The Monster’s Grip – Amsterdam Under Siege

This week, the Filmmaker and the Advocate are in conversation with Gert Jan Bakker of WOON. Amsterdam used to have strong rent control policies that protected tenants. But a neo-liberal government changed all that - selling off social housing stock to private corporations, and favoring landlords over tenants, and allowing rents to increase drastically. Apartments that once rented for 600 euros a month increased to over 2,000, driving people out of the city. The national government...