Cities implementing the right to housing

   Blossoming cities, blooming rents!   A visit to Porto as little as 15 years ago would show a fascinating city centre with little shops, abandoned buildings and facades eaten up by time. Today, this UNESCO world heritage site shows much of the attractiveness of urban renewal done well: refurbished apartments, new facades and well preserved narrow streets every tourist would be eager to explore. The flourishing urban centre hasn’t gone unnoticed: the Guardian newspaper recently named Porto in its 10 cities with the coolest neighbourhoods in Europe.   However, such developments have also created many challenges and come at a cost. The city is blossoming, but the rental sector is booming too: from 2013 to ...