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• Evictions and any deprivation of housing and land rights
• Financial speculation and the corruption
• Negative effects of the privatization of land, housing, water and public services
  
• The inclusive city
• The housing in dignity and in affordability
• The security of tenure
• The sustainability of our environment

Evictions:
The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster. Removal of a tenant from rental property by a law enforcement officer following the landlord’s successful lawsuit, also known as an "unlawful detainer." Further, "forced eviction" is defined in international law as “the permanent or temporary removal against their will of individuals, families and/or communities from the homes and/or land [that] they occupy, without the provision of, and access to, appropriate forms of legal or other protection."

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Privatization:
Privatization of public goods and services is the act or policy of selling or transferring control of publicly owned goods and services, such as water, electricity, and utilities, to persons or privately owned enterprises. Such privatizations often are instituted without public input and can result in land and housing dispossession, increased living costs, and evictions. The exclusion, inequality, poverty, devastation of nature, and environmental deterioration profoundly affecting human habitat today, all originate in the same causes, related to these global processes of accumulation of financial resources tha place power in fewer and fewer hands.

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Right to the City:
Cities are potentially territories with plenty of economical, environmental, political, and cultural diversity and wealthiness. They represent much more than physical space distinguished by a higher density of people. The urban life style influences the way we connect with others and the city around us. Cities are far from offering equal conditions and opportunities to its inhabitants. The majority of the urban population is prevented from or limited to fulfilling their elementary needs because of their economic, social, cultural, ethnic, gender, and age. This situation leads us to the challenge of building a sustainable model of society and urban life, which would be based on the principles of solidarity, freedom, equity, dignity and social justice.

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Social Production of Habitat:
Social production is a people-centred process, through several self-management modalities, ranging from spontaneous individual self-production, to collective production with high organizational levels and complexity of production, negotiation, broad participation and management. It often involves a joint venture between communities and local governments, sometime also with the private sector. Its purposes are not lucrative, but practical problem solving and, thus, realize human rights consistent with principles human dignity, State responsibility and fairness.

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