Successful rent strike Riekerhaven Original article taken from Global Info – Last Wednesday, April 20, three Amsterdam tenants’ associations decided to start a campaign against high rents by calling on tenants throughout the Netherlands to refuse the annual rent increase. A demonstration will be held on May 28, where […]

We Refuse the Rent Increase: 10 years of rent increase is enough! Over the past 10 years, rents have increased by more than 35%. More than 800,000 tenants do not have enough left over for the necessary costs and living expenses after paying the rent. Action group 'We Refuse the Rent Increase' is therefore fighting for a multi-year rent freeze (2022-2026) to ensure housing for everyone

This year's general meeting of Vonovia SE, the largest housing company in Europe, will also only take place virtually on the internet. But this does not stop a broad alliance of tenant organizations and critics of the company from demonstrating against the business practices and the growing power of Vonovia, LEG and similar companies. On Saturday, 23 April 2022, they want to take their protest to the streets of Bochum. Starting at 12.30 pm in front of the main railway station.

Call for Housing Action Day 2022 – March 26 and 27 – For the fourth time in a row, we are calling on everyone to participate in Housing Action Day. We, the European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and the City (EAC), are a network of 31 grassroots organizations from 19 European countries founded in 2013.

The residents of the Noordendijk flats in Dordrecht are still fighting against their impending homelessness as a result of evictions on 8 March. After the solidarity action on February 25, we will continue to put pressure on all concerned housing associations, anti-squat agencies and flexible housing providers who are responsible for these unnecessary evictions. From Monday 7 March, let these companies know by mail or telephone that they do not agree with making the residents homeless and exchanging the residents! Tenants are not exchangeable!

In the flats on Noordendijk in Dordrecht's Vogelbuurt, housing corporation Woonbron is currently trying to evict a group of temporary tenants and exchange them for another group of temporary residents. The residents and the BPW are taking action to prevent temporary tenants from being exchanged for each other, resulting in people becoming homeless. The flats are rented out temporarily on the basis of the Vacancy Act, but will only be demolished after October. There is therefore no need to exchange residents for each other and thus make them homeless.

For the art project 'On smooth ice', the Graphic Atelier Den Bosch asked seven visual artists to explore the theme of loss. Through the Bond Precaire Woonvorm (BPW) two artists came into contact with people who are dealing with a housing shortage. Their work will be shown during the foundation's open day on Saturday 19 February.

After a long struggle, the appeal against the eviction of the chronically ill Hans will follow on January 19. BPW is demanding a stop to this eviction and a reduction of the rent to below the liberalization limit so that he can continue to live in his current home. We ask everyone to show solidarity and to attend the session at 60 Prins Clauslaan, The Hague.