Residential Revolt Meeting
Friday February 17 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Warehouse de Zwijger

Piet Heinkade 179, 1019 HC Amsterdam
Hall: Expo
(Max 50 people)

PROGRAM
15.00 – 15.15 Walk-in
15.15 – 16.15 Presentation of vision document Residential Revolt

After an introduction and discussion of the new vision document of Woonopstand, we think together about how to make the transition based on a shared vision to involve more people in the housing struggle through actions and campaigns.

16.15 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Practical Collective Direct Action Workshops

SIGN UP FOR 1 OF THESE WORKSHOPS:
A. Refuse the Rent Increase – How to organize and support rent refusal

B. Workshop Not for Sale - How to organize social housing sales promotions in your own city

C. Workshop Stop evictions and flexibility with Bond Precarious Housing

D. Workshop Civil disobedience action(s) as a (decentralized) strategy.

18:00 – 19:00 Closing, announcement of next steps and food.

Food (vegan soup and bread) is on a donation basis, coins are appreciated. To ask? Email us at [email protected]

BACKGROUND WORKSHOPS
A. Workshop Refuse the Rent Increase

The action campaign We Refuse the Rent Increase is a campaign built for and by active tenants, volunteers and activists, who are fed up with the years of rent increases and demand multi-year rent freezes, to make and keep housing affordable again. In this workshop we will take a closer look at our working method and action method and what you, as a refusal of the rent increase, can do to make this action a success. More info: https://wijweigerendehuurverhoging.nl/

B. Workshop Not for Sale
Every week this action group in Amsterdam organizes a flash campaign at a social rental home that is put up for sale by a housing corporation. How do you find out which properties are going on sale and how do you organize these promotions in your own city? More info: https://niettekoop.org/

C. Workshop Stop Evictions and Flex
Together with the BPW, you can claim your right of residence as an individual or collectively. They do this by organizing residents into solidarity networks and offering substantive, moral, legal and organizational support. More info: https://bondprecairewoonvormen.nl/

D. Civil disobedience workshop
Can we take the housing struggle to a higher level through mass ('civil') disobedience actions? What would that look like? How do we get different groups moving in the same direction and create structures that new people can join? What can we learn from other campaigns by, for example, the climate movement (Extintion Rebellion, Code Rood, Ende Gelände)? This workshop is about inspiring organizational models and movement building strategies.