Lack of repairs, high rents, eviction: The displacement of us tenants has been raging for years between the Spree and the canal. Together, we stand up against it. We organize ourselves in our buildings, collectively advocate for our concerns, and support each other in the process.
E-Mail
moabit@mg-berlin.org
WHEN WE MEET
The local group Moabit meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 5 pm. Our meetings take place in the JVB at Turmstraße 10 and are open to all tenants.
PRESS INQUIRIES
For more information and discussions, we kindly ask political representatives and the press to contact us via email. Our open meetings are reserved for tenants and those in solidarity with our cause.
Articles from the network
Nine months of rent strike
How tenants in Toronto have been striking their rent since last summer On the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto, Canada, a tenant union is currently testing a method that tenants around the world often dream of: the rent strike.…
Blaczko? definitely celebrated too early.
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.…
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…
Heimstaden can swim home – we take action!
When we officially founded our association on September 18th 2020, we were determined to take on our first small rent battle. One that wasn’t too big for us but that we could grow from. So, we decided to support the…
Between initiative founding, first organizing and Corona
In the last few days, everything happened very quickly. Only four weeks ago, we founded ourselves as an initiative, and we have already arrived at the militant practice. Because the organization of the tenants from the houses, which landed only…
Media coverage of the initiative (Oct-Nov)
In the last few weeks, we have had a lot to do with organizing around the Heimstaden deal, and there has also been a lot of media coverage. But the actual union initiative is also increasingly finding a place in…
Demands of the network
Demands of the network The tenants demand: the exercise of the right of first refusal of the houses to a third party oriented to the common good, so that grown neighborhood structures are preserved in the long run. that politicians…
FAQ Heimstaden
Right of pre-emption? Organizing? District groups?!Everything important about Heimstaden at a glance!