More than 400 people live in ten public housing buildings that the government of Viktor Orbán has expropriated to make way for the expansion of a university that trains public employees. The tenants, whose homes are slated for demolition, are…
With support from a Lutheran church and community center, public housing tenants in Budapest's 8th District built a tenant association to improve the condition of their apartments and buildings. The 8th District - known as Józsefváros - has 130 publicly-owned…
Budapest’s Józsefváros district, a multi-racial community with a large Roma population, has 134 public housing buildings with 4,000 apartments. Many are in poor condition. With support from Mandak House, a Lutheran church and community center, tenants are organizing to improve…
