[Report] Housing Action Day 2022
Housing Action Days 2023 are starting a month from now, on March 24th. A good moment to have a look at last year’s edition!
In 2022, on the weekend of 26 – 27 of March we celebrated Housing Action Day for the third time Europe-wide with actions from different grassroots groups. Many groups in multiple countries around Europe mobilized for housing justice through demonstrations, marches and protests, city tours, online and offline discussions, movie projections, solidarity actions, campaigns, banner displays, public assemblies and gatherings, info stands and more! We are proud and grateful for all of the tremendous mobilization we got to see for #HousingActionDay 2022. Well done!
Last year’s actions were yet again directed against multiple issues, such as evictions, rent control, social housing, public requisitions and the right to housing – a basic but vital right that all people should but do not have access to. Many of these actions were organized by the housing justice groups within the European Action Coalition, but many other groups also joined the initiative this year. We are happy that Housing Action Day is becoming a symbol and incentive of mobilization beyond our Coalition!
Can’t wait to see what this year’s actions will bring! More info on #HAD2023 👉 here
This is what Europe’s map looked like on Housing Action Day 2022!
A non-exhaustive list of HAD 2022 actions
Aachen, Germany
What: distribution of informative posters + advice for renters on how to organize
By whom: Recht Auf Stadt Aachen
When: 27.03
More info: https://rechtaufstadt-aachen.de/plakate-zum-had-2022-mietenwahnsinn-in-aachener-vierteln/
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
What: fun promotion/houseworming at the Stopera
By whom: Bond Precaire Woonvormen (BPW)
When: 26.03
More info: https://fb.me/e/1AywHERWi
Athens, Greece
What: gathering and symbolic action at Propylaia «Housing is a right» + gathering in solidarity to Neutral Zone Collective – KBC occupation in front of the Belgian embassy
By whom: Initiative Against Auctions
When: 24.03 & 26.03
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/546934182356684/posts/1611674172549341/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/546934182356684/posts/1613766939006731/
Augsburg, Germany
What: demo + several other actions
By whom: Alliance of Augsburg organizations – Augsburgfueralle
When: 25 – 27.03
More info:
https://augsburgfueralle.noblogs.org/housing-action-day/had-2022/
https://www.facebook.com/wohnprojektaugsburg/posts/1414155192372432
Berlin, Germany
What: info kiosk
By whom: Leerstand – Hab Ich Saath
More info: https://www.facebook.com/europeancoalition/posts/5031797273565959
What: Solidarity action with the kbc occupation in Brussels
Who: Zwangsräumung Verhindern / Stop Evictions Berlin
When: 29.03
More info: https://zwangsraeumungverhindern.nostate.net/
What: Go-in at the two public-housing companies that evict the most in Berlin: Howoge and Stadt un Land
Who: Zwangsräumung Verhindern / Stop Evictions Berlin
When: 31.03
More info: https://zwangsraeumungverhindern.nostate.net/
What: LET’S GO TO MIAMI – we will take our rent back!
Who: Mieter*innengewerkschaft Berlin
When: 27.03
More info: https://mg-berlin.org/en/home/
Bochum, Germany
What: demonstration and rally in front of the biggest owner in europe – Vonovia
When: 23.03
More info: https://xn--mieteraktionrin-clb.de/aufruf-protest-gegen…/
Bordeaux, France
Brussels, Belgium
What: march
Who: Belgian Housing Action Day platform
When: 27.03
More info:
https://fb.me/e/19Ff9AKJm
https://www.facebook.com/belgianhousingactionday/posts/505079837787342
Bucharest, Romania
What: discussion about HAD, informative posts on HAD
Who: Common Front for Housing Right (FCDL)
When: 01.04
More info: https://fb.me/e/1C7WmUZlt
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
What: bus tour around the city
Who: Social Housing Now! (Căși Sociale Acum!)
