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.
Come to the tenant demonstration and handover of requirements in front of the City Hall at Coolsingel 40 Rotterdam on 25 February. Despite a deep housing and corona crisis, evictions continue as usual. Rotterdam (flex) tenants; residents from the Tweebosbuurt and the barracks are now taking action together. The time when residents are not taken seriously by, among others, Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, Alderman Bas Kurvers, the city council and landlords is over
Last Sunday, a group of Rotterdammers squatted a former community center in Delfshaven to make a statement against the rising inequality and poverty in the city. The action group states that Rotterdam residents with a low income are being chased out of the city.
Residents of the former fire station at 19 Laanslootseweg, a building belonging to the municipality of Rotterdam that is rented out by Camelot, are organizing themselves against the impending eviction and demanding housing security. Laurens and Rob, who have lived there for 4 years, and Steffan, who have only been living there for 10 weeks, live in the building. They would be on the street on November 26. To prevent this, BPW and residents therefore started a campaign for housing security.
“Gracious exploitation of vulnerable tenants in Rotterdam”. The BPW was approached by the “Op Weg Naar Huis” Foundation from Rotterdam. She tries to help people who have become homeless or homeless through a care process to get back on their way in society. Due to a shortage of housing in Rotterdam, it is not easy to find affordable housing for them…
In Rotterdam, a mother with child threatens to be put on the street. After 6 years of living through Ad Hoc anti-squat with a disguised lease in a Woonstad house on Rusthofstraat, she and her daughter recently received the message that they had to leave at short notice due to demolition. Problem is, the tenants have…
The research editors of the Groene Amsterdammer are writing an extensive story this week about anti-squatting and the abuses in the anti-squat sector. 'The vacancy managers have started doing what the housing associations were once established for: offering housing to people with low incomes. But unlike renting, anti-squatting is an unprotected, unregulated and insecure form of living," concludes the ...
De Groene writes a good background story about anti-squat abuses Read More »
The BPW was approached by Maria and Keith from Rotterdam, they live in office space of Bilfinger Real Estate through Alvast. Six years ago, because of the crisis, they came from Ireland to the Netherlands to build a life here. Maria graduated as a Journalist. Keith is trained as a metal worker and specialized welder. Because they don't…
On Monday 14 October, Paulus Jansen (SP) put written questions to Minister Blok (VVD) for Housing and the Central Government Service regarding housing corporations that still use anti-squat. This despite the motion adopted in March 2013 to restrict the use of the lawless anti-squat construction. The questions were asked…
ROTTERDAM - During the council meeting on Thursday 12 September, Alderman Karakus responded supportively to the pressing situation of the temporary residents of the Paradijshof/Reserveboezem III in Crooswijk. According to a letter from the housing corporation Woonstad, the temporary residents must leave their home by 31 October. Alderman Karakus has indicated that he finds it undesirable that the current temporary …
Crooswijk Residents' Committee happy with Karakus verdict Read More »
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