November 2011

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Chronicle: Magnus Hammar
'Young Adults matter, here and there'
U.K; What future for social housing?
Report from Tenant´s Day in Brussels
Little action on housing for young people
IUT protests against evictions in the UK
Housing and the EU - current issues
Norway goes for homeownership
Provivienda, housing solution in Spain
Private rental sector, increased importance
Stockholm protests against privatisations
Canada, Toronto, ground zero for renters
Japan coping with disasters
South Africa with a an aspiration to house all

GT November 2011 in pdf
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July 2011

Contents:

Chronicle by Heidrun Clausen, DMB
'German youths need new and fair
housing'
Young adults´rights to housing of
their own, by Sven Bergenstråhle
USA: Renewed importance of
rental housing
Japan, and young adults
Scotland, with a right-to-housing
by 2012
Canada, no-fault policy on bed-bugs
Armenia, suffering from political
and nature disasters
Bulgaria, with a long tradition of
homeownership
Australia, Canberra
New Zealand and demand for rentals
Croatian Union of Tenants, 20 years
Czech Republic deregulates rents
International Tenants´ Day

GT July 2011, ENG, in pdf
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March 2011

Contents:

Chronicle by Michelle Reid, Chief Executive
of TPAS England
Affordable rental housing for the Young
- IUT theme 2011
Sweden, and housing for the young
Finland, with good housing for all?
Living in Paris
Polish tenants unite!
Housing in Spain, and about FAVIBC
MVÖ, Austria, 1911-2011
CTO, tenants in Cleveland, Ohio USA
Dhaka, Bangladesh
New book on rental housing and tenants
in Russia
Victoria, Australia, from TUV Melbourne
UK tenants lack the force of tenants´ voice on mass

GT March 2011, ENG, in pdf
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November 2010

Contents:

Chronicle by IUT President S. Bergenstråhle
Death of Social Housing in England?
Report from IUT congress in Prague
Housing for an ageing generation
Follow up on the 'Dutch case'
Evictions in Kenya
At what Cost? Reflection by an Aussi tenant
Stark contrasts in Latvia
Housing in Croatia
Revitalizing social housing in Hungary
Karl Marx Hof 80 years, and Notices

GT November 2010, ENG, in pdf
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May 2010

Contents:

Greetings from Russia!
Spaced out in the UK
IUT congress in Prague
Congress theme: Affordable housing,
does such exist? Facts & figures
Snapshots from Australia
EU, its Commission and its cases
EU and Urban Intergroup
Poland, and new threatening laws
Albania, a country in transition
Switzerland, from Geneva and Zürich
and Notices

GT May 2010, ENG, in pdf
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December 2009

Magnus Hammar; Tunnel vision and my
top 5
IUT congress 2010, in Prague
Report from International Tenants Day 2009, in Brussels
London, one of Europes´ most expensive cities
Right to Housing in France, South Africa and in Scotland
Croatia
Australia, NSW; Ending tenancies
Australia, tenant protection in Tasmania
Macedonia, in the heart of the Balkans

GT December 2009 in pdf
In French, en français

September 2009

Contents:

Chronicle: Social housing in a true social Europe
Denmark, and LLO
IUT Brussels, and the EU
Tenant's Milestones, and new € available for housing
Housing on the UN agenda
Cautious optimism in the USA
French tenants facing harder times
DMB, the voice of German tenants
Japan, and illegal renewal fees
Poland, with a housing legacy from WW II

GT September 2009 in pdf
In French, en français

April 2009

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Chronicle: Freedom to choose - for a few
Financial crises ad effects on rental housing
NL: Woonbond signs energy contract
Canada: Olympic effects
US tenants movement and NAHT
Ireland, with few tenants
New Zealand
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tanzania, and IUT Focal Point in Africa
Feantsa vs. Slovenia
China and affordable housing
KFTRA, England
England, a new tenant's voice and TSA.

GT April 2009 in pdf

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Chronicle: Time of Crisis or Opportunities
Tenants´ Day in the EU Parliament
Scotland and the Right to Housing
Italy and increasing homelessness
Hong Kong
Living in Murmansk, Russia
Polish tenants take to the streets
Australia; Youth homelessness
South Africa, Rehabilitation of social housing
Istanbul, Turkey
Nairobi, being a tenant in Nairobi
England: dark clouds over social housing
Norway: High costs of living

GT December 2008 in pdf

September 2008 GTSept2008

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Build affordable housing now!
News from IUT EU liaison office in Brussels
San Francisco and housing battle
TAROE England
Canada - Vancouver
Slovakia, with hardly any rentals
Brussels, capital of Europe
Sweden, with rental housing at crossroads
Australia, will the new government improve housing?

