scholarly journals Unsettled – Reconsidering the Notion of ‘Homelessness’ through the Lens of Urban Movement

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Strothmann
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Political System ◽  
Property Ownership

This paper proposes to reconsider the notion of ‘homelessness’ under the lens of urban movement, suggesting that the long prevailing stigma against people experiencing homelessness is a repercussion of the idea that living an unsettled life can destabilize capitalist societies. Living on the move, by choice or, most commonly, without one, embodies a resistance to the capitalist valorization of land: Transient lifestyles resist the precept of property ownership, and hint at alternative ways of living in cities, beyond capitalist norms. Simultaneously, they are bodily evidence of the mechanisms of urban displacement further triggered by real estate speculation, as it is the socio-economic and political system of capitalism which produces contemporary conditions of unchosen homelessness. Thus, the paper links the stigmatization of homelessness to notions of urban movement and capitalist urban logics. Untangling these complex dependencies, then, becomes also a way to reconsider notions of making a home in cities.

scholarly journals Real estate dispossession and evictions in Spain: a theoretical geographical approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Parreño Castellano ◽  
Josefina Domínguez Mujica ◽  
Matilde Teresa Armengol Martín ◽  
Jordi Boldú Hernández ◽  
Tanausú Pérez García
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Political System ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Accumulation System ◽  
Spatial Terms ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Socioeconomic Consequences ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

The recent economic crisis in Spain has revealed the weakness of a real estate model based on an over-indebtedness that was upheld and promoted by the financial and political system. As the foundations of this system began to crumble, the socioeconomic consequences soon started to show; among them, a rise in evictions and foreclosures that is particularly relevant to the field of Geography. This paper has two main goals: First, to provide a theoretical reflection on the state of affairs in real estate dispossession and eviction in the context of both the Spanish crisis and the global trend towards the financialization of the world economy; and second, to offer a methodological interpretation based on a new study source, namely, the proceedings filed in the Centralized Service of Process and Attachments Offices of judicial districts, which allow to examine how the above mentioned phenomena translate in spatial terms. The results of the study emphasize the structural character of dispossession through legal action in our country’s secondary accumulation system as well as the need to move forward in the use of judicial records by means of a correct interpretation of proceedings and through the refining of the geographical information.

An Analytical view of the Extent to which the Tax Accounting Process Conforms to the Transfer of Property Ownership in Accordance with Resolution 120 of 2002 with the Tax Rules

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 266-278
Author(s):  
Alaa Hussein Alwan ◽  
Mohammed Salman Abbood
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Tax Administration ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Property Ownership ◽  
Calculation Process ◽  
Property Transfer ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
The One ◽  
Estate Ownership ◽  
Tax Accounting

The tax on the transfer of real estate ownership is one of the taxes that were applied in Iraq after the year 2002 according to Resolution No. 120 of 2002. This was due to the problems that faced the work of the General Tax Authority in the process of accounting for transactions of transferring ownership of the property according to the previous mechanism of this decision. The tax accounting, according to this decision, is with the well-known tax rules because the compatibility between the tax accounting process on transferring the ownership of the property and the tax rules will lead to implant confidence between the taxpayer and the tax administration. The taxpayer's would not feel complacency and lack of unfairness when there is tax justice and clarity in the tax accounting process. Thus, this leads to avoid the problems that may occur Between the two parties to the tax accounting process. A number of applied cases are studied in Al-Mahmoudiya branch, one of the branches of the General Tax Authority. These studies are to demonstrate the extent of compatibility between the tax accounting for transferring ownership of the property with the tax rules. The research has come out with a set of conclusions, including that this type of tax does not comply with some tax rules. It is not consistent with the principle of justice, since the taxpayer who sells a share of his property bears more tax than it is. Also, it does not comply with the rule of certainty because the taxpayer does not have sufficient information about his complex tax accounting mechanism, since most of the taxpayers do not have tax awareness and are ignorant of the tax laws. It is consistent with the rule of convenience because the taxpayer will pay its amount after receiving the amount of the property that he sold or disposed of, and it corresponds to the rule of economy as it does not cost the tax administration high costs when collected. The taxpayer is the one who is forced to pay it when completing his transaction to sell his property. The research has reached a set of recommendations that could enhance the effectiveness of the tax calculation process on property transfer transactions and its compatibility with tax rules.

Beijing's investment strategy in Africa to diversify

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Property Ownership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chinese Investment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Chinese Business ◽  
China’S Economy

Subject Outlook for Chinese investment in Africa. Significance The slowdown in China's economy has led to a 38% drop in commodity exports from Africa to China in the past year and contributed to a fall in overall investment in the continent. An estimated 16 Chinese-owned mines have closed, raising fears of a wider withdrawal by Chinese business. Yet data indicate that as some investors are exiting, others are diversifying, notably into manufacturing and real estate. Impacts Falling Chinese demand for minerals will exacerbate job losses in key exporting states such as Zambia and South Africa. Construction will see strong Chinese investment in the coming years, in part due to Beijing's numerous infrastructure deals in SSA. In South Africa, plans to limit the scale of foreign property ownership could hurt investment sentiment. Beijing may push SSA states to offer non-extractive assets as collateral for future development loans, including land.

scholarly journals The Keepers of the Gate

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Burley
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Vacant Land ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Property Ownership ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Early Arrival ◽  
Constant Feature ◽  
Reproduction Of Inequality ◽  
Do So

Recent scholarship has identified inequality in real property ownership as a constant feature of urban social structure. This study of Winnipeg during the boom of 1881-82 examines the reproduction of that inequality in terms of the strategies employed by major landowners to profit in an inflationary real estate market. Such men preferred to invest in rental properties, especially commercial accommodation. Best able to do so were those members of the bourgeoisie who, by virtue of their early arrival, had acquired cheap vacant land, the sale of which financed their acquisition of rental units. Thus, the reproduction of inequality involved the conversion of prior advantage in one real estate market, that for vacant land, into an advantage in a second market, that for rental accommodation.

scholarly journals Managed Informality: Regulating Street Vendors in Bangkok

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quentin Batréau ◽  
Francois Bonnet
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Political System ◽  
Commercial Real Estate ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
District Administration

The article focuses on the relationship between street vendors and local authorities in Bangkok. We examine the goals, the means, and the effects of everyday regulation of street vending. We document how the district administration produces and maintains informality by creating a parallel set of rules where street vendors enjoy negligible rents and little competition. We provide detailed empirical evidence on earnings, rents, fines, and rules regarding commercial real estate. The district administration's policy of “managed informality” results in a situation where more established informal vendors control less established ones. We hypothesize in the conclusion that the district administration's parallel legal system adjusts to the population's expectations in a political system where the law has little popular support.

Real Estate Fraud

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate

Effect of the political system on perinatal and neonatal care in Berlin between 1950 and 2010

2015 ◽  
Vol 219 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Grünwald ◽  
M Beer ◽  
S Mamay ◽  
F Rupp ◽  
J Stupin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Neonatal Care ◽  
The Political
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