Umkämpftes Wohnen

Contents

In an era of increasing commercial exploitation and tight housing markets, ever-growing sections of the population are painfully discovering that they can no longer resolve their personal housing situations on an individual basis. Yet rather than resentment, new movements towards practical solidarity are emerging in neighbourhoods and urban spaces. Concrete tenants' struggles are developing into a new form of neighbourhood organizing.

Through text and photography, Peter Nowak and Matthias Coers present initiatives from Germany and abroad, guided by the question of how struggles for housing, affordable rents and against displacement can be brought together with struggles for higher wages and incomes.

The Authors

Peter Nowak is a journalist and political writer (www.peter-nowak-journalist.de).

Matthias Coers is a documentary filmmaker, photographer and sociologist (www.zweischritte.berlin / www.mietrebellen.de).

Press

"With 'Umkämpftes Wohnen', journalist Peter Nowak and photographer and filmmaker Matthias Coers provide a concise, almost 140-page overview of organized radical left-wing resistance against the capitalist housing market in Germany and Europe. They give local activists a voice through a variety of contributions [...] and openly, honestly and thoughtfully address the problems and shortcomings of their respective groups." Matthias Kays, 1 October 2020, Graswurzelrevolution