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BPW Rotterdam in Nieuwsuur about vacancy

In the broadcast of May 26, 2023, Nieuwsuur paid attention to the vacancy of homes and visited, among other things, the housing and squatting consultation hours of BPW Rotterdam. BPW wants municipalities to make an active effort to make vacant buildings available for habitation as soon as possible and to be open to squatters.

The Hofluiders ring the bell for housing security in the Klokkenhof

The Hofluiders ring the bell for housing security in the Klokkenhof The residents of the Klokkenhof have been deprived of their right to housing security for years due to internal relocations. Every two years they were offered a new flexible contract at a different address in the building. Earlier last year, the residents were suddenly told that the building is being renovated …

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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…

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February 18: Residents of Rotterdam Tweebosbuurt in action against evictions by Vestia and Alvast

Come to the handing over of demands 18/02/21, Vestia, Hilledijk 71 #Stophuisexittweebosbuurt February 18: Residents of Rotterdam Tweebosbuurt take action against evictions by Vestia and Alvast to put. Vestia wants to demolish more than five hundred social rental homes in the Tweebosbuurt and ...

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Launch European campaign against the financialisation of housing

 The BPW is also a member of The European Action Coalition. The coalition is launching an international campaign against large-scale commodification of housing. It is the result of the elaborate neo-liberal capitalist course that, in every European country, makes life a commodity in every possible way. Whether it's squares,…

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Open letter to House of Representatives against Koerhuis motion

OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SECOND CHAMBER It is with great concern that we have taken note of the motion by VVD MP Daniel Koerhuis, who calls on the government to find ways to incorporate incentives into the landlord levy for 2019 to encourage housing associations -or to force- sell expensive social housing in order to…

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Report “Guided tenants” – Vox Pop – ARTE

An excellent report has been made about the expanding lawless anti-squat construction by ARTE "" des locataires sous surveillance". http://youtu.be/sS3PMsY-gs0 It becomes clear that Camelot has close ties with politics throughout Europe. Christine Boutin, former Minister for Housing, has made it possible in France, for example, for the law to be amended to allow the use of anti-squat…

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