, bulldozers for 3700 artists of Kathputli Colony
19 December 2016 - Realty Myths
Demolition in Delhi leaves hundreds of shanty dwellers in cold
12 December 2016 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Demolition of shanties in Delhi leaves thousands homeless
12 December 2016 - Digital Journal
The Habitat III challenge to governments: the private sector cannot build cities
31 October 2016 - Abba News (in Italian)
Right to the city: A tentative victory at Habitat III
28 October 2016 - ULC
Lessons learned at Habitat III
24 October 2016 - Devex
How the world's slums are shaping their futures
23 October 2016 - The Japan Times
Slumdog vs. millionaire: How the few plan to eradicate the many
22 October 2016 - Telesur
Urban poor get rough deal on housing
21 October 2016 - Bangkok Post
Organizaciones de activistas de la vivienda califican de 'incompleta' la Nueva Agenda Urbana
20 October 2016 - El Comercio (in Spanish)
Habitat III: Asentamientos informales
20 October 2016 - Quito Press (in Spanish)
Mil millones de sobrantes
20 October 2016 - AIM Digital (in Spanish)
Urban housing, living woes prime focus at UN meet 'Habitat III'
19 October 2016 - The Pioneer
Como cambiar la vida de mil millones de personas con menos derechos que los presos
19 October 2016 - El Pais (in Spanish)
Slumscapes: How the world's five biggest slums are shaping their futures
17 October 2016 - Reuters
Right to information: What 11 years of the RTI Act of 2005 have done for India
12 October 2016 - Firstpost India
Villagers welcome dam step by PMO
27 September 2016 - The Telegraph
Mapithel Dam slammed
27 September 2016 - The Sangai Express
Human rights organizations demand immediate release of water from Mapithel Dam
27 September 2016 - E-PAO
Development and displacement consultation held at Imphal
26 September 2016 - E-PAO
Habitat III agenda must address human rights and the needs of rural people
06 September 2016 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
PMO intervene commissioning of Mapithel Dam
31 August 2016 - Imphal Times
Maharashtra state to give women slum dwellers joint ownership rights
29 August 2016 - Reuters
Kejri govt goes on a demolition drive
16 July 2016 - Sunday Guardian
Are India's 'smart cities' the smart choice?
03 June 2016 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Housing and Land Rights Network NGO's challenges
02 June 2016 - India & You
India's luxury investments will ramp up homelessness, UN expert warns
25 April 2016 - Public Finance International
2,000 people made homeless by 'TMC-backed' goons
23 April 2016 - Sunday Guardian
The story of a forced eviction in Kolkata
21 April 2016 - The Thumb Print
Forced eviction in Kolkata for bridge construction left nearly 400 families shelterless, jobless
14 April 2016 - News World
Government should treat housing as a human right, not a marketable commodity
09 February 2016 - The Wire
Housing, living in India fraught with accessibility, other challenges: Report
08 February 2016 - Mint
HLRN report for the UN Habitat III conference released
06 February 2016 - OneWorld South Asia
Public discussion on slum evictions in Bengaluru sees few govt officials
02 February 2016 - Citizen Matters
Activists for 'Model' Solution
29 January 2016 - Bangalore Mirror
Slum-dwellers' relocation falls flat
28 January 2016 - The Times of India
Slum demolished, cold kills woman
22 January 2016 - The Times of India
No recovery shelter, women suffer a lot
21 January 2016 - The Times of India

2015

With no 'housing for all', threat of forced evictions to continue in Delhi
15 December 2015 - DNA
5 Scams the RTI Act helped bust in its first 10 years
12 October 2015 - The Huffington Post
Can a law end housing apartheid?
31 May 2015 - The Times of India
The World Bank admits serious flaws in resettlement policy
31 March 2015 - Brettonwoods Project
Land bill implies deep trouble
27 March 2015 - DNA

2014

Only 9% of kids at Kannagi Nagar resettlement site have access to education
31 July 2014 - The Times of India
They seek a permanent home
30 April 2014 - The Hindu
Better housing answer to slum fires
27 April 2014 - The Times of India
Police reach out to the homeless
22 April 2014 - Deccan Herald
Book by Delhi's homeless exposes police brutality
20 April 2014 - DNA
Strings attached
18 April 2014 - Frontline
Victims of forced eviction need support from government, judiciary
17 April 2014 - DNA

2013

A Slum Spends Sleepless Nights in Fear of Eviction
05 November 2013 - The New York Times
Delhi's homeless women: the street, my shelter, my home
31 October 2013 - Future Challenges
LG plans committee for homeless
31 October 2013 - The Times of India
Right to the city
15 August 2013 - The Hindu
Right to life violated, say activists
10 July 2013 - The Times of India
Indemnity for K'mal riot victims inadequate
08 June 2013 - The Pioneer
Launch of Report: 'Unjust Compensation: Assessment of Damage and Loss of Private Property'
07 June 2013 - Christian Persecution Update
Delhi government indifferent to homeless women: NGOs
10 April 2013 - One World South Asia
NHRC notice to Chief Secretary on evictions from Ejipura
12 March 2013 - The Hindu
Rights groups appeal to international bodies
26 January 2013 - The Hindu

2012

'All marginalized groups are insecure'
08 December 2012 - The Hindu
A futile effort of throwing out beggars
10 October 2012 - Hindustan Times
National Forum for Housing Rights launched
02 October 2012 - The Times of India
Homeless death toll alarming
09 September 2012 - Deccan Herald
India uproots most people for 'progress'
04 June 2012 - The Times of India
A life of human dignity for all
14 April 2012 - The Hindu
India drafts land rights bill to protect farmers
18 January 2012 - ABC Radio

2011

India: Arbitrary arrest and continued detention of human rights defender
09 December 2011 - Frontline Defenders
Invisible among the uncounted
06 December 2011 - The New York Times
Government replies to NHRC, denies eviction during Commonwealth Games
10 August 2011 - The Times of India
Rights groups bring out report on DDA slum demolition
06 July 2011 - The Hindu
The imperative of inclusion
02 June 2011 - The Financial Express
Slum dwellers accuse DDA, police of taking bribe
19 April 2011 - The Hindu
Census far from satisfactory
06 March 2011 - The Hindu
India counts its homeless amid demands for action
03 March 2011 - Mail and Guardian
Displaced by Games, thousands still languishing
07 February 2011 - The Times of India

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