October 4th Housing Movement – CJ report

 In response to this year’s World Habitat Day (世界人居日) on October 6, a ‘sleepover’ was organized by Housing Movement on October 4 at the most expensive housing development in Taiwan – the Palace complex (帝寶) on Renai Road. 

Lying on the road outside the Palace complex, close to 10,000 protesters spent the night chanting slogans such as “Down with plutocracy, we want fairness!” Housing Movement promises to fully expose the property details of government officials and elected representatives, inspect the related political views of election candidates and ensure post-election accountability, as well as promote the movement’s five main demands for amendments to the law.

One of Housing Movement’s five main demands, “the right to adequate housing being included in the Constitution,” is important because even though the government has already agreed and signed two conventions, only by ensuring that the right to adequate housing is included in the Constitution, can the real problem be resolved: the main emphasis of reforming the nation’s property tax system is a special property tax for the richest 5% of people. Adopting this measure will allow reasonable adjustments in property prices without triggering panic in the market. 

October 4th Housing Movement (巢運) – CJ report

Unhappy with high housing prices – 10,000 people attend Housing Movement sleepover on Renai Road (DooChi)
URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/256085  

Housing Movement’s ‘Occupy The Palace’ sleepover (Sky Lee)
URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/256087 

(以下是中文對照)

10月4日巢運-公民記者報導 
不爽高房價 巢運萬人夜宿仁愛路(DooChi)
巢運夜宿帝寶 Occupy The Palace‬ #‎HousingMovement‬ ‪Taipei(Sky Lee)

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為響應10月6日的世界人居日，巢運在4日在全台房價最高的帝寶前舉辦「夜宿仁愛路」活動。近萬人躺在帝寶前的仁愛路高喊，「滅金權，要公平」。巢運承諾將全面揭露官員民代的房產資訊，並檢視候選人的相關政見與選後問責，將其五大訴求修法以推動其倡議。
 
巢運進一步說明5大訴求，其中「居住人權入憲」指的是，即使政府已經簽訂2公約，但是仍舊不知何為居住權，「唯有入憲，才能解決問題」；要改革房產稅制的重點是應課前5%有錢人的房屋持有稅，如此一來房價就能合理修正，房價也不會陷入恐慌。