More and harsher protests coming against "failing housing policy," action group warns
NL TimesThis year there will be “more and harsher action” against the government’s “failing housing policy,” the action group Woonprotest told De Volkskrant on Thursday. They will also be harsher than last year’s demonstrations,” Woonprotest co-founder Sander van der Kraan said to the newspaper. Not all neatly announced to municipalities and the police, but rather occupations and blockades like the Extinction Rebellion protests against the climate crisis.” The Cabinet has taken or announced several measures since last year’s demonstrations. Bad living conditions.” Some demands for this year’s protests will be combatting homelessness, including by stopping evictions, a substantial increase in housing benefits, a ban on temporary rental contracts, and subjecting all rental properties - including the more expensive ones - to tight price regulation.