More than a third of the 800 families displaced by recent demolitions of public housing no longer live in San Francisco.

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But the demolitions in Virupapura Gaddi made no sense, he said.

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However, residents have expressed concern that the demolitions might go ahead.

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To this end, it set up the New Homes Bonus, providing local authorities with payment for every property added to their council tax register, after deducting recent demolitions.

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The post office recently, reopened, and the first of 50 demolitions will start next week, which is also when Mayor George Nebel will join the 40 other residents who have been able to move back home.

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The right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the court for a three-month delay in carrying out the demolitions so a government committee can reassess the current policy of demolishing settler homes built on private Palestinian land.

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