We say: Enough is enough. We demand a rent reduction!
The housing corporations, united in their lobby club Aedes, have actively lobbied for the rent increase. Rents have been skyrocketing for years, leaving many tenants in financial straits. Large-scale government investments in broad public housing and sustainability are lacking. The government has literally left tenants out in the cold for years. The housing crisis did not come out of the blue. The right to housing has been systematically eroded for decades.
Aedes clearly opts for higher rents, not for people. Aedes structurally fights against measures that are supposed to help tenants, such as rent freezes or reductions. While buyers receive €11 billion annually via the mortgage interest deduction, social tenants are meanwhile taxed extra via corporate tax. This benefits the rich at the expense of the poor.
It is time for us to stand up for ourselves. For our right to decent housing. For lower rents. For a fair future.
On June 27 at 1:00 PM we gather at the Aedes office in The Hague at Anna van Buerenplein 42 (right next to The Hague Central). We come with our demands and with a black book: with stories from tenants about the impact of sky-high rents. We will not accept their policy of demolition. We demand:
- Rent reduction for everyone
- Housing security for everyone
- Tenants' say
- Structural investments in real social housing
- Stop intimidating tenants who refuse their rent increase
For more of our arguments against rent increases, see here the BPW website. Please also let us know what the proposed rent increase means for you via this survey.
You have every right to refuse your rent increase. Come too. Let your voice be heard. Organize in your street, neighborhood and city. Together we can create change!
Sign up via www.wijweigerendehuurspreis.nl and download the step-by-step plan!
Together we say: WE REFUSE THE RENT INCREASE!
Wij Weigeren de Huurverhoging,
Bond Precaire Woonvormen,
Housing protest Utrecht,
residential stand,
Amsterdam Tenants Association,
Breakthrough
Black Book | Tenants in trouble due to excessive rents
In the run-up to the rent increase, we asked tenants the question: What does the rent increase mean for you? There was a massive response. We have bundled the responses in a black book and will present it to representatives of Aedes, the umbrella organization of housing corporations, on June 27. Would you also like to leave a response? You can still do so via this survey.
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