It was more than a year and a half ago: On 15 April 2021 in the morning, it was announced that the rent cap in Berlin was history. That same evening, 10,000 angry tenants took to the streets. In the…
New on the cityscape: Landlord Uwe Flemming
Summer this year. A Berlin landlord wants to evict a flat-sharing community on Mehringdamm, it is not really clear why. Their legal situation is very shaky. Eventually they all move out. But it doesn’t stop there. The neighbours and we…
Fields of Desolation or Turned from Goat to Gardener: The Giffey-Vonovia Alliance
We live in a society in which we all – every day – have to fear new decisions about our lives. And we live in a city that has been sold off by unscrupulous politicians. The same parties that have…
Living Rent – the scottish tenant union
Living Rent is a tenants union in Scotland that has grown steadily since its formation in 2014 and now has thousands of members as well as branches in the major Scottish cities. We spoke to Emma Saunders, National Organiser of…
2ND GHOST PARADE AGAINST RENT SHARKS & RENT CROCODILES
Bicycle demo of the Blaczko tenants Ghosts will bust your tricks open!27.03.22 // 19:00 // Mariannenplatz Spring is just starting but our rent is already kicking back in warm Florida? Enough of that! We’ve had enough of overpriced rents. That’s…
Kiez meeting Pankow
Every last saturday of the month at 5pm, neighbours come together in Pankow for a Kiez meeting. Current topics: pre-emptive buying, sold houses, end of social housing, transformation into property flats. Meeting point: Starplatz (between Stargarder Str. / Duncker Str.)…
A LUTA CONTINUA! — the struggle continues!
With Women in Exile & Friends against the camp system and racism On 4 August 2021, Women in Exile & Friends will return from their annual summer bus tour, this time to Hamburg, Bremen and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. We will welcome them…
Tenants’ protest picnic against displacement at Südstern
The new tenants’ initiative “RUND UM DIE HASENHEIDE” (“around Hasenheide”)(Berlin-Kreuzberg/Neukölln) will be publicly constituted on Friday, 2 July, at 4:30 pm. The tenants will gather at Südstern for a joint protest picnic against rising rents, displacement and real estate speculation…
Frankfurt Tenants’ Union: Local leaders as key for organising
Not only in Berlin, but also in other cities, tenants and activists are trying to build tenants’ unions. We want to document their first steps, how they work and what they have already achieved. Because we can learn a lot…
Blaczko tenants fight back against bad rental practice and harassment!
Questionable tenancy agreements, permanent construction sites, harassment – the Blaczko property management company has worked hard to earn its bad reputation. Now tenants in 25 Berlin buildings are organising themselves and have founded the “Blaczko Tenants’ Initiative” together with us.…