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Caracas Families Evicted without Alternative |
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Forced eviction |
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| Date | 01 January 2006 | ||||||||
| Region | LAC [ Latin America/Caribbean ] | ||||||||
| Country | Venezuela | ||||||||
| Location | Caracas | ||||||||
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| Brief narrative |
"In January 2006, employees of the Ministry of Housing evicted at least 368 families from their homes adjacent to the Caracas viaduct. After heavy rains and landslides, the area was considered to be in danger of further landslides, as well as the collapse of the viaduct. Many of the evictees had no immediate housing alternatives, although the Ministry of Infrastructure assured affected families that they would be given one of three options: a home in a safer location, a subsidy to purchase a home, or alternative housing under construction for the evicted families in Miranda State.226 226 = Minvih acelera proceso de desalojo en el barrio Nueva Esparta’, ABN, (7 Jan. 2006), http://www.abn.info.ve/go_news5.php?articulo=32396&lee=2 ------------------------------------------------------------- Source: page 62COHRE Global Survey on Forced Evictions 2003-2006 Found at http://www.cohre.org/store/attachments/Global_Survey_10.pdf | ||||||||
| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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