Save the future of the Zuiderzeeweg!
The last fringes of Amsterdam are increasingly having to make way for expensive and lonely studios. This now also seems to be happening with the site on the Zuiderzeeweg (Zeeburgereiland, Amsterdam East).
Stop the eviction of Van Baerle Voor Buuren
Amsterdam is increasingly losing its soul and integrity. Once a city for and by the people, now a city for project developers and big capital. Communities that have shaped the city and are being driven out for the sake of profit margins. The resident group Van Baerle Voor Buren, however, is one of the last bastions standing in the gentrified Museum Quarter. The tenants come from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities and represent the aforementioned communities. However they might be forced out as well by H&R Holding, a major property investor in Amsterdam.
Stop the eviction of Van Baerle Voor Buren!
Stop the eviction of Van Baerle Voor Buren! Amsterdam is losing more and more of its soul and integrity. Once a city for and by the people, now a city for project developers and big business. Communities that have shaped the city are being driven out for the sake of profit margins. However, the residents' group Van Baerle Voor Buren is one of …
Stop eviction by Ymere
On Thursday 15 September, the Ymere housing association wants to evict a resident. Officially due to demolition/renovation/sale plans, but that hasn't been the case for years, not even now! Help this resident defend the right of residence!
Time is ticking in Het Klokhof
Het Kokkenhof (Amsterdam) Time is ticking Het Kokkenhof In Het Kokkenhof at 55 Surinameplein in Amsterdam, 144 residents have been living happily for years. Beneath the surface, however, commercial landlords create precarious situations. Residents have been moving internally for eight years now so that the commercial landlord Vesteda can circumvent a permanent contract. Now that there are plans for renovation, 100 residents are threatening to take to the streets…
Double Dutch – No roof, no worries. Double sewn by our government
More and more people live in precariousness and are left out. Especially people with serious psychological problems do not get the right help from agencies that they need. It is so bad that even the most needy can no longer get help.
Chelsea is one of them. They are trans, suffer from PTSD and borderline, and need urgent psychiatric care.
BPW Amsterdam spoke to them.
The housing shortage is an open door and so we kick each other's in
For BPW Amsterdam, the artist Vita Soul Wilmering recounts her experiences and experiences with anti-squatting, housing and gentrification in Duindorp (The Hague).
Nijmegen Housing Protest – Speech BPW
Nijmegen Housing Protest – Speech BPW On Sunday 31 October, there was another demonstration against the absurd Dutch housing policy. This time in Nijmegen: the Nijmegen housing protest. Of course the Bond Precare Woonvorm was present. Valued activist and board member of the Bond Precaire Woonvormn (BPW), Lilian Seip, gave a flaming speech. Read along: Speech “How…
The disaster of five years of flex rental: time for housing security
Five years and a number of studies later, it is abundantly clear: the introduction of regular temporary rental contracts has led to the normalization of flex rental with very negative consequences for tenants. Instead of looking for 'better' flexible rental solutions, the introduction of temporary rental contracts should be reversed.
Vliertstraat residents claim housing security. Municipality of Den Bosch waives eviction.
Vliertstraat residents from Den Bosch claim housing security. Mayor Mikkers recently withdrew the eviction. After 4 months of housing struggle, the eviction of 6 residents of the Bossche Vliertstraat because of 4 outdoor weed plants has been canceled.
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