Author: Britta Czarnecki

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 140 Palmstraße 19Kalle Gerigk had announced a protest rally against the eviction in front of the house for June 1, 2023. To protect the property, the police were on site with a large contingent. For the protection of the people in the OMZ in Gummersbacher Straße… Continue reading Newsletter No 140 of 03 June 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 139 Wednesday, May 31, 2023 OMZ Open Day.We live in a city where it is possible to spend a billion euros on the renovation of the theater and opera house, while social inequality increases and the poor become more and more and poorer. We live in… Continue reading Newsletter No 139 of 27 May 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 138 Protest rally before the meeting of the Social CommitteeThursday, May 25, 2023, 3 p.m., Theo Burauen Square, City Hall.One of the agenda items will deal with the SPD’s motion to protect families from homelessness, which was brought to the Council last Tuesday by the SPD,… Continue reading Newsletter No 138 of 20 May 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation Newsletter137 Protest rally for homeless familiesMay 16, 2023, 3 p.m., Alter Markt in front of City Hall.In the council meeting, the SPD parliamentary group requests that the special situation of families in housing need be brought more into focus in Cologne’s homeless assistance system. The best interests… Continue reading Newsletter No 137 of 13 May 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Destruction, Newsletter 136 Rally in front of the Real Estate Fair in the Gürzenich May 6, 2023 at 10 a.m. Last Saturday we stood in front of the villa of the landlords of the house Wallstraße 31, who are to lose their apartments because they are commercial premises.… Continue reading Newsletter No 136 of 06 May 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 135 Rally “We don’t want to lose our home! Submit a building application and prevent homelessness!” April 29, 2023, Im Hasengarten 11, Cologne-Hahnwald.About our rally for the tenants of the house Wallstraße 31 in Cologne-Mülheim, many reported, because the scandal is simply not to grasp. Tenants… Continue reading Newsletter No 135 of 29 April 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 134 Rally against arbitrariness of authorities22 April 2023, 11 a.m. , Wallstr.31, Cologne-MülheimIn Cologne, tenants are to leave their apartments after more than ten years because the landlords never registered the building as a residential building.https://www.express.de/koeln/wohn-posse-koelner-lebt-13-jahre-in-kneipe-jetzt-droht-aerger-553339andhttps://www.ksta.de/koeln/muelheim/muelheim-veedel/koeln-mietern-eines-hotels-droht-zwangsraeumung-554845Comments on the report of the Stadt-Anzeiger on facebook: Dirk Störck:… Continue reading Newsletter No 134 of 22 April 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 133 Rally against vacancy and gentrification15.04.2023, 11 a.m., Rosenstr.7-9, 50678 Cologne, GermanyThe owner of the house Rosenstr.7-9 was forbidden to turn six apartments into three. The Express reported on February 24, 2022: “Apparently, the structural changes were carried out illegally despite the rejection of the building… Continue reading Newsletter No 133 of 15 April 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 132 Rally against forced eviction April 13, 2023, 9:30 a.m. Seidenstr. 4, Cologne-Mülheim.The language of property conveys who is in charge in the city.An excerpt from the bailiff’s letter of March 6, 2023 in this “foreclosure case”: “I will take possession of the property on Thursday,… Continue reading Newsletter No 132 of 08 April 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 131 The Wienands family and the minimum standards in housing for the homeless “We wanted justice and got the rule of law” (Bärbel Bohley). Contrary to the usual case law throughout Germany, the Cologne Administrative Court had ruled in January that the city of Cologne had… Continue reading Newsletter No 131 of 31 March 2023