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Pooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mortuaries in India, though she pays for it herself – and it ended her engagementOn an overcast, blustery day, with cars honking in the distance…
Read MoreTourist hub plagued by lack of homes, surging rents and traveller influx provides ‘starkest’ picture of country’s property crunchWhen Merlin Traçable finishes work at a ski rental shop in Queenstown, New Zealand, he looks for a place to park his van.Tr…
Read MoreMotels used to temporarily house homeless people were found to often be unclean and unsafeNew Zealand’s emergency housing system that temporarily places homeless people in motel units is breaching human rights, with residents reporting filthy and unsaf…
Read MoreNearly 10,000 New Zealanders are in emergency accommodation in motels, as the cost of living soars and public housing wait lists blow outKristina Reid is trying to make the best of a bad situation. The walls of the motel room she has called home for th…
Read MoreAt the start of the pandemic, New Zealand made headlines for appearing to eliminate homelessness, but the story is more complicatedFranki began living on Auckland’s streets at age 15, shortly after his father died in 2018. He hunted for secret spots to…
Read MoreCity records coldest January day in nearly a decade while temperatures across month plummet 2-6C below normalIndia’s capital, New Delhi, is shivering through an unusually harsh bout of winter cold, blamed for killing scores of homeless people and leavi…
Read MoreIn Rajasthan a project developing self-esteem and skills is getting people off the streets and into workPandit Tulsidas, 52, was resting under a tree by a road junction in Jaipur, Rajasthan, where he had begged for years.When an official approached him…
Read MoreAs Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no proper plans for residentsMaqsooda Bibi, 62, did not know the house she had lived in all her life would be demolished, forcing her whole family to be…
Read MoreLabour-led government has pledged $100m to keep 1,200 motel rooms available for the homeless for a year but obstacles to cementing gains remainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt was an unexpected outcome of the strict lockdo…
Read MoreFor millions of young people, coronavirus restrictions have made access to food, water and shelter even more precariousTimothy, a teenager on the streets of Mombasa, wonders how he will eat. “Rich people can stay home … because they have a store well s…
Read MoreList has more than doubled in size to 14,500 in two years since Jacinda Ardern promised to fix crisis The waiting list for state housing in New Zealand has hit a record high as the government struggles to cope with the booming number of homeless people…
Read MoreThe government dreamed of a metropolis that is a beacon to all but the pace of change has left some behind and others disillusionedTāmaki Makaurau, the Māori name for Auckland which can be translated as “the place desired by many”, is living up to its …
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