Author: Britta Czarnecki

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 156 “How the new class disguises itself with morals and betrays solidarity”.On Sept. 19, 2023, an article on page 1 of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger carried this headline: “Scholz demands more action against poverty.” Chancellor Scholz made this statement before the start of a summit in New… Continue reading Newsletter No 156 of 23 September 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Destruction, Newsletter 154 Against privatisation – private investors – the Winands family – defence against the homeless – substitute imprisonment – housing assistance Cologne – building in the existing stock – kindergarten security – for reading – programmes, reports, news – dates In our neighbourhood – against privatisation… Continue reading Newsletter No 154 of 09 September 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 153 Protest rally before the council meeting on September 7, 2023 at 3 p.m.(The location will be announced)For the reversal of the rent increases of the GAGFor the abolition of homelessnessIn the current issue of StadtRevue, you can read GAG’s collected justifications for their rent increases.… Continue reading Newsletter No 153 of 02 September 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 152 Protest rally before the council meeting on September 7, 2023 at 3 p.m. on Theo-Burauen-Platz.For the reversal of the rent increases of the GAGFor the abolition of homelessnessAt their party conference in November 2019, the Cologne Greens adopted “Solution approaches for the city of the… Continue reading Newsletter No 152 of 26 August 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 150 “We carry GAG’s social responsibility to the grave”.Rally and demo on the occasion of the GAG annual general meetingon August 18, 2023, 8:30 a.m., Straße des 17. Juni 4. On July 21, 2023, Thomas Münch criticized in the Stadt-Anzeiger: “Because of the interests of a… Continue reading Newsletter No 150 of 12 August 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 149 All of Cologne wants a social GAGProtest rally and demo against the antisocial rent increasesAugust 18, 2023, 8:30 a.m., in front of the GAG general meeting, Straße des 17. Juni 4.No to the rent increase – Cologne-Stammheim initiative:What needs to happen:First, we want a suspension… Continue reading Newsletter No 149 of 05 August 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 147 70,000 apartments missing in CologneThe local time Cologne of the WDR addressed this on July 19, 2023: “The biggest problem is and remains new affordable housing.” From minute 7:40https://www1.wdr.de/lokalzeit/fernsehen/koeln/video-lokalzeit-aus-koeln—2508.htmlUnmentioned was the current number of homeless counted in Cologne: 12,580. 4000 of them come from Ukraine.… Continue reading Newsletter No 147 of 22 July 2023