GT September 2008 in pdf

April 2008

Contents:

Chronicle: IUT in the capital of Europe
Sitting Tenants in CEE-region
Poland, Nowa Huta and its residents
Latvia: transition with high human costs
Macedonia
Seamy side of Brussels
Norway, where rental housing is overlooked
Tenants in N.Y. Harlem
Mexico City
Liberia, a country of renters
Fuel poverty in the UK

GT April 2008 in pdf

November 2007

Theme: IUT Congress
Contents:

Chronicle: Alexandra Pascalidou
"Ownership does not always make you happier"
Success story from Holland
Italy: Not a crime to occupy an empty dwelling
Canada: Lack of affordable housing
"Young adults" in Sweden care about their future
Brasilia - one of it's kind!
Massive campaign by Swedish Union of Tenants.
IUT Congress in Berlin, September 20-23
Switzerland: No 1, but there are shortcomings!

GT November 2007 in pdf

June 2007

Theme: Russia
and Privatisation of Rental Housing
Contents:

Chronicle: A better life in Russia for my son
by Prof. Yelena Shomina, Moscow
Article: Housing in Moscow
Germany: Peoples´s initiative saved municipal housing
New leadership in the DMB, Germany
Stockholm´s new political majority sells the public housing stock
How to prevent further riots in Paris
Wales, U.K., seeks to transfer its housing stock
South Africa; Abused women and children find shelter
About IUT Congress 2007, and notices

GT June 2007 in pdf

January 2007

Theme: Australia
Contents:

Penny Carr, TUQ: Outdated tenancy laws in Australia
Prof. Terry Burke: Australian housing in context
Weak security of tenure in Australia
Canberra, ACT
Western Australia, TAS
Victoria, TUV
Queensland and 20 years of tenant protection
Shortcomings in Australian housing conditions; UN Special Rapporteur
About IUT Congress 2007, and notices

January 2007 in pdf

September 2006

Theme: Stop Evictions
Contents:

Chronicle: Mr C. Sommaruga ASLOCA
IUT/IAI Statement on Evictions
UN Rapporteur on Adequate Housing:
Forced evictions are gross violation
Croatian tenants being evicted
Reports on evictions in Europe
Riots in Paris
Finland: Central Union of Tenants
UN World Urban Forum III
Life in a kommunalka, S:t Petersburg
Uganda and privatisation
New Literature

GT September 2006 in pdf

April 2006

Contents:

The EU has no housing policy, or?
Present EU cases on housing
operating costs in Germany
Housing Act in England
A letter from Poland.
New Jersey tenants still fighting!
Illinois Tenants Union
Arizona tenants fight club
Rents in the Big Apple
NFTMO - tenant management in the UK
Norwegian Somalis

GT April 2006 in pdf

December 2005

Contents:
Theme: IUT 80 years

The beginning...
History of the tenant movement in
- Great Britain
- Austria
- Sweden
- US
- from Germany, Norway, Denmark, Czech Rep. and France
Org. of Civic Rights, South Africa - new IUT member
Housing problems in Brussels
6-fold rent increases in Krakow, Poland
InfoCentre, Belgrade Serbia.

GT December 2005 in pdf

August 2005

Contents:

ASB and actions in the Netherlands
Housing renovation in Canada
Tenants in Tanzania
Eroded tenement houses in Budapest
Is there a future for Dutch social housing?
New Zealand: 1000 new state homes.
German Tenants´Association manages to negotiate for shorter notice to quit!
Serbia, country and housing in transition.
Romania and a review of the housing market.
Notices: Hong Kong, Sweden, Argentina, Australia and Poland.

GT August 2005 in pdf

March 2005

Contents:
Theme: Anti Social Behaviour -ASB

What is ASB?
ASB in England and elsewhere
ASB observation in France
IUT CEE in Ljubljana
Housing on the EU agenda?
Housing in Latvia
South Korea
IUT and the Council of Europe
Vienna combats segregation
IUT and the Housing Ministers meeting in Prague
Notices from Tanzania, Serbia and Germany

GT March 2005 in pdf-file

October 2004

Contents:

IUT Congress 2004
IUT Regional office in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Housing in the US
Lisbon and gentrification
Housing subsidies - the Swedish model
Collective living in Kaliningrad, Russia.
EU influence on housing
New literature

GT October 2004 in pdf

April 2004

Contents:
Theme: South East Asia

Table of tenure forms (%) of tenure forms in Asian countries
50 years of Public Housing in Hong Kong
Japan and company housing. Tenants in Tokyo.
Short about housing in Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore
Peoples´ Republic of China
Thailand
Extra: Housing in Vietnam

GT April 2004 in pdf

January 2004

Contents

Same old story, in Finland - by our guest colomnist
New Housing Centre in Prague
IUT Congress 2004
Greetings from Israel
Sustainable housing - realistic goal or fantasy?
What's IUT up to? ... in the UN, EU and in Zagreb
News from members

GT January 2004 in pdf

September 2003

Contents

Conference in Zagreb
New demand for affordable housing in Ireland
Nigeria, where tenants fear hoodlums and 450% rent increases
Swiss tenants say no - to an improved tenancy law!
Debate - reaction from the Slovenian Ministry of Housing, and a
response from the tenants
IUT Congress in 2004
EU/Reduces rates of VAT on housing

GT September 2003 in pdf

April 2003

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