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.…
IT Working Group in the making
You are against high rents and for a city from below? You have IT knowledge or interest in the topic? Then this could be something for you: The IT working group of the Mieter:innen Gewerkschaft Berlin is looking for new…
After Heimstaden sprint, union-building marathon continues
After November and December were strongly marked by our fight against Heimstaden, our initiative has now started the new year a bit more quietly. In this article we want to give you an overview of what has been going on…
Vote self-organisation!
Call for the block of the Mieter:innengewerkschaft Berlin for the demonstration against displacement and rent madness on March 27. Three years ago, we, the residents of this city, took to the streets for the first time in thousands to protest…