Author: Britta Czarnecki

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

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 146 Wallstr.31 – Im Hasengarten 11We have suspended our decision to demonstrate every Saturday in front of the house Im Hasengarten 11 for the tenants of Wallstr.31. The owners of Wallstr.31 have announced a template for a building application with the city of Cologne to discuss.… Continue reading Newsletter No 146 of 15 July 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 145 Rally for the tenants of Wallstraße 31 on July 8, 2023 in front of the house of the owners Im Hasengarten 11, 50996 Köln-Hahnwald.When we stood in front of the house Wallstraße 31 on April 22, we protested not only against the owners of the… Continue reading Newsletter No 145 of 08 July 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 144 SSM e.V. invites to the solidarity party on Saturday, July 1 from 4 pm.SSM e.V. has been successfully operating autonomous services of general interest in Cologne-Mülheim for more than 40 years. Hundreds of people who previously lived on the street and on social benefits have… Continue reading Newsletter No 144 of 01 July 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 143 Homeless with a Future (OMZ) Full of confidence and trust in the city administration, Hans Mörtter wrote three years ago on June 29, 2020: “I’m really happy. Our OB Henriette Reker was on site today and talked to the people, showing a super attitude that… Continue reading Newsletter No 143 of 24 June 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 142 OMZ – Marc Kersten on the ongoing lack of clarity.Two weeks after the forced eviction of OMZ, I was with a group of former residents of the self-managed homeless project at 304 Escher Street today to audition for temporary housing. Since May 31, they have… Continue reading Newsletter No 142 of 17 June 2023

Action Alliance against Housing Shortage and Urban Degradation, Newsletter 141 OMZ, Vacancy and Palmstraße 19On the 9th Housing Project Day in VHS Forum am Neumarkt we want to point out a few special housing projects:a)The project Homeless with a Future (OMZ), which was a beacon of hope in the fight against homelessness.(Marktstraße -> Gummersbacher Straße… Continue reading Newsletter No 141 of 10 June 2023