Amsterdam: Sint Jacobsdwarsstraat 6 squatted

By: fawda - December 11th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

On Friday 7 November, we squatted Sint Jacobsdwarsstraat 6, owned by Stadsgoed N.V., through Stadsgoed Monumenten B.V. The same company owns or owned the former windows on the Dollebijnensteeg in the Red Light District that were squatted by Mokum Kraakt in 2024. They were also the owners of Rokin 116 when it was squatted and re-squatted in 2003. After the first eviction, the gemeente gave Stadsgoed a €50 million mortgage to renovate the building and turn it into expensive housing for sale, even though the company had no money.

Stadsgoed grew out of the woningcorporatie Het Oosten, which through a merger later became Stadgenoot. The company’s purpose was to buy properties from the criminal underworld — in collaboration with the geemente — and increase the liveability of the city. For anyone who needs a translation from property-market-speak, liveability here means higher rents, soulless touristshops, more hotels with extortionate prices. And of course, happy, rich speculants. [Read More]

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Nijmegen: court case of the Varkensstal

By: fawda - December 7th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

On the 4th of december 2025 we had a court case regarding our occupation of the Varkensstal, on the Van Schuylenburgweg 20 in Nijmegen. This ended in us making an agreement with the owners of the building, based on which we will leave the building on the 1st of february, provided the building is brought into use shortly after that.

As part of that agreement we will also pay the costs of gas, water and electricity, as well as allowing the owner access into the building for inspection and research, provided they give advance warning.
Sadly, part of the agreement was also that we would no longer hold events in the building, we were very excited to do something nice for the neighbourhood, and we hope that sometime in the future we will still be able to. [Read More]

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Den Bosch: Knoflook threatened with eviction

By: fawda - November 10th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

Knoflook has been located on the Havendijk in Den Bosch for almost 20 years. The building was purchased in 2001 by project developer Cornelis Huygens and was squatted in 2006 after years of vacancy and decay. Since then, Knoflook has provided space for residents, artists, starting bands and musicians, a vegan kitchen, a giveaway shop, information evenings, action groups and numerous youth initiatives.

Together we are the Knoflook!

The owner has filed a lawsuit against the residents for eviction, which would take place on December 4. An asbestos study was recently carried out. The owner now suddenly requests Knoflook and the residents to leave the building immediately and at impossibly short notice (before Tuesday, November 11). This is even before the court case. The Knoflook has started a campaign for the preservation of a free space in Den Bosch and against vacancy.

We claim our place in the city. Knoflook remains! [Read More]

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Nijmegen: old police station Dukenburg squatted

By: fawda - November 2nd, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, we moved into the former police station on the Van Schuylenburgweg. After a year of vacancy and dilapidation in the hands of Hoedemakers Ontwikkeling, the building finally has a destination as a place to live and activities. We want to use this space for accessible social events, such as studio space, community kitchens and movie nights in which the neighborhood can also get involved.

A recent study by Statistics Netherlands shows that there are 17.8 million square meters of vacant buildings in the Netherlands. There has been no resident or tenant in it for at least a year. All that vacancy together is as much surface area as 200 thousand new-build apartments. That would offer enough space for all residents of Utrecht (377 thousand!). This is outrageous and with this action we are trying to tackle the housing shortage and the ever-increasing cost of food in our small way.

The building was built in 1988 as a police station and had that function until the early 2000s, after which it functioned as storage for police cars. In early 2024 the building went up for auction and came into the hands of Simon Passier’s and Marc Hoedemakers’ real estate company, Hoedemakers Ontwikkeling. In recent years, more and more real estate has come into the hands of these types of speculators, while rents are skyrocketing and residents sometimes have no choice but to leave their cities. [Read More]

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Netherlands: 15 years of anti-squatting legislation. Villa Ivicke resquatted

By: fawda - October 5th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

October 5 update: On Saturday evening, October 4, Villa Ivicke was evicted. Around 25 people were reportedly arrested inside the building and released during the night.

Wassenaar — Today, on October 4, 2025, a large group of housing activists announces the squatting of Villa Ivicke. After 3 years of vacancy, this famous Wassenaar haunted house is finally inhabited again. The group wants to breathe new life into the cold palace, where further decay lurks as the years go by. They strive for a close-knit residential group that will take care of the building and the surrounding estate.

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the squatting ban, this is a gift for everyone who could no longer bear the desolate sight of the caged monument along the N44 road. If it is up to the squatters, light will soon shine from heated rooms again and the vegetable garden will be hoeed to their heart’s content.

