After the quake, luxury hotels rise above Haiti's homeless

Despite an outpouring of aid after the devastation of Port-au-Prince, it’s the same old story for many of the city’s poor.  By Lisa…

Outsourcing Haiti: How disaster relief became a disaster of it

By Jake Johnston, published in Boston Review, January 16, 2014 Across the country from Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, miles of…

Tens of thousands living in uncertainty in post-earthquake, Canaan settlement

Four years after the earthquake, Haiti looks to turn disaster into promise By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, Jan 11, 2014 CANAAN,…

Survey of beneficiaries of '16/6' rental subsidies shows housing of earthquake victims remains dire

See the attached, two page report on the results of a survey of the beneficiaries of the '16/6' rental subsidy program. The survey was…

Too sweet, too bitter: Three lives taken in Haiti camp fire one day before quake anniversary

By Mark Schuller, Haitian Times, Jan 12, 2014 Today marks four years since the earthquake that left Port-au-Prince, and its surrounding…

Four years after earthquake, housing, sanitation and health care are still pressing needs in Haiti

“International community’s response remains misplaced,” CEPR Co-Director says By Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Jan 9, 2014…

Questions about the reconstruction's housing projects

By Haiti Grassroots Watch, January 8, 2014 Four years after the January 12 2010 earthquake, questions haunt the four main post-disaster…

Forced evictions continue to target Haiti’s most vulnerable

By Kevin Edmonds Oct 24, 2013--It has been almost four years since Haiti was hit by the 7.0 earthquake which left over 100,000 dead and…

IOM reports big drop in IDP population after removing three areas from “official” camp list

By Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch, Oct 22, 2013 The AP reported yesterday that, “the number of Haitians still displaced by the 2010…

"Jalousie in colors" – Makeup for misery

By Haiti Grassroots Watch, Sept 23, 2013 Pétion-ville, HAITI – Pink, green, blue, red. From a distance, the thousands of brightly…