Ten facts about Haiti’s housing crisis

Headline Title: Ten facts about Haiti’s housing crisis 12 January 2015 Amnesty International’s new report: “15 minutes to leave” - Denial of the right to adequate housing in post-quake Haiti documents the tragic lack of progress made rebuilding the country since the 2010 earthquake five years ago and finds: 1. More than 2 million people were left homeless after the earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010. 2. According to the latest data (September 2014) 123 camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) remain open in Haiti, housing 85,432 people. …

Read complete article

~	Fractured futures: Upward mobility for immigrants is a myth as their health declines

~	The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopias

~	Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students

~	Since Tesla recalled its vehicles in 2023, there have been 20 accidents and investigators are asking why

~	What is energy made of? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast

~	Students on social work, nursing and teaching placements to get weekly $319.50 means tested Prac Payment from July next year

~	Nigeria’s minimum wage has never protected workers from poverty: here’s why

~	African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them

~	Hong Kong ranks low on global press freedom index as watchdog cites ‘unprecedented’ setbacks

~	Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance