[English below] LIVING ACTION DAYS will take place in The Hague on Friday and Saturday, July 31 and August 1. The theme for Friday is social housing and precarious housing — on Saturday the theme is the sell-out of the city and gentrification. During these two days we will collectively take a stand against precarity and housing shortage. The past […]

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A growing group of tenants from corporations and private landlords from all over the Netherlands will not pay the proposed rent increase this year. The action group 'We Refuse the Rent Increase' supported by the Precaire Housing Association (BPW) finds this undemocratic, irresponsible and unacceptable and calls on all tenants to join the fight for affordable housing and housing security.

Many tenants in the Netherlands were already struggling with housing costs that were far too high. This also applies, or perhaps especially, to the so-called social rental sector, which often has a housing association as landlord. Then corona came. And the government decision to nevertheless allow the annual rent increase. Now it's enough, they say

Various tenant groups have organized themselves not to pay the proposed rent increase as of July 1. We find it scandalous that in times of corona rent increases are being implemented by housing associations and other landlords. Renters are among the people most affected by the pandemic and the economic crisis. More

When it became clear that the Covid-19 outbreak was becoming a pandemic and that there would inevitably be significant economic consequences for people who are not very well off, the Soweto housing association thought that something had to be done to alleviate the suffering among tenants. to soften. Below is an interview with a volunteer

Since May 1, 2020, a group of activists has occupied a large vacant office building on the Waldeck Pyrmontkade in The Hague's Zeeheldenkwartier (also called Zeeroverskwartier by locals). With this action they combine a personal goal — providing housing, with a social goal — blocking the controversial construction of a hotel for expats and wealthy tourists.

During the corona crisis, many people are in need, including many artists and creative freelancers in Amsterdam. They were already paying high rents before the crisis and many were just able to keep their heads above water before the corona crisis, but now many are really getting into trouble.