urban poor issues

"iSyudad: Selected narratives of HPFPI communities in asserting their right to the city"

A product of three participatory writing workshops with urban poor groups in Metro Manila, Iloilo and Davao, the book builds on the immense wealth of grassroots knowledge and experiences amassed by the Homeless People’s Federation Philippines Inc. in its almost 20 years of fight for tenure security.
Online copies of #iSyudad may be downloaded from TAMPEI’s website: https://www.tampei.org/

Addressing disaster risk reduction through community-rooted interventions in the Philippines: experience of the Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines

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Volume: 23 issue: 2, page(s): 365-381
Article first published online: July 14, 2011; Issue published: October 1, 2011

Philippine Action for Community–led Shelter Initiatives, Inc. (PACSII), Phillipines, 

Philippine Action for Community–led Shelter Initiatives, Inc. (PACSII), Phillipines, 

Philippine Action for Community–led Shelter Initiatives, Inc. (PACSII), Phillipines, 

Establishing the role of communities in governance: the experience of the Homeless People’s Federation Philippines

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Volume: 16 issue: 1, page(s): 107-120
Issue published: April 1, 2004

Philippine Action for Community-led Shelter Initiatives, 221, Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines, 

Institute on Church and Social Issues, Ateneo de Manila, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines, 

How poor communities are paving their own pathways to freedom

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Volume: 24 issue: 2, page(s): 441-462
Article first published online: October 12, 2012; Issue published: October 1, 2012

ACHR, Thailand, email: 

PACSII, Philippines, email: 

ACHR, Thailand, email: 

Community-driven land tenure strategies: the experiences of the Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines

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Volume: 21 issue: 2, page(s): 415-441
Article first published online: September 29, 2009; Issue published: October 1, 2009

Miriam College and De La Salle University in Metro Manila, Philippines, 

Davao City, southern Philippines, 

The role of community architects in upgrading; reflecting on the experience in Asia

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Volume: 24 issue: 2, page(s): 497-512
Article first published online: October 12, 2012; Issue published: October 1, 2012

ACHR, Bangkok, Thailand, email: 

ACHR, Bangkok, Thailand, email: 

Philippine Action for Community-led Shelter Initiatives Inc. (PACSII), Philippines, email: 

Community mapping and data gathering for city planning in the Philippines

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Volume: 30 issue: 2, page(s): 501-518
Article first published online: April 27, 2018; Issue published:    October 1, 2018

A conversation about change-making by communities: some experiences from ACCA

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Volume: 24 issue: 2, page(s): 463-480
Article first published online: October 12, 2012; Issue published: October 1, 2012