Kees Stad

Richtig deckeln, dann enteignen – Rote Karte für Spekulation

by #Mietenwahnsinn

on September 23, 2019

Durch die jahrelangen Proteste von uns Mieter*innen sind größere Entwürfe zur Lösung des Mietenwahnsinns auf dem Tisch. Mit dem Mietendeckel reagiert der Berliner Senat endlich. Aber das Vorhaben steht unter… Read more …

PropTech, speculators and expellers 2.0 : hands off!

by Call against Proptech

on June 25, 2019

Keep out of our neighborhoods, our housing, or our lives!… Read more …

Trade Unions, the far right, and housing

by Kees Stad

on June 14, 2019

At the Berlin meeting (june 2019) of the European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and the City () this conference of European Trade Unions was mentioned, where European… Read more …

CALL: Socialise Housing across Europe!

by By undersigning groups and persons.

on April 21, 2019

The worsening housing problems in European cities are an important part of the general EU crisis. The EU treaties guarantee the free movement of capital (Art. 26 & 63 TFEU),… Read more …

Explaining financialisation and housing

by Kees Stad

on April 4, 2019

The first meeting in the new office of (neighborhood center) Wijkcentrum d’Oude Stadt hosted a debate on “understanding financialisation”. Rodrigo Fernandez explained what financialisation is, how it works in relation… Read more …

April 6 international action day on housing

by Kees Stad

on April 2, 2019

On April 6 demonstrations or other actions are being held in many European cities “against housing costs madness and evictions”. In the Netherlands the street is also taken by demonstrators… Read more …

Just out: Brochure Housing financialization

by European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and to the City

on March 8, 2019

Housing financialization, Brochure of the European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and to the City… Read more …

Berlin residents want expropriation of large housing companies

by Kees Stad

on January 30, 2019

In Germany, some of Europe’s largest residential property companies have emerged, which have bought up homes on a massive scale to rent them out as expensive as possible. Tenants and… Read more …

Expensive housing is the source of social anger

by DAL federation

on December 14, 2018

Dec. 10, 2018, By DAL federation Housing is the largest and most important item of household spending in recent decades. However, this central question on purchasing power, raised by yellow… Read more …

The state and the privatisation of housing

by Kees Stad

on November 5, 2018

One of the greatest myths upheld by advocates of neoliberal capitalism is that corporations and their owners prefer to operate in an environment with as little state involvement and influence… Read more …

Author: Kees Stad