Trade Unions, the far right, and housing
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 …
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CALL: Socialise Housing across Europe!
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 …
Oproep: socialiseer huisvesting in heel Europa!
De steeds groter wordende huisvestingsproblemen in Europese steden vormen een belangrijk onderdeel van de algemene EU-crisis. De EU-verdragen garanderen het vrije verkeer van kapitaal (artikelen 26 en 63 VWEU), de… Read more …
Explaining financialisation and housing
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 …
Financialisering en huisvesting uitgelegd
Op een eerste bijeenkomst in het nieuwe kantoor van Wijkcentrum d’Oude Stadt van het project ‘financialisering begrijpen’ legde Rodrigo Fernandez uit wat financialisering is, hoe dat uitwerkt in het geval… Read more …
Expensive housing is the source of social anger
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 …
Bolkestein returns: EU Commission power grab over services
Questions & Answers on the proposal to give the Commission new powers to annul local decisions. The proposed services directive will also affect local policies on housing.… Read more …
Bolkestein herrijst: Europese Commissie wil macht over diensten
Vragen en antwoorden over het voorstel om de Commissie nieuwe bevoegdheden te geven om lokale besluiten nietig te verklaren. De dienstenrichtlijn betreft ook woningvoorziening en kan dus gemeentelijk beleid op… Read more …
Hacking the housing system: cooperative alternatives to housing corporations
“Rental and housing prices in Amsterdam are expected to drop and become affordable for everyone in the next coming years.”
Said no one, ever.
The housing crisis and capitalism
It… Read more …
De staat en de privatisering van woningen
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 …