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Evicted in the midst of a pandemic: Belgium’s housing crisis
During the first lockdown, civil society organisations such as Belgian Action House and Front Anti-Expulsions proposed a rent strike in order to pressure authorities. They are now launching a campaign for those without housing to squat public buildings. Pictured here, an informational meeting between the leaders of these organisations and community members looking to join the rent strike.
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26 April 2021
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During the first lockdown, civil society organisations such as Belgian Action House and Front Anti-Expulsions proposed a rent strike in order to pressure authorities. They are now launching a campaign for those without housing to squat public buildings. Pictured here, an informational meeting between the leaders of these organisations and community members looking to join the rent strike.
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“They have come down 10, 15, maybe up to 20 per cent, and have stayed there since about June,” he tells
Mamamia.
There are a number of reasons for that: less international students and less workers from other countries needing somewhere to stay in Sydney, less people able to afford expensive rents because of losing work, and on top of that, people just not wanting to be locked down in a unit.
“The reason people live in the city or the CBD is because of the amenities around them, bars and clubs and theatres and all that kind of stuff, and if you can’t go there, there’s just no point paying the premium to live there,” Patterson Ross explains. “So we saw a big shift of people out of those areas.