Right to housing

social justice versus neoliberalism,
Porto, 20-22 October

RIGHT TO HOUSING: SOCIAL JUSTICE VERSUS NEOLIBERALISM

DIREITO À HABITAÇÃO: A JUSTIÇA SOCIAL CONTRA O NEOLIBERALISMO

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DRAFT PROGRAMME – interpretation in English and Portuguese

Friday 20 October

16.00 – 18.30 Oporto Worst Tour
Come see the visible effects of policies that do not support the right to housing

21.15 Stand Up comedy Diogo Faro : Casa é um direito

21.30 Housing and Europe: the role of the Left
Simon Maljevac, Levica Housing Responsible, Slovenia
Marisa Matias, MEP The Left
Luis Fazenda, EL Secretariat
David Madden, London School of Economics

Saturday 21 October

10.00 – 11.00 Financialisation of housing: facing the multi-headed monster
José Gusmão, MEP The Left
Ana Drago, CES Coimbra
Moderator: Madalena Figueira

11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break

11.15 – 13.00 Revolutionising social movements towards a housing revolution
Vasco Barata, Chão das Lutas
João França, journalist
Aleks Porparol, Deutsche Wohnung Berlin
Cesare Ottolini, IAI
Valeria Racu, Sindicato Inquilinas Madrid
Moderator: Raquel Lidner

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break

14.30 – 15.30 Rent regulation in the 21st century’s crazy 20s
Rodrigo Martinez, University College London
Maria Manuel Rola, Coordinator EL Housing Network, Bloco de Esquerda
Moderator: Isabel Pires

15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break

15.45 – 17.15 Youth and the right to housing: utopia or chimera
Daniel Céitinn, Dublin Councillor, Ogra Shinn Fein
Roman Čučela, EL Youth Network, KSČM (Czech Republic)
António Soares, Estudantes pela Habitação, Porto
Romana Xerez, ICSP (University of Lisboa)
Moderator: Mariana Rodrigues, Porta Adentro

18.00 Forum Theatre “É pró-tecto!”
Laboratório de Teatro e Política do Porto

Sunday 22 October

10.00 – 11.15 Housing local policies
Sérgio Aires, Porto Councillor, Bloco de Esquerda
Ian Brossat, Senator of Paris, PCF
Martha Kleedörfer, member of the district assembly of Berlin Mitte, DIE LINKE
Mauro Sirotnjak, Zagreb Councillor, Možemo
Moderator: Carla Castelo

11.15 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 Digital platforms: a black hole
Murray Cox, InsideAirbnb
Katalin Gennburg, Spokesperson for Urban Development, Berlin, Die Linke
Ricardo Lafuente, D3 – Associação pela Defesa dos Direitos Digitais
Moderator: João Bernardo, Bloco de Esquerda

12.30 – 13.30 Closing: a rent that people can pay
Mariana Mortágua, National Coordinator of Bloco de Esquerda
Claudia Haydt, EL Vice-president

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