Villa Ivicke was first squatted in 2018. In 2022, the residential group had to leave the building, after a long lawsuit filed by the municipality, because it was supposedly going to be used by the owner. This is of course sheer nonsense: Bever Holding has only one employee and he enjoys his retirement abroad. A fat lie that has been confirmed for everyone with 3 years of vacancy. So it’s high time to put it back into use. [Read More]

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The Hague: Valkenboskerk resquatted and violently evicted

By: fawda - September 2nd, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

Vacant for years

Since Sunday 31 August, the Valkenboskerk in The Hague on the Loosduinsekade has been squatted. A group of residents has taken possession of the building, which had been vacant for more than 7 years. In 2018, neighboring residents already managed to enforce with the municipality that it will not be demolished. In 2020, 070 Vastgoed bought the building and made plans to turn it into luxury apartments. Which is completely unaffordable for the residents in the neighborhood. But 070 Vastgoed is unfortunately known as an elitist real estate company. They only make hotels or luxury apartments. With which they make the capital more and more unaffordable for the people who live.

However, after 5 years of being owned by 070 Vastgoed, the church is still empty, to the great frustration of the local residents, even if the church alone will be preserved. Windows have been smashed, fire alarms go off often, there are often burglaries, the garden is completely overgrown and the building is increasingly being covered by graffiti. The only thing the neighbors of the church see is decay and an unreachable owner who does not want to talk to them. [Read More]

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Amsterdam: Transvaalstraat 141A & Binnen Bantammerstraat 3-1 squatted!

By: fawda - August 17th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

On the 13th August, two buildings in Amsterdam were revealed to have been taken back: Transvaalstraat 141A & Binnen Bantammerstraat 3-1. These buildings are owned by the hypocritical robbers of the people, ‘social housing’ company Ymere.

We are done facing precariousness, poverty, and exploitation every day while the landlords and social housing companies hold thousands of empty homes and make profit from our misery. We took the matter in our own hands and decided to house ourselves.

Ymere previously listed the house on Binnen Bantammerstraat for sale. Social housing companies gentrify the city by selling their properties in the center and using the money for buildings on the fringes of Amsterdam. This pushes the working class further and further away from the heart of the city and helps turn the center into a playground for yuppies and tourists. You can find more information about this and actions taken against it at https://niettekoop.org. [Read More]

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Nijmegen: former H&M on Broerstraat squatted

By: fawda - July 29th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

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]

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Amsterdam: squatters win courtcase!

By: fawda - April 14th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

In December 2024, a group of squatters decided to move into a vacant office building in the south east of Amsterdam. The owner, a real estate investment company related to infamous Blackstone, is not happy, faces them in court, and loses.
The former datacenter of Verizon had been empty for a little over a year.
Currently owned by a real estate investment company called Loonie Propco, more about them later. The building is situated in an area that is going to be redeveloped, ie, hipsterized, urbanized, gentrified. Of course we are not against building houses, we just have our doubts about the number of actual affordable houses. (1)
The plans are still in an early stage, so for the particular plot, it might take some years before they even start demolishing. But demolition is definitely what will happen. [Read More]

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Amsterdam: Frederiksplein 52 squatted

By: fawda - January 5th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

On December 30th, 2024, Frederiksplein 52 was squatted. Since then, people have been living here and a social centre has been established. We envision a place for people to come together, learn from each other and create together. We are very open for initiatives and ideas, so please feel free to come by!
It will be a space to organize in an autonomous and social way instead of a profit driven one. Spaces like this have become increasingly scarce in Amsterdam, even though they are desperately needed right now.

Once this monumental building still had a social and cultural function, in the 1990s as a ROC school and then as IDFA headquarters, but since then it has been vacant. There are plans to transition the offices into apartments. And while residential spaces are desperately needed, it remains the question whether the apartments will be affordable. [Read More]

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Amsterdam: Klokkenhof squatters’ stronghold

By: fawda - September 26th, 2024  Filed under: News

September 28, the OCCII is hosting a benefit event to help the Klokkenhof squatters prepare for a court case and other expenses:

Towering over Surinameplein stands the monumental Klokkenhof flat. Originally built in 1962 with the purpose of housing single working women, now its current owner, property investor Vesteda, plans to renovate the building and charge returning renters higher rent, and is continuing the longstanding trend of investors driving low income workers, students and elderly people further out of the city. Where there used to be 144 social housing apartments, there will be very few left after the renovation.

Vesteda has for years been trampling on renters’ rights and creating a lot of uncertainty amongst them. Renters are being asked to find alternative housing in a market that’s in the worst shape it has ever been in, and then return to their homes which will cost them hundreds of euros more to live in. [Read More]

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Rotterdam: Catullusweg stays!

By: fawda - September 1st, 2024  Filed under: News

We are really grateful to everyone that has helped out and stood by us, it truly means a lot!!
On the 22nd of august we got a letter for a speed court case for the eviction of Catullusweg 11.
In the morning of august 23rd we went to court, and we’re happy to announce that we won!!!
Even though we don’t have anything nice to say about the judicial system, we feel a weight taken off our shoulders knowing that in the coming time there won’t be any attempts of eviction by the state and its servants.
Now that this squat has more stability, we will put even more time into setting up a social space including a library, free shop, cinema/theater, community kitchen etc.

This is a callout to gather and organise together. Come by share your ideas and don’t don’t hesitate to join in on the fun! We’re looking forward to your ideas and initiatives. [Read More]

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