FA9: The Roof Above Our Heads
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Talk#9 dives into the work of Habita! Organization from Portugal, through the words of our member Rita Silva.
Habita! is an independent collective established in 2014 in Lisbon, Portugal, that fights for the Right to Housing and to the City, understanding these two components as directly connected. The current pandemic crisis has made more visible the correlation between housing and public health problems. Habita! promoted a political campaign with other groups in order to pressured Lisbon municipality to respond to the needs of the homeless people left without food distribution, shelter or access to sanitation for the first weeks of the pandemic.
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