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The World Cup's winners and losers

by Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariat

The World Cup has many people in South Africa in a state of collective euphoria. But, when all is said and done, the urban poor in this country will still face evictions, landlessness, homelessness, and lack of access to basic services. Just as they did well before the World Cup.

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Savers set to enter new houses in Osasco

by Ana Paula Barretto, Interaçao

84 families from the informal settlement of Portal do Campo in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, will receive keys to formal houses on 3 July. 18 of those families are part of this scheme because of their participation in savings schemes.

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New houses in Chamazi

by Tim Ndezi, CCI Tanzania

Through a collaborative process with other actors, the Tanzanian Federation has managed to influence Temeke Municipal Council and the Ministry of Land, Housing and Human Settlement Development to reduce the plot sizes from the minimum of 400 square meters to 150 square meters.

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From eviction to housing

written by Benjamin Bradlow, 2010-07-21

When the Tanzanian government evicted slum dwellers for a lucrative port expansion in Dar es Salaam. Affected residents took matters into their own hands. Now some are set to enter new houses ... that they constructed themselves.

DIY lessons for South African slum dwellers

written by Louise Cobbett, 2010-07-12

Residents of the Nairobi slum of Huruma are part of an ambitious community-led housing project that is serving as an example for slum dwellers throughout the continent.

Uganda federation breaks ground in Kawama

written by Lutwama Muhammed, 2010-06-22

The Uganda Slum Dwellers Federation used last week's Shelter Afrique conference to highlight their people-centered housing process there joined by the Minister of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development.

Concrete future

written by Ahona Ghosh, 2010-06-17

Indian authorities have tried everything from eviction and demolition to selling slum areas in the open market. The measures have just not worked. The slum rehabilitation effort in Pune is different.

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All slum dweller federations affiliated to SDI perform household enumeration surveys in informal settlements where they are active. Community members of a given settlement perform this activity, collecting information on a wide range of social indicators, information that is often unavailable or non-existent in the world of formal institutions like the state. The findings of these surveys are documented here, a new step towards bridging the gap between the informality of slum life and the technology of web-based mapping.