Newsletter #9
We explain how tenants can also refuse the rent increase, look ahead to the announced rent increase and back to the Rochdale action of March 29.
We explain how tenants can also refuse the rent increase, look ahead to the announced rent increase and back to the Rochdale action of March 29.
Jaap, a combative, 68-year-old pensioner, is sitting in the kitchen of his apartment when I speak to him. He tells me about his colorful past as a nurse and about the conscription he refused because of conscientious objections. When he starts talking about the apartment where he and his wife have been living since March 8, 2021, I notice that he cares deeply. The new-build apartment had looked good on paper and when he and his wife were looking for a smaller home due to chronic heart and lung complaints, they didn't have to think twice before registering as a tenant.
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