YUVA aims to ensure people’s access to land and housing as a right. We work with people living in insecure housing conditions, facilitate access to basic services, social welfare and entitlements for social protection. We also build the resilience of communities to handle forced evictions.
Our work is spread across 9 cities – Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Vasai-Virar, Nagpur, Akola, Guwahati, Delhi and Bhopal
An adequate habitat refers to not just the housing structure, but all amenities and services needed for a dignified life. This includes access to social welfare and entitlements for social protection, basic services, open spaces, social amenities, safe environments, etc.
YUVA’s Habitat Facilitation Centres work towards this end, by facilitating access to:
In Nagpur, YUVA’s interventions on people’s right to housing and facilitation of community based organisations led to the growth of a people’s organisation, Shehar Vikas Manch (City Development Forum) in 2004. Since its formation, YUVA and Shehar Vikas Manch have worked together on multiple campaigns and advocacy efforts. Their focused efforts to ensure access to land titles for people in informal settlements has met with success. With the passing of State Government Resolutions towards people’s tenure security, it is estimated that 3,088,481 marginalised persons (derived from Census 2011 figures) are expected to benefit from the implementation.
Through our 38-year engagement on habitat we are mindful of the deep knowledge generated through our work and constantly seek newer ways to disseminate this information to further change. We work with communities, academic and research institutions, governments and experts to create a growing knowledge base, connecting community experiences and policy making by studying the intent and implementation of policies as well as their effects. Our work with people is focused on driving government accountability, with effective advocacy measures.
The knowledge generated at YUVA can take the shape of regular reporting, analytical blogs, and other formats. Head to our Blog, Publications or the Urban Resource Centre to catch up on all the research and advocacy documentation.
Cities are sites of glaring inequalities. Most at-risk communities in the city include groups of migrant workers, persons from marginalised communities and backgrounds. These settlements include:
YUVA works with each of these communities, facilitating their access to land and housing as a right. We encourage a sensitive people-led response to urban inequalities.
Caterina Raimondi, a London School of Economics and Political Science student, shares her experience of working with YUVA.
Himanshu Baranwal, School of Planning and Architecture, reflects on his internship experiences at YUVA
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