Sentences with phrase «expropriate housing»
Speaking to Robert Storr, Richter explained: «It was very nasty, (but) when the Russians came to our village and expropriated the houses of the rich who had already left or were driven out, they made libraries for the people out of these houses.
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The Romanian Parliament, also dominated by USL, is currently debating the modification of the 2003 Mining Law and considering amendments which would facilitate important erosion of citizens» rights, particularly by allowing foreign companies to expropriate the lands and houses of Romanian citizens on behalf of the Romanian government.
«Buildings and spaces that are sitting around unused or extremely underutilized could be expropriated by the city and turned into affordable housing or community centres,» said David Wachsmuth, a founding member of Abandonment Issues, «a Toronto - based coalition of housing activists fighting to get abandoned and underutilized buildings and spaces in the city turned into affordable housing.»