update july 29 – The examining magistrate decided Jantien squatters can remain in the building. Owner Rob Hendriks was unsuccessful in kicking the squatters out.
Nijmegen – On Tuesday 8 July, Jantien, the squatters collective based in Nijmegen squatted the building at Broerstraat 16. After two and a half years of vacancy, the building owned by Ton Hendriks has finally been taken into the hands of the housing revolt. Jantien, in collaboration with De Steeg, wants to make way for a homeless walk-in that can be established there at least twice a week.
The next few weeks we will work hard to make the dilapidated building livable and usable for their purposes and housing for those who need it. We want to make this place available as an accessible “Third Space” for everyone who wants to be welcome there.
There is twice as much homelessness today as forty years ago, during the height of the squatters’ movement and the waiting lists for social housing are now also twice as high as then. Social services and education are being cut back and there is less and less room for collective expression in our society. [Read More]
