Demonstrators take cover as they are sprayed by security forces with a water cannon during a protest against Chile's state economic model in Santiago, Chile October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

From cell to where? New U.S. focus on home post-prison

A new Airbnb-style programme is matching people about to leave prison in the United States with local hosts with spare space

Afghanistan struggles to find housing for returning refugees

Hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees are being forced back, or returning of their own accord and struggling to find housing in the cities where they often settle for jobs

African slum map exposes true scale of urban poverty

The project aims to map the whole world - eventually - and become a tool for better city planning as mayors decide which areas most need sewers, roads and other basics

Four million slum dwellers in Delhi to win property rights

Almost 2,000 informal settlements in Delhi are set to be legalised under a new law agreed this week, giving residents the right to own their homes

Young at heart: The Spanish town where the old stay fit with Pokemon Go

A group of Spanish pensioners spend up to six hours a day walking the streets of Badalona chasing after digital ghosts, dragons and monsters to stay fit

From code to cleanliness: social entrepreneurs support San Francisco's homeless

The city has the highest median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the United States at about $3,700 a month, creating a homelessness crisis

Promise of an empty box: Mini-pantries bring free food, solidarity to U.S. streets

Free food pantries are popping up in U.S. neighbourhoods, letting people privately and anonymously gain supplies and avoid the "shame" of using federal vouchers at grocery stores

Historic U.S. island return to native tribe 'path forward' for other land transfers

While most native lands in the United States are governed as sovereign territories, they are legally held in trust by the federal government