Woonopstand

Last year there was a lot of action against the excessively high rents in the Netherlands. Rents have risen horribly in the last ten years, by an average of 35 percent. More than 800,000 tenants in the Netherlands have such high housing costs that they can no longer afford other necessary living expenses. As a protest

As part of the Housing Action Days #had2023 of the European Action Coalition, Woonoproer Haarlem draws attention to the failing housing policy. In the Netherlands, politicians pretend to solve the housing crisis, but in practice “social” policy often fails.

March 26 is International Housing Day. On this day we organize a LIVING PARTY at Plein 40-45 in Amsterdam.

With music, speakers and actions. Note in your calendar!

HOUSES FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR PROFIT

A HOME FOR EVERYONE

After our first protest in October 2021, little has changed in Arnhem. The council that now governs Arnhem has not shown any concrete plans to change the precarious living situation. The city still has many problems in terms of housing. The inconvenient truth is that

With a national shortage of 26,500 student homes and the prognosis that this number will double in the next 8 years, there is an extreme housing crisis for students in the Netherlands. There is a huge housing shortage in Nijmegen in particular: The number of students on the waiting list at SSH&, for example, has risen in one

The sale of social rent must stop! In this great housing shortage, it is not possible for one of the few forms of affordable housing to be put on the market.