When: 28.03
More info:
https://fb.me/e/1lisyndt2
https://www.facebook.com/CasiSocialeACUM/photos/a.1621682458196405/1621821578182493/
Cologne, Germany
What: demonstration
Who: Solinetzkoeln and other groups
When: 26.03
More info: https://fb.me/e/1iZJHDPh4
Dortmund, Germany
What: stand for information, assistance, raising awareness on the topic of housing
Who: Nordstadt to go & Mieterverein Dortmund und Umgebung e.V. (Mitglied im DMB)
When: 26.03
More info: https://fb.me/e/6kfSsMyzf
Dresden, Germany
What: rally
When: 26.03
Frankfurt, Germany
What: march
Who: Kollefrankfurt
When: 26 – 27.03
More info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CbpHvu0Mhmv/
Grenoble, France
What: manifestation + general assembly against evictions
Who: Droit Au Logement 38, Collectif des jeunes majeurs de Grenoble and others
When: 26.03 + 28.03
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/977129203190277
https://fb.me/e/1geC9DTqM
https://t.co/319sgGwF4V
Hamburg, Germany
What: rally, reveal of monument, speeches
Who: Keine Profite mit Boden & Miete
When: 26.03
More info: https://twitter.com/KeineProfiteBuM/status/1501958514654199812?s=19
Heidelberg, Germany
Jena, Germany
What: stand
Who: Recht auf Stadt Jena & SozialesWohnen
When: 26.03
More info: https://twitter.com/RaS_Jena/status/1507702431865520144
Köln, Germany
Leipzig, Germany
What: tour through the district of Connewitz
When: 26.03
Liège, Belgium
What: solidarity assembly
Who: Rassemblement Wallon pour le Droit à l’Habitat, MOC Liège and others
When: 27.03
More info: https://fb.me/e/2e4x9we1r
Lisbon, Portugal
What: shared ideas and proposals over the open microphone, to set in motion a collective Rebellion and Resistance Plan
Who: Stop Despejos
When: 26.03
More info:
https://fb.me/e/2eZ5wClYb
https://www.facebook.com/stopdespejoslisboa/posts/4972923636154200
London, United Kingdom
What: screening The PruittIgoe Myth – the story of lost homes that didn’t need to be!
Who: WhyDemolish
When: 26.03
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Lyon, France
What: Protest in support of homeless children, schooled in Lyon schools.
Who: Jamais Sanstoit
When: 26.03
More info: https://tinyurl.com/2p92ds45
Madrid, Spain
What: Solidarity action with KBC in front of the Belgian embassy
Who: PAH International
When: 27.10
More info:
https://twitter.com/JorgeMa39466954/status/1508465560291618826
https://www.facebook.com/antonio.camunezgarcia/posts/7472743306099229
Mannheim, Germany
Marburg, Germany
What: manifestation
When: 27.03
More info: https://mietenwahnsinn-marburg.de/housing-action-day/
Melun, France
München, Germany
Nantes, France
What: march
When: 26.03
More info:
https://fb.me/e/1Lzpa8gQC
https://www.facebook.com/europeancoalition/posts/5036008636478156
Nicosia, Cyprus
What: solidarity action with the KBC occupation
Who: Re Alexis, NEDA
When: 27.03
More info: https://www.facebook.com/europeancoalition/posts/5029184550493898
Nîmes, France
Nürnberg, Germany
Offenbach, Gemany
Orly, France
What: demonstration
Who: DAL – Droit Au Logement
When: 26.03
More info: https://www.facebook.com/Orly.dit.non.aux.expulsions/posts/280439217558024
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Paris, France
What: protest
Who: 30 trade unions and associations
When: 26.03
Porto, Portugal
What: assembly
Who: Habitação Hoje
When: 26 – 27.03
More info: https://fb.me/e/2fXtkkYB0
Regensburg, Germany
What: “Night of Solidarity” against homelessness
Who: Recht auf Stadt – Regensburg
When: 26.03
More info:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahr_kk9lINk
https://www.facebook.com/events/389757705903265
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
What: made vacancy visible by tagging empty properties in their neighborhoods
Who: Bond Precaire Woonvormen (BPW)
When: 26.03
More info: https://bondprecairewoonvormen.nl/2022/03/housing-action-day-2022-amsterdam/
Rouen, France
What: rally
Who: DAL Rouen
When: 26.03
More info: https://www.facebook.com/dalrouen76/
Schwerin, Germany
Sevilla, SPain
What: gathering for the XXXAsambleaEstatal, solidarity action with KBC
Who: PAH Sevilla
When: 26.03
More info: https://twitter.com/i/status/1507765413471531016
Stuttgart, Germany
What: demonstration
Who: Recht auf Wohnen
When: 26.03
More info:
https://recht-auf-wohnen.de/aktionen-demos/sa-26-03-kundgebung-wohnraum-statt-profite/
https://twitter.com/druckimkessel
Toulouse, France
What: demonstration and debate, concert
Who: DAL Toulouse
When: 26.03
More info:
Tübingen, Germany
What: rent policy city tour with the housing association
When: 26.03
More info: https://twitter.com/Neustart_Tue/status/1508012945556611072
Winterthur, Switzerland
What: banners in public spaces addressing gentrification and the specific housing crisis
When: 26.03
More info: https://wohnraumverteidigen.noblogs.org/post/2022/03/27/communique-und-fotos-zum-housing-action-day-26-3-in-winterthur/