An action organised by associations and collectives fighting for the right to affordable housing was held this Wednesday at the gates of the Belgian real estate fair, the Realty trade fair. To denounce players in the sector “who think about yield before thinking about tenants”.
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Deputy Head of the Economy Division
By Amandine ClootPublished on 09/18/2024 at 5:17 p.m.
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ISet up with their banners in front of the entrance – they did not obtain permission from the police to pass through the door – they stand out from the public housed inside the Gare Maritime at Tour & Taxis, where the Realty trade show, the annual high mass of the country’s real estate players, was held on 17 and 18 September. “At 990 euros entry, we are clearly not the typical guests,” explain Chloé Thôme and Tam Blondiau-Lebeau, who work respectively for the Brussels and Walloon Rally for the Right to Housing, umbrella organisations that bring together civil society players active in the fight for the right to affordable housing. “The people of Brussels, the residents, the tenants, period, neither for that matter. Housing crisis or not.”
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