Housing Struggles in Berlin: Talk with DW Enteignen Kiezteam Pankow & Right to the City (R2C)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
K24, seminar room 11
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm CET/GMT+1
Four young activists of the Pankow team (Kiezteam Pankow) and the international workgroup (Right to the City, R2C) of Deutsche Wohnen Enteignen will give a talk as part of the course Civic Engagement and Engaged Research: Berlin Lab.4:00 pm – 5:15 pm CET/GMT+1
Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen (DWE for short) is a citizens' initiative in Berlin that has been active since 2018 and achieved a successful referendum on the expropriation and socialization of private housing companies in September 2021, receiving at least 175,000 of the 170,000 required signatures in its second phase. While the referendum was a huge success and made headlines, it has not been implemented as it was not legally binding (Beschluss-Volksentscheid). In September 2023, the initiative announced that it would put its goal of socializing housing to the vote again with a binding statutory referendum.
You are invited to join the talk and learn about the history and current state of DW Enteignen, what makes a referendum successful, and how the initiative is organized Berlin-wide and in Pankow.
Please register via email to: engagement @berlin.bard.edu.
For more information, e-mail [email protected].
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm CET/GMT+1
Location: K24, seminar